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Padres pregame: Players, staff in COVID protocols did not travel with team to Chicago
The Padres arrived Monday at Wrigley Subject with the expectation that high quality management coach Ryan Flaherty would proceed because the performing supervisor.
The 35-year-old former infielder was tentatively scheduled to handle the media forward of the 5:05 p.m. first pitch.
Padres supervisor Bob Melvin and bench coach Ryan Christenson entered COVID protocols between video games throughout Saturday’s doubleheader. Pitchers Mike Clevinger and Adrián Morejón thus far are the one gamers impacted by COVID this season. Christenson and third base coach Matt Williams beforehand negotiated COVID protocols, whereas Melvin missed time final month due to prostate surgical procedure.
The Padres went 6-3 within the video games Melvin missed final month. They dropped the primary two video games with Flaherty as performing supervisor, falling 6-2 in Saturday’s nightcap and 4-2 in Sunday’s collection finale in opposition to Colorado.
Flaherty serving as performing supervisor permits Williams, a former big-league supervisor, to proceed in his capability because the staff’s third base coach.
Monday’s lineup will see Jake Cronenworth making his 24th straight begin within the discipline, within the two-hole and at second base. He, left fielder Jurickson Profar, heart fielder Trent Grisham and shortstop Ha-seong Kim performed each inning within the discipline final weekend in opposition to the Rockies.
Profar is making his 22nd straight begin in left discipline, Grisham his 17th straight in heart discipline and Kim his 10th straight at shortstop.
A lefty on the mound will push Jose Azocar into proper discipline, and into the nine-hole, over Nomar Mazara.
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Monday’s pitching matchup
Padres RHP Yu Darvish (5-3, 3.61 ERA)
He misplaced his reunion begin in opposition to the Cubs final yr regardless of permitting two runs in seven innings at Petco Park, though few acquainted faces stay with the staff. Darvish is coming off seven shutout innings in final week’s win over the Mets.
Cubs LHP Justin Steele (1-5, 4.79 ERA)
The 26-year-old tied a profession excessive with seven innings in a loss to the Cardinals in his final begin, simply his second high quality begin in 11 journeys to the mound. Steele, who’s strolling 5 batters per 9 innings, is making his first profession look in opposition to the Padres.
The one Padre who has confronted Steele is Mazara, who walked in his solely plate look final yr.