'Traffic Cop' Randy Vásquez seems to be in a Jam to a Jam to a Jam diego Union-Tribune after another shaky start

Peoria, ariz. – The “traffic police” was not supported by some Padres fields who briefly turned into the Keystone Kops.

Regardless of how to do it, Randy Vásquez 'search for the fifth starter of the Padres has expired from the course.

He may have joined the camp and is essentially a five-man competition for the final starting point point with a lead or at least a collaboration with Matt Waldron.

The Padres know what both jugs can do because they were decisive pieces in rotation for a large part of the last year. And some of the persons recognized in the decision -making process meant something because the results of the spring training can be misleading.

But so far in the spring, Vásquez has shown enough of what he had to fight with most in 2024, that it almost certainly raised questions about how much he was trustworthy in early April.

It gets on and cannot be finished. It allows too many men on the basis.

His two innings on Sunday in a 10: 4 defeat against the Royals were not entirely classic Vásquez because the game came away from him. However, it was a largely familiar chain of events for a pitcher who has the arsenal back as a starter, but simply did not find precision and sequencing in order to be consistently effective.

Vásquez resulted in six races, four of which were not deserved, seven goals on Sunday. He also went with a dough and was burdened with a wild field. Five of the hits of the Royals came with two strikes.

Vásquez allowed three consecutive singles and a run to start the first inning on Sunday. He got out of this inning, without getting any further, even though he went a dough and had a pitch to set up.

In the second page, a mistake by the right field player Fernando Tatis Jr. allowed a runner to score on a double from the first basis, and the third Baseman Tyler Wade could not cope with a tough large biger and was burdened with an error.

“We won't rate a game too much,” said manager Mike Shildt on Sunday afternoon. “This is a guy who played really well for us last year, and we feel comfortable and safe. However, we recognize that there is a competition and we will continue to evaluate the rest of the camp. “

But the things that Shildt rightly offer a much more positive assessment after some of the excursions of some of the other jugs involved in the competition for fifth place.

This included what he said about Stephen Kolek on Sunday after the right -handed man worked on three perfect inning in just 36 playgrounds.

“He was very efficient,” said Shildt about Kolek, who is going through five goals in 61 parking spaces this spring. “He is in the zone, high -quality parking spaces. He has weapons. … I really like the pace. Everything about it looks solid. “

Kolek joins Vásquez, Matt Waldron, Jhony Brito and the left -hander Kyle hard than the Pitchers, who start the fifth starter of the Padres against the season.

It seems to be a big problem that what happened on Sunday completely matched Vasquez's first season with the Padres, in which he had a 4.87 ERA in 20 starts.

It was a bit remarkable that his era in the 125 start jugs, who worked at least 90 Innerings last season, was only the 15th, since he allowed the second highest stroke (.301) and had the sixth highest whip (1.51).

After Vásquez had allowed a run with five goals over two innings in his first spring launch, Shildt joked multiple: “Randy likes to play traffic cop.”

It is good to find what Vásquez can do. It is an enviable ability to enable more than 1½ Baserunner Pro Inning (plus 13 home runs) and to limit the damage so that your team is kept in games. And Vásquez often did the fact that the Padres were 9-11 in his starts.

But it is also dangerous.

“Stand in danger that you will harm,” said Shildt on Sunday morning. “He does a great job. It is a great quality to get traffic on the way when things are rubbed a little. He did a good job to wipe out that. Now we want to be able to limit this first striker, to have a quick early inning, bring with you and go to the sixth inning. “

Originally published: March 2, 2025 at 17:51 PST