MILWAUKEE —
It is only the legitimately excellent things in life that are cherished, the most enjoyable that make us wonder when we will experience them again.
It is also those things that are handled most carefully.
So it is that the Padres have treated Chris Paddack as a precious commodity all season and that recently people in his camp have quietly pushed to make Tuesday the final start of his rookie season.
While he has said he will accept the decision when it comes, the 23-year-old Texan has no interest in his 84 pitches in the Padres’ 2-1 loss to the Brewers being the last ones he throws in 2019.