San Diego Padres: Predicting the Opening Day rotation

In the Eric Lauer trade, people remember the San Diego Padres getting back Trent Grisham but they also brought back a very durable starter by the name of Zach Davies.

Davies has been better than Lauer and has proven to be more consistent on the mound, which is something the Padres need when they have a couple of question marks in terms of health in the middle of the rotation.

Davies pitched to a 3.55 ERA last year for the Brewers, who lost in the NL Wild Card Game to the Washington Nationals. He pitched in 31 games with over 100 strikeouts in nearly 160 innings of work. He is just one of those guys that pitches every fifth day and will give you quality innings.

Dinelson Lamet has the ability to be a very solid middle of the rotation arm and he has a devastating slider at times, but his question mark is if he can stay healthy.

He has had to deal with right elbow problems the last couple of seasons, and he had Tommy John surgery before the 2019 season which sidelined him until the last couple of months of the regular season.

Although it was a small sample size, he still was able to average about 5.2 innings a start and strikeout 105 batters.

The Padres love his upside but this might be his last chance to prove he can be reliable in what will be a stacked rotation in the near future.