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San Diego Padres: 2019 Preparations Must Begin Now

With the Padres far and away from being playoff-bound, the next fifty-one games provide Andy Green and the San Diego Padres front office an opportunity to test out the youngsters and begin their 2019 preparations.

Andy Green prefers playing Travis Jankowski against right-handed pitchers and Hunter Renfroe against the lefties, however, Hunter Renfroe is a serious power threat, a former first-round pick, and still has the potential to be a longer-term answer to right field, for now. The Padres must give him enough opportunities and continuous plate appearances to see what he has to offer, and if Renfroe fails to deliver, the Padres can move on from him in the off-season.