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It’s Tuesday and that means we are joined by MLB.com’s AJ Cassavell.
We talked about Nick Pivetta’s return to the Padres and how the box score sure looked encouraging, but do the underlying numbers tell a different story? Are our lying eyes deceiving us again?
We also look at the bigger picture for the starting rotation and how Craig Stammen might navigate the rest of the regular season with Casey Mize & Robbie Ray underperforming while Randy Vazquez and Walker Buehler make their cases for big moments down the stretch and into October .
Also, Luis Campusano’s weekend agains the Yankees stole some of the spotlight from top prospect Ethan Salas after Salas’ much-anticipated MLB debut. So who is the starting catcher for the Padres?
And finally, we zoom out to the future of baseball: MLB expansion. If the league adds more teams, which cities would we most like to see get a franchise? As Jeff Passan reported today, MLB has SIX cities circled for potential expansion franchises. Which would we like to see added and how would we realign Major League Baseball’s divisions in the future?
There’s also the Serie Del Rey starting in Tijuana tonight, where I’m headed. I think AJ would rather sweat in TJ than the Petco Pressbox but duty calls with 18 games remaining.
