The Padres — the team Las Vegas has tabbed as the biggest underdog of all the Wild Card teams — need to do these things if they're going to advance past the Mets and go toe-to-toe with the Dodgers.
With a pitching staff led by Max Scherzer and Jacob DeGrom, owners of three and two Cy Young Awards, respectively, you'd expect mistakes to be few and far between. The good news is that Scherzer and DeGrom haven't been themselves down the stretch, possibly justDeGrom finished the year with an ERA above 3 for the first time since 2017 and gave up nine home runs in 11 starts. And in Scherzer's last start, his fastball was barely touching the mid-90s.
Yu Darvish, the reigning National League Pitcher of the Week, is scheduled to start Game 1. He's been great down the stretch for the Padres, and they're going to need him to be the same guy in the playoffs. On the other hand, Musgrove is the only Padres starter who has a World Series game win under his belt.Even if the starting pitching is excellent, the Padres offense is going to have to produce at least a little bit. Fans have to expect big performances from big-time players, like rising star Juan Soto and team MVP Manny Machado, but postseason series tend to feature lesser-known names who catch fire and play like stars.
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