Padres notes: Tatis-Soto again a one-two punch; Bogaerts update
said. “I think it was important that Juan didn’t try to do too much in those first couple of at-bats and just shoot the ball the other way and kind of get that feeling again, where that’s an easy one for him. If you get down in the count, he can if he’s not seeing the ball great, he can still let it travel and hit the ball the other way. I think it was an important couple of hits for him going forward.
For that very reason, Melvin had been dreaming of Tatis and Soto atop the order as far back as last summer and it was scribbled that way on his lineup card for five of the first six games played after Tatis returned from his suspension. The results to date, what with most everyone slumping, have been less than ideal, to say the least, as Padres leadoff and two-hole hitters rank 21On Wednesday, after weeks of tinkering, Melvin circled back to his desired one-two punch as a way to move hot-hitting“We just did it,” Melvin said. “Talked to Juan a little bit this morning. The way it set up, I wanted Gary in the four-hole. I’m trying to get my best guys up as quickly as you can, as many times and Juan was all-in.
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