SignOnSanDiego.com · Jul 18, 2020
Padres notes: Pitching shuffle; lefty usage; big meeting
(ASSOCIATED PRESS) Padres pitcher Joey Lucchesi throws during a spring training game in March.Anticipation is Padres will need to get creative, use every one of their arms to succeed in 60-game season
The Padres are preparing for a wild season, and that probably means utilizing their pitching staff in unique ways.
The combination of a 60-game schedule essentially making the entire season a pennant race, the potential for even minor injuries to cause relatively long absences, the possibility of positive COVID-19 tests and the fact pitchers had 3½ months off and then just three weeks to get ready make the mutations endless.