The San Diego Padres arguably haven’t added enough going into their flight to South Korea, which has created “as tight a competition as [Mike Shildt has] seen in [his] years of managing” here in the final days of spring training. The latest roster cuts yesterday included some players who were fighting for the final spots but there’s still “a few more tough ones” to be had.
So who will be having those tough conversations and who will be getting that weight lifted off of them in the next 48 hours? My predictions:
Rotation: Yu Darvish, Joe Musgrove, Michael King, Jhony Brito, Matt Waldron
We knew the top three going into camp but there was a big competition for the final two spots and Brito and Waldron earned them.