PHILADELPHIA —
Padres manager Andy Green, pitching coach Darren Balsley and bullpen coach Doug Bochtler meet before and after every game.
The gatherings generally take longer in 2019 than they did in previous seasons.
They’re trying to figure out how to win games, how to fill innings, how to keep young arms healthy and how to position a lot of inexperienced and similarly skilled relievers to succeed in myriad situations.
So they meet. Then baseball happens.
“Some days it works really, really well,” Balsley said. “But you never know what is going to happen over the course of a baseball game.