Addition of Xander Bogaerts, return of Fernando Tatis Jr., full season of Juan Soto should have major effect on everyone in the lineup
The Padres had already scored a run when the fifth inning of Thursday’s Cactus League game against the Rockies began.
Lead-off batter Trent Grisham fouled off the first pitch he saw, watched three balls and then crushed a fastball at the top of the zone 399 feet and over the wall in right-center field. Fernando Tatis Jr. followed with a walk on eight pitches and moved to third on a single by Jake Cronenworth on the seventh pitch he saw. After Xander Bogaerts popped out on the ninth pitch of his at-bat, Ha-Seong Kim lined a single to left field that drove in Tatis.
It was a spring training game, yes. But it was the way the runs came, especially in the fifth inning, that was encouraging for the Padres. And that was with Manny Machado and Juan Soto still making their way back from the World Baseball Classic. There almost has to be a trickle-down effect from having four of the game’s best hitters at the top of the order.
But for all the improvements that have been made on offense, the production has not been where it could or arguably should have been over the course of a full season. And we’re not even talking about the additions of Cruz and Carpenter to platoon at designated hitter and come off the bench. That may prove to be as beneficial as the Padres hope. But that would be speculative, as it remains to be seen if the 42-year-old Cruz can regain and retain his prowess after offseason eye surgery and whether the 37-year-old Carpenter can sustain what he recaptured briefly with the Yankees last season.
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