Column: Padres begin tricky 14-game, season-opening stretch with tunnel vision
The start of the Padres’ reclamation tour in 2022, lurching to life Thursday night against the Diamondbacks at Chase Field, centers around a collective exercise in tunnel vision.
Robert Suarez, the makeshift closer in his MLB debut, walked the first two Diamondbacks on nine pitches and hit the next batter. He was replaced by veteran Craig Stammen, whose first pitch was wild and halved the lead.Advertisement The first lockout in more than two decades shortened spring training, tightening the timeline for a team attempting to ramp up starting pitchers safely after consecutive seasons bedeviled by ill-timed mound misery.
The Diamondbacks pounced, however, when the inexperienced Suarez failed to find the strike zone late. President of Baseball Operations A.J. Preller said the unique road being traveled will require plenty of pitching deck hands. Sprinkle in some of this guy, add a dollop of that guy and keep fingers crossed that the early workload passes without visits to the training room.
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