Just in case we didn’t learn this lesson from last night’s game, “El Nino” gave us a refresher course when he came to the plate in the top of the 5th inning.
Judging by MLB Statcast, Tatis Jr. hasn’t hit the ball exceptionally hard in the early portion of the season. What we have seen, though, is that when he does barrel one up it goes a long, long way.
Tatis’ sweet swinging aside, the Pads didn’t have much going against AZ ace Zack Greinke today. Across 7 innings, Greinke surrendered just 4 hits, and induced several double plays when we did manage to actually get men on base.