Watching San Diego Padres up-and-coming talent Franchy Cordero and Franmil Reyes obliterate baseballs into the stratosphere is fun to watch, occasionally. Simple base-hits are just as exciting, remember Hunter Renfroe‘s Wednesday night’s walk-off? The cliche goes, good things happen when you put the ball in play. A few Padres’ hitters are pretty good at doing that.
Jose Pirela has been a punching bag for Padres fans all season and it’s getting old. Only Travis Jankowski and Eric Hosmer have a higher batting average and on-base percentage than Pirela.