SAN DIEGO -- If everything went according to plan this season, the Padres hoped to split playing time in the outfield relatively evenly among their four young outfielders.
Everything did not go according to plan.
Less than a week into Spring Training, Alex Dickerson suffered a bulging disk in his back. Ten days into the season, Travis Jankowski fouled a ball off his right foot.
Those two injuries left the Padres scrambling. In 32 games, rookies Hunter Renfroe and Manuel Margot have each started 31. And the Padres are currently using a left-field platoon of Cory Spangenberg, a career infielder, and Jabari Blash, who opened the season at Triple-A El Paso.