Andy Green originally toyed with the idea of throwing Hunter Renfroe in center field a few springs ago. Given his gains on defense this year, the Padres’ fourth-year manager asked the front office to run some numbers a few weeks ago. What he saw with his own eyes Monday – when Renfroe slid over to center field and ran down a ball in the right-center alley – led Green to try it out for real on Tuesday with Franmil Reyes in right field and Josh Naylor in left.
“The eye test didn’t look bad yesterday,” Green said.