San Diego Padres have decision with Chris Paddack

Paddack’s Struggles Lead to a Valid Question

In the month of August, Paddack’s opponents are hitting .351 off of him with a .701 slugging percentage in addition to hitting six home runs.

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In his most recent start last Friday against the Boston Red Sox, he couldn’t get out of the third inning, allowing six earned runs, including a J.D. Martinez home run.

In the first time in his professional career, he didn’t strike out one batter. Not one.

So, it is fair to ask whether or not the Padres should shut him down.

I believe they will shut him down in September, but I think it is too early to shut him down now.

He is only at 177 innings and before the season some people were guessing his limit would be 180-200 innings and he isn’t even close to that.

I also don’t believe it is a good idea to have Paddack end the season on such a bad note. It would be in the San Diego Padres best interest to let him go into the off-season coming off of a couple of good starts where all of his pitches were working and had command of his fastball.

I wouldn’t shut him down now, but that decision will be coming sooner rather than later.