It seems to me we're still celebrating salvaging one game out of four with the Dodgers, because the Mariners came into town for some interleague play and took both games from us in convincing fashion. 7-2 in Game 1, 6-2 in the second game.
For the first time in what seemed like ages, a starting pitcher, Manaea, was rocked in his start and didn't make it out of the fourth. Two first inning runs (remember those?) doomed him from the go, and the bullpen fared no better after that. Clevinger fared slightly better in Game 2 (no first inning runs) but still gave up four runs in six innings, more than enough to beat our rubber chicken offense. Two runs on average in the L.A. series, two runs on average against Seattle. I won't need advanced analytics to figure out that we will get our heads handed to us at this rate. Either we have single dingers, or we get hits and can't convert. For good measure, Taylor Rogers pitched the ninth and gave up two runs, which now puts his ERA at 3.48, which is unusually high for a Padres closer.
Our bullpen is now average, at best. Our offense is the worst I have probably ever seen and our starting rotation the best we've ever had. Ever heard of balance, GM? I'm trying to give Preller the benefit of the doubt here, but the longer he stays in San Diego, the worse of a job he does. See the Rays in the A.L. East? How about learning from them? The Twins, perhaps? How about the Brewers? What grinds my gears even more is that people are now starting with this "Wait till Tatis gets back!" garbage again. We'll see. Like I said, I would love to see Tatis back, although I have little faith in his commitment. But hey, like I said, we can all redeem ourselves. It will only cost a little World Series ring that I don't need to even wear myself.
Right now, I would say we are no better than a .500 ball club. We overachieved early in the season, but now there's just no unity on this team, no cohesiveness. We score two runs a game and suck doing that. I wish the skipper would stop batting Cron behind Manny, because it is not working. The Giants are next, and we need to win this series.
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