PT TOMORROW: NL West—Padres youth movement pays dividends, raises questions

San Diego Padres

The Padres entered 2019 with one of MLB’s best farm systems and surely liked what they saw this year from two players in particular—Chris Paddack (RHP, SD) and Fernando Tatis Jr. (SS, SD). Paddack threw 141 innings in his debut this season, impressing with a 3.33 ERA (3.94 xERA) and 153 strikeouts against just 31 walks (4.9 Cmd). Tatis, after missing the last six weeks of 2018 with a broken thumb, missed almost half of this season to hamstring and back injuries. When on the field, though, Tatis electrified in 84 games (334 AB), hitting .317 (.267 xBA) with 22 HR and 16 SB. Even with some pullback from his 42% h% and 32% hr/f, Tatis owns a rare power/speed combo sure to make him the object of many fantasy owners’...

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