I’m sure a lot of the talk coming out of this Padres-Braves series will be the dominance of Nick Pivetta, Fernando Tatis Jr. and Manny Machado looking healthy and the bullpen shoving—and rightfully so.
But someone else who deserves props is the skipper Mike Shildt (and his staff).
Let’s go through the notable moves made—and not made—in these four games that ended up working out great:
Thursday (and all series)
- Leading off Tatis: 1.262 OPS, 3 RBI, 3 SB, 5 R
- Going to the bullpen early despite Michael King starting (bullpen 1 ER in 6.