[Mick]

Yesterday's game was a good representation of what the off-season acquisitions are capable of. Lee had two hits, he's hitting .375. Soler scored two runs, had a double and a walk. Chapman had two HRs and turned a sparkling double play with Ahmed, and Estrada and Ahmed turned an excellent double play. Wade-to-Estrada-to-Chapman threw out a Padre trying to stretch a double into a triple.

Five of the eight runs scored with two outs, team went 5 of 11 with runners in scoring position. Kyle Harrison pitched well, gave up an HR to Machado on a slider and an HR to Tatis on a curve. 12th round pick Landon Roupp pitched a scoreless inning, Tatis had an HR off of Ty Rogers. Walker closed it out, saving Doval for another day.

Conforto's come around (.444), and Slater got in for defensive purposes replacing Wade. Entertaining brand of baseball, just one error in two games. If this is a microcosm of the season...with even greater improvement with Snell, Hicks and Ray, I could see this being a 90+ win team. Hicks pitches today against the Padres, we'll see how the experiment works out. Hope he throws 70 or fewer pitches. After the Padres, three games in LA, then three more at Oracle against the Padres. After the first 10 games of the season, we'll know what we have.

[Mick]

Yesterday's game was a good representation of what the off-season acquisitions are capable of. Lee had two hits, he's hitting .375. Soler scored two runs, had a double and a walk. Chapman had two HRs and turned a sparkling double play with Ahmed, and Estrada and Ahmed turned an excellent double play. Wade-to-Estrada-to-Chapman threw out a Padre trying to stretch a double into a triple.

Five of the eight runs scored with two outs, team went 5 of 11 with runners in scoring position. Kyle Harrison pitched well, gave up an HR to Machado on a slider and an HR to Tatis on a curve. 12th round pick Landon Roupp pitched a scoreless inning, Tatis had an HR off of Ty Rogers. Walker closed it out, saving Doval for another day.

Conforto's come around (.444), and Slater got in for defensive purposes replacing Wade. Entertaining brand of baseball, just one error in two games. If this is a microcosm of the season...with even greater improvement with Snell, Hicks and Ray, I could see this being a 90+ win team. Hicks pitches today against the Padres, we'll see how the experiment works out. Hope he throws 70 or fewer pitches. After the Padres, three games in LA, then three more at Oracle against the Padres. After the first 10 games of the season, we'll know what we have.