Good Sunday afternoon, San Diego Padres fans. We’re one day closer to Opening Day 2019, putting our countdown at 81 days until March 28th, when the Padres and San Francisco Giants square off for game one of 162.
As we have done with each day in our countdown, we find some statistic or jersey number that corresponds and either take a look at what that stat means for 2019 or we take a moment to reflect on a player/moment from the past as we work through this long, cold winter offseason.
For today, let’s look at 81, the number of starts made by Austin Hedges in 2018.