2020 Remarkable! Season Preview — San Diego Padres

by | Mar 5, 2020 | Baseball, Fantasy

 

Onto the fourth day of our Remarkable season preview series. The San Diego Padres are young and exciting. Do they have enough to make it to the playoffs this season?

 

2019 Record: 70-92 (5th in NL West)

 

Padres PITCHERS

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Chris Paddack
  • Opponents had a Well-Hit Avg of just .067 (11/164) against Chris Paddack on low non-fastballs last season — tied for 8th best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 80 total IP; League Avg: .119
  • Hitters chased 138 of Chris Paddack‘s 341 elevated fastballs out of the zone (40.5%) last season — highest in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 80 total IP; League Avg: 27.8%
  • Chris Paddack allowed an OBP of just .264 (288 PA’s) vs left-handed batters last season — 14th best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 80 total IP; League Avg: .320
  • Chris Paddack allowed an OBP of just .246 (276 PA’s) against right-handed batters last season — 7th best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 80 total IP; League Avg: .307
  • Chris Paddack allowed a BABIP of .239 last season — 2nd best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 80 total IP; League Avg: .296
  • Opponents batted just .204 (107-for-524) against Chris Paddack last season — 7th best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 80 total IP; League Avg: .252
  • Chris Paddack had a first-pitch strike rate of 71.4% (405/567) last season — highest in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 80 total IP; League Avg: 61.9%

 

Dinelson Lamet
  • Dinelson Lamet has an average fastball velocity of 96.1 MPH since the 2019 All-Star Break — 10th highest in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 34 total IP; League Avg: 92.7
  • Opponents have a Well-Hit Avg of just .057 (9/157) against Dinelson Lamet with two-strikes since the 2019 All-Star Break — 3rd best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 34 total IP; League Avg: .122

  • Opponents have a Well-Hit Avg of just .029 (2/70) against Dinelson Lamet against breaking balls down since the 2019 All-Star Break — 2nd best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 34 total IP; League Avg: .128
  • Opponents have a two strike miss rate of 34.7% (74/213) against Dinelson Lamet since the 2019 All-Star Break — 5th highest in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 34 total IP; League Avg: 24.4%
  • Dinelson Lamet has allowed a slugging percentage of .783 (36 Total Bases / 46 ABs) on inside fastballs since the 2019 All-Star Break — 5th highest in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 34 total IP; League Avg: .455
  • Opponents are hitting just .122 (15-for-123) against Dinelson Lamet‘s non-fastballs since the 2019 All-Star Break — 2nd best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 34 total IP; League Avg: .231

 

Zach Davies
  • Hitters swung at 37.1% of Zach Davies‘ fastballs (524/1,413) last season — 2nd lowest in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 80 total IP; League Avg: 47.0%
  • Opponents had a miss rate of just 17.3% (203/1,171) against Zach Davies last season — 4th lowest in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 80 total IP; League Avg: 24.9%
  • Zach Davies had a first-pitch strike rate of just 53.3% (360/676) last season — 2nd lowest in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 80 total IP; League Avg: 61.9%
  • Zach Davies has not allowed a home run in any of the last 20.2 innings he’s appeared — Brandon Workman has the longest active streak at 53.0.

 

Joey Lucchesi
  • Opponents batted just .183 (40-for-219) against Joey Lucchesi‘s non-fastballs last season — 10th best among qualified SPs in MLB; League Avg: .219
  • Joey Lucchesi allowed an OBP of just .216 (171 PA’s) when leading off an inning last season — 2nd best among qualified SPs in MLB; League Avg: .297
  • Joey Lucchesi threw his changeup 34.8% of the time (920/2,643) last season — highest among qualified SPs in MLB; League Avg: 16.2%
  • Left-handed hitters had a groundball rate of 63.8% (67/105) against Joey Lucchesi last season — 2nd highest among qualified SPs in MLB; League Avg: 44.5%
  • Opponents had a line drive rate of just 18.5% (87/470) versus Joey Lucchesi last season — 3rd lowest among qualified SPs in MLB; League Avg: 22.8%

 

Cal Quantrill
  • Opponents had a Well-Hit Avg of just .143 (32/224) against Cal Quantrill‘s fastball last season — 6th best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 80 total IP; League Avg: .213

  • Opponents had a line drive rate of just 19.5% (63/323) versus Cal Quantrill last season — 9th lowest in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 80 total IP; League Avg: 22.9%
  • Right-handed hitters had a groundball rate of 56.2% (68/121) against Cal Quantrill last season — 9th highest in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 80 total IP; League Avg: 44.6%
  • Opponents batted just .221 (19-for-86) against Cal Quantrill on low fastballs last season — 9th best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 80 total IP; League Avg: .291

 

Kirby Yates
  • Opponents had a groundball rate of 66.2% (45/68) against Kirby Yates on non-fastballs last season — 5th highest among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: 46.3%
  • Opponents had a miss rate of 34.5% (96/278) against Kirby Yates on fastballs last season — 4th highest among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: 21.7%
  • Kirby Yates allowed a slugging percentage of just .262 (58 Total Bases / 221 ABs) last season — 4th best among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .405
  • Kirby Yates had a strikeout rate of 41.6% (101/243) last season — 3rd best among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: 25.0%

 

Emilio Pagan
  • Emilio Pagan allowed an OPS of just .590 (267 PA’s) last season — 20th best among among 204 qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .719
  • Opponents had a miss rate of 35.9% (136/379) against Emilio Pagan on fastballs last season — 2nd highest among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: 21.7%
  • Emilio Pagan‘s K:BB ratio was 7.4 (96/13) last season — 4th best among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: 2.8
  • Emilio Pagan allowed an OBP of just .221 (267 PA’s) last season — 2nd best among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .315

 

Drew Pomeranz
  • Hitters chased just 61 of Drew Pomeranz‘s 243 breaking balls down out of the zone (chase rate of 25.1%) last season — 6th lowest in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 80 total IP; League Avg: 35.6%
  • Opponents had a groundball rate of 63.4% (52/82) against Drew Pomeranz‘s curve and slider last season — highest in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 80 total IP; League Avg: 45.4%
  • Drew Pomeranz allowed a slugging percentage of 1.060 (53 Total Bases / 50 ABs) when he was behind in the count last season — 2nd highest in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 80 total IP; League Avg: .655

 

Craig Stammen
  • Craig Stammen‘s K:BB ratio was 4.9 (73/15) last season — tied for 19th best among among 204 qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: 2.8
  • Opponents had a Well-Hit Avg of .143 (23/161) against Craig Stammen with two-strikes last season — 8th highest among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .103
  • Opponents batted .278 (15-for-54) against Craig Stammen on low non-fastballs last season — 7th highest among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .180
  • Craig Stammen walked 15 of 339 batters (4.4%) last season — tied for 6th best among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: 8.9%

 

Andres Munoz
  • Hitters have chased just 25 of Andres Munoz‘s 128 fastballs out of the zone (19.5%) since the 2019 All-Star Break — tied for 11th lowest among among 105 qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: 25.7%
  • Opponents are hitting just .033 (1-for-30) against Andres Munoz‘s curve and slider since the 2019 All-Star Break — best among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .198

  • Andres Munoz has thrown 172 fastballs at 100+ MPH since the 2019 All-Star Break — most among qualified RPs in MLB

 

Matt Strahm
  • Matt Strahm threw his off-speed pitches for a strike 71.5% (789/1,104) of the time last season — highest in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 80 total IP; League Avg: 62.4%
  • Matt Strahm walked 22 of 487 batters (4.5%) last season — 7th best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 80 total IP; League Avg: 7.4%
  • Matt Strahm threw at least two strikes in his first three pitches to 77.1% (272/353) of opposing batters last season — highest in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 80 total IP; League Avg: 63.9%
  • Matt Strahm allowed a slugging percentage of .754 (49 Total Bases / 65 ABs) on elevated fastballs last season — highest in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 80 total IP; League Avg: .394

 

 

Padres HITTERS

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Tommy Pham
  • Tommy Pham had a groundball rate of 53.7% (239/445) last season — 4th highest in MLB; League Avg: 42.5%
  • Tommy Pham put 44.5% of his swings in play (445/1,000) last season — tied for 13th highest among 139 in MLB; League Avg: 37.7%
  • Tommy Pham had a swing rate of just 38.4% (1,000/2,604) last season — 6th lowest in MLB; League Avg: 47.4%
  • Tommy Pham chased 16.7% of pitches out of the zone (221/1,323) last season — 2nd lowest in MLB; League Avg: 28.4%

  • Tommy Pham had an OBP of .467 (197 PA’s) against LHP last season — 2nd best in MLB; League Avg: .350

 

Josh Naylor
  • Josh Naylor came to the plate with runners in scoring position in just 57 of his 279 plate appearances (20.4%) last season — tied for 32nd lowest in MLB among hitters with at least 241 total PA’s; League Avg: 24.4%
  • Josh Naylor had a groundball rate of 54.2% (103/190) last season — 10th highest in MLB among hitters with at least 241 total PA’s; League Avg: 42.8%

 

Wil Myers
  • Wil Myers slugged just .298 (28 total bases in 94 ABs) on elevated pitches last season — 15th lowest in MLB among hitters with at least 241 total PA’s; League Avg: .424
  • Wil Myers batted just .134 (34-for-254) with two-strikes last season — 12th lowest in MLB among hitters with at least 241 total PA’s; League Avg: .182
  • Wil Myers struck out 168 times in 490 PA’s (34.3%) last season — 8th highest in MLB among hitters with at least 241 total PA’s; League Avg: 21.6%

 

Eric Hosmer
  • Eric Hosmer had a Well-Hit Avg of .239 (58/243) on outside pitches last season — 10th best in MLB; League Avg: .171
  • Eric Hosmer had a K:BB ratio of 4.1 (163/40) last season — 11th highest among 139 in MLB; League Avg: 2.2
  • Eric Hosmer pulled just 41.0% of balls he’s put into play (189/461) last season — tied for 15th lowest among 139 in MLB; League Avg: 46.3%
  • Eric Hosmer batted just .176 (34-for-193) on breaking pitches last season — tied for 6th lowest in MLB; League Avg: .243
  • Eric Hosmer had a groundball rate of 56.6% (261/461) last season — 2nd highest in MLB; League Avg: 42.5%

 

Jurickson Profar
  • Jurickson Profar had a Well-Hit Avg of just .092 (13/142) on inside pitches last season — tied for 6th lowest in MLB; League Avg: .174
  • Jurickson Profar lost 8 hits against the shift (12 robbed hits – 4 hits caused by the shift) last season — tied for 27th lowest 334 in MLB; League Avg: Net 2 hits lost
  • Jurickson Profar had 36 extra-base hits out of 68 total hits (52.9%) against RHP last season — 9th best in MLB; League Avg: 39.9%
  • Jurickson Profar had 14 extra-base hits out of 21 total hits (66.7%) on changeups last season — tied for 8th best in MLB; League Avg: 38.5%
  • Jurickson Profar slugged just .382 (87 total bases in 228 ABs) on fastballs last season — 5th lowest in MLB; League Avg: .530
  • Jurickson Profar batted just .211 (48-for-228) on fastballs last season — lowest in MLB; League Avg: .297

 

Fernando Tatis Jr
  • Fernando Tatis Jr had 184 quality ABs out of 372 total (49.46% QAB rate) last season — tied for 21st best in MLB among hitters with at least 241 total PA’s; League Avg: 44.00%
  • Fernando Tatis Jr missed on 35.0% of swings (234/668) last season — tied for 21st highest in MLB among hitters with at least 241 total PA’s; League Avg: 24.9%
  • Fernando Tatis Jr slugged .590 (197 total bases in 334 ABs) last season — 12th best in MLB among hitters with at least 241 total PA’s; League Avg: .457

 

Manny Machado
  • Manny Machado grounded into 25 double plays in 135 opportunities (18.5%) last season — 3rd highest in MLB; League Avg: 10.3%
  • Manny Machado batted just .141 (10-for-71) on changeups last season — 3rd lowest in MLB; League Avg: .250
  • Manny Machado had an OPS of 1.089 (146 PA’s) against LHP last season — 6th best in MLB; League Avg: .835
  • Manny Machado slugged .685 (87 total bases in 127 ABs) against LHP last season — tied for 5th best in MLB; League Avg: .486

 

Austin Hedges
  • Austin Hedges missed on 51.8% of swings (71/137) against breaking balls away last season — 15th highest in MLB among hitters with at least 241 total PA’s; League Avg: 38.6%
  • Austin Hedges had 123 quality ABs out of 347 total (35.45% QAB rate) last season — 9th lowest in MLB among hitters with at least 241 total PA’s; League Avg: 44.00%
  • Austin Hedges batted just .059 (5-for-85) on low breaking pitches last season — lowest in MLB among hitters with at least 241 total PA’s; League Avg: .201
  • Austin Hedges is batting just .073 (17-for-234) on pitches out of the zone since the start of 2018 — 2nd lowest in MLB among hitters with at least 484 total PA’s; League Avg: .163

 

Francisco Mejia
  • Francisco Mejia had a groundball batting average of .323 (21 GB hits out of 65 GBs) last season — tied for 15th best in MLB among hitters with at least 241 total PA’s; League Avg: .250
  • Francisco Mejia had a swing rate of 56.7% (511/902) last season — 12th highest in MLB among hitters with at least 241 total PA’s; League Avg: 47.2%
  • Francisco Mejia chased 45.1% of pitches out of the zone (228/506) last season — tied for 5th highest in MLB among hitters with at least 241 total PA’s; League Avg: 28.5%

 

 

 

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