This is Somehow WORSE than it looks... Padres Injury News

This is somehow worse than it looks. Major Padre's injury update as this one player has been confirmed put on the IL while this player has been brought up. Who are they? Is this a good thing? Is it a bad thing? Should we all panic? Let's talk about it. Hi, welcome back to another episode of Padre's Digest with your host, Andrew. We have some injury updates to talk about some breaking Padre's news. Wee-oo, wee-oo. I'm going to tell you exactly how to feel about this and let's just say let's just say you're not going to be impressed. Before we get too deep into the video, though, please subscribe. As always, follow us on Ex-Padre's Digest and of course also on Facebook and Instagram. And of course, also, please apply if you would like. And of course, this video is brought to you by Mars Men. Are you feeling more tired, sluggish lately? Workouts not hitting the same? Most men naturally start losing testosterone around age 30. That's where Mars Men comes in. 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But the actual news, we have recalled left-handed pitcher JP Sears from AAA El Paso, and have placed right-handed pitcher Lucas Giolito on the 15-day IL retro to June 22nd with right elbow inflammation. Does this sound like a Phantom IL move to you? Yes. Yes, it should. Do I care that he's on the Phantom IL? No. Please get off of my team. So what does that mean for us? Well, let's start with Lucas Giolito, and then I'll show you guys JP Sears. I know we're familiar with JP Sears from last year, but how has he looked this year in AAA? But first, Lucas Giolito, his stats this year, why I'm not missing him, 516 ERA, whip almost two, no strikeouts, more walk percentage or higher walk percentage than strikeout percentage, not great, right? But retro to June 22nd, so he'll have 14 more days until the IL, and then he'll probably have a rehab stint where he'll work out more in AAA. Basically what we did with Matt Waldron and Lucas, or Jaramal Marquez. But this is actually his second straight year an elbow issue has cut into his season. He missed all of 2024 after internal brace surgery, then had one end in his 2025 postseason in Boston. So while it could be Phantom IL, it could also actually be a real problem, and that's why he sucks. But I'm still leaning towards Phantom IL, but that's fine. Now, now the news you're caring about, how good is JP Sears? Well, he sucks. If you thought Jaramal Marquez, Matt Waldron, Griffin Canning, and Lucas Giolito were bad pitchers, JP Sears is worse than all of them. As the great Samuel Jackson once said, hold on to your butts. How bad is he, Andrew? He can't be that bad. You're saying he's worse than Lucas Giolito and Griffin Canning? Yes. So recall from AAA, his AAA ERA, 7.92. But Andrew, it's AAA. It's a hitter's paradise. Well, let's dive into it, right? You can see his stats. They've always been bad. Last year was a 5.04, not great. Flash line against him was 3.23 average, 3.90 slug, 5.13 OPS, OPS, or on base, and then OPS 9.03. 9.03, right? 20% strikeout rate. That's cool, but a 9% walk rate. Hitters are doing just as much damage at AAA as they were in the majors. So of course we saw the ERA, the OPS, overall stuff, plus below average at 90, 100 being average. So he's below average in basically everything. And the walk rate, not great, 9.3%. 5.25 was already his worst MLB season, 5.04 ERA, a career-low 117 strikeouts and 135.2 innings. The demotion to AAA has not fixed anything. 7.92 ERA and a 9.03 OPS against in 63 innings at El Paso. Velocity is fine. I mean, 93 MPH, we'll call it 94 to be nice, but the shape isn't missing bats. Sinker and cutter both whiffing under 12%. So people are not missing those pitches. His slider is the one real weapon, 95 stuff plus, which is still below average, and just 3.42 expected weighted on base average allowed, but he only throws it 18% of the time. So he barely even throws his best pitch, but he has a lot of pitches. So maybe that's cool. The worst part is we have a walk problem in the major leagues. And JP Sears, his walk rate has gone up since last year. It ticked up, not down. In the minors, it's 9.3%. Command issues have traveled with him to El Paso. This recall is about need, not performance. He's filling an innings hole. Nothing in the data says he's turned a corner. And you can look into his stats. His foreseeing that he throws half the time sucks. And the rest of his pitches kind of suck too. I mean, the sweeper is 98. That's cool. Still below average. Whiff rate, below 25. Expected weighted on base average, 320. So the easiest way I can explain it to you is that people are hitting 320 off of him, which is good, right? That would make you an all-star in the MLB. So yeah, you can look at the percentiles if you want in AAA. They're basically all below average, right? His big thing back in the day was that he was great at not walking people, and his command was good. That's probably one of the reasons why we traded for him with Mason Miller. But that's regressed. Regressed a lot. So let's just say there's not much to look forward to when it comes to JP Sears. I fully think this move only happens because German Marquez is still working his way back, and Matt Waldron is still a lot of time left needed for his rehab. German Marquez is the closest, though, but I guess they still want him to pitch a little bit more. And then this might honestly mean, because I don't know if JP Sears has any more options. I probably should have checked that. But if he doesn't, this might mean it might be the end of JP Sears, and we'll DFA him. And then if he gets picked up by another team, which he won't, we can put him on a minor league deal, and then we're free from the shackles of his contract. But yeah, since obviously Giglio's not going to pitch anytime soon, we're probably going to see JP Sears starting, and that terrifies me. The only way I could see this possibly working is if they do a Kyle Hart-JP Sears piggyback, but I don't know. I don't know if Craig Stammen has that in mind. I don't know what their plan is. All I know is that I'm terrified, and you should be terrified, too. Padres baseball, you never cease to stress me out. But what do you guys think about this? Are you happy that Gialito is gone, or are you sad that Gialito's gone, but the price is now you have someone worse called up to the major leagues? Do you think Gialito needs time on the aisle to fix this stuff, or do you think he's washed? Are you willing to give JP Sears a chance, or do you think he's also washed? Let me know. Thank you guys so much for watching. Please subscribe as always. Follow us on xFacebook, Instagram, Padres Digest, and go Padres! You stress me out. Please win more games. 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