SignOnSanDiego.com · Feb 18, 2020
Bobby Dickerson lights fire in Padres infield
(Hayne Palmour IV/The San Diego Union-Tribune) Padres coach Bobby Dickerson instructs pitchers during a spring training workout.Energetic coach Bobby Dickerson brought in to get Padres infield to play up to potential
PEORIA, Ariz. —
Manny Machado and Fernando Tatis Jr. went inside. Greg Garcia followed about 15 minutes later.
It was well past noon Friday, three days before Padres position players were required to report to spring training. Eric Hosmer stayed in the Arizona sun.
On his fifth day at the Peoria Sports Complex, Hosmer was among the last players — and by far the highest-paid one — remaining on a back field working and getting worked over by infield coach Bobby Dickerson.