Let the betting begin! On Tuesday evening, Caesar’s Palace released their first preseason win totals for Major League Baseball, putting the San Diego Padres at 77 1/2 wins for the 2019 season. This is slightly better than San Diego’s projected win total via Fangraphs, which sits at a National League West-low 76 wins, tied with the San Francisco Giants.
Both projection totals are fairly shocking, considering where the Padres ended the 2018 season and what they have done to help correct an anemic offense and struggling starting pitching staff, as the team prepares to head off to Arizona for spring training in just over a month.