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Notes
- After serving up a walk-off home run to Jarrod Dyson of all people, Jose Leclerc followed up Tuesday’s outing struggling to command his fastball and leaving sliders up in the zone. He was only able to throw 3 of 11 fastballs for strikes, missing glove side and high for the most part while also leaving 4 of 7 sliders in the top half of the zone. He probably just needs to make a simple mechanical adjustment, however, he has had pronounced issues with his command throughout his career. There’s still a top-10 reliever here, but the next few outings will be important in showing where his season may be headed. It was nice to see Chris Woodward call him his best pitcher after the game Wednesday, so Leclerc should have a long leash here to figure things out.
- Pedro Strop finally got his first save of the year last night, which now leaves Sean Doolittle as the only full-time closer without a save at the moment. Doolittle has still been pitching well and has three wins while not allowing a run yet, so we just have to be patient there. Strop, on the other hand, hasn’t done enough to this point to make Joe Maddon second-guess a decision to reinsert Brandon Morrow into the closer’s role when he returns. There’s still some time left, but it’s fading fast.
- Padres relievers Kirby Yates and Craig Stammen led relievers this past week with four saves/holds each, and while both got the day off yesterday, it was Trey Wingenter who recorded the save. The tall righty has posted great strikeout numbers in the minors, and as long as he can keep his walk rate around 10% or lower, he should be a good value for holds, strikeouts and decent ratios.
