This Team Makes Me Drink

So.......... Raise your hand if you thought that 10 games in to the season, the Padres would be at .500? *waits patiently* Okay, now that we've gotten that out of the way: THE PADRES ARE AT .500! Not only that, but we've won two of our first three series- one of which was against the Giants, who have more or less dominated the NL West this decade. This is the same team that ESPN could not find a single reason to have hope for before the season kicked off. They couldn't be more wrong- this team is overflowing with reasons to hope.  First off, Manny Margot. The man looks like an absolute star in the making- before, we knew that he could be a first division regular easily. The only thing missing was the power- if it developed, he'd be a bona fide five-tool star. And boy, does it look like it's developing. He's currently tied for eighth in the league with three home runs, and has also shown impressive gap power.  Even though small sample size i...

The Opening Day roster 2017 Padres has been set- and boy, is it....... unique? I don't know how I would describe it. I mean, for starters, all three Rule Five draft picks made the team, and Christian Bethancourt is a pitcher now. So that happened. Anyways, let's take a look (via rostersource.com ): Starting Lineup Travis Jankowski, LF Manuel Margot, CF Wil Myers, 1B Yangervis Solarte, 2B Hunter Renfroe, RF Ryan Schimpf, 3B Austin Hedges, C Erick Aybar, SS The starting lineup is undoubtedly the most exciting part of this roster. After all, they'll be very proficient at the two most exciting things in baseball: hitting home runs and stealing bases. Everyone in the middle of the lineup- Myers, Solarte, Renfroe, and Schimpf, (maybe even Hedges too!!!)- has demonstrated an ability to hit the long ball- this could be one of the Padres most powerful offenses in recent memory. The top of the lineup (Jankowski, Margot, and Myers) will also be very fun to w...