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Earlier this week Padres followers got the possibility to vote on FanDuel’s over-under Padres win whole. The outcomes are in!
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Based mostly on the beginning this crew is off to and the expertise they’ve, it’s not shocking most followers voted sure.
San Diego is off to a 10-3 begin and can get to 90 wins by ending the season 80-69. That’s completely doable, proper?
A number of will probably be decided by the well being of their core gamers. Jackson Merrill luckily gained’t be out for too lengthy (proper hamstring) and it looks as if the Padres gained’t be sending Fernando Tatis Jr. (shoulder) and Jake Cronenworth (proper aspect cramp) to the IL.
Manny Machado wasn’t wholesome the primary half of final season, hitting simply 13 residence runs and driving in 52 runs in his first 91 video games. As soon as he was feeling higher, he carried out like an MVP candidate, hitting 16 homers with an .876 OPS in 30 fewer video games than he had within the first half.
The Padres first half report? 50-49. The second half? 43-20. A coincidence? I feel not.
It’s clearly a crew sport however the level is having your stars wholesome (like Merrill and Jurickson Profar have been final season for instance) is a giant issue to how profitable the Padres are every season.
And to date so good. Xander Bogaerts (.304 AVG) and Luis Arraez (.400 AVG in April) are wholesome. Merrill, Tatis and Cronenworth both shall be again as quickly as tomorrow or within the case of Merrill, (hopefully) April 18.
Machado is taking part in third base every single day and hasn’t had these elbow points like he had firstly of final 12 months, as he isn’t coming off an offseason surgical procedure. The 32-year-old enters Friday hitting .340 with a .900 OPS with some stellar Manny protection on the scorching nook as nicely.
When he goes, the crew is prone to go too.
If the celebs keep wholesome, the 91% who voted over shall be right on the finish of the common season.
