SAN FRANCISCO -- It isn't often that a National League team has sent two relief pitchers to the All-Star Game. In the past five years, it's happened just once.
Then again, it isn't often that a National League team has two candidates like Brad Hand and Kirby Yates.
"A lot of teams would love to have what we have at the back end," said Padres bullpen coach Doug Bochtler. "That speaks a lot to their All-Star worthiness."
There's Hand, who fits the mold of a conventional All-Star reliever.