This is an 8* on SAN DIEGO

San Diego is off to fast start as they are now 4-1 after beating San Francisco 5-3 on Tuesday. With Chad Paddack starting tonight’s game, it would seem likely that the Padres are going to move to 5-1. Paddack tossed six shutout innings last Friday and held the Diamondbacks to just four hits. The Padres won 7-2. Paddack got off to a hot start last year, posting 1.91 ERA in March & April. He also had a 2.65 ERA in three starts vs. SF across the entire 2019 season. The Giants weren’t going to be a good team this year regardless, but their curious management of the pitching staff all but ensures they’ll finish way off the pace in the NL West. Starters aren’t going beyond the 6th inning, which becomes an issue when your bullpen has an ERA of 4.15 already. Granted that’s just five games, but no one expects the Giants’ pen to be anything special this year. Same as last year, the Giants are awful offensively as they are batting just .217 as a team so far. Johnny Cueto starts tonight and he’s getting up there in years. He went just four innings in his first start. 8* on SAN DIEGO


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