Chris Paddack ecstatic to be back with Padres, grateful for time down

Gregory Bull/AP Padres starting pitcher Chris Paddack will be recalled on Saturday and start against the Pirates.PITTSBURGH —

Chris Paddack leaned against the railing in the visitor’s dugout at an empty PNC Park early Friday afternoon, taking in the sights and smells every ballpark offers and the spectacular view of downtown that this one does.

He has done so in every ballpark he has visited this season, his first in the major leagues.

Friday was different.

He had spent 10 days, mostly holed up first at a hotel in Rancho Cucamonga and then in his San Diego apartment after being optioned to Single-A on June 12.

“It was 10 days that felt like a month,” said Paddack, who will be officially recalled…