The top four of the San Diego Padres starting rotation is pretty much set, and it’s a pretty safe bet to assume that Joey Lucchesi will start the season in the fifth spot of the rotation.
He did nothing to hurt his chances on Tuesday with a solid outing in his first spring training game of 2020.
It wasn’t a clean outing for Lucchesi who gave up a run on a hit and a walk over 2 innings with a strikeout.
He was really struggling with his command in the first inning and left a couple of balls up that got hit hard.