Padres' Offense is Bleak Through The Early Part of The Season

When will the offense wake up?

Your San Diego Padres came into the 2023 season with high hopes. Fans, experts, and themselves believe they can bring home their first World Series in franchise history. They don't look like it right now, but they're a really good team who will be contending come October. 

The reason it doesn't look like it is because of their offesne. The Padres' offense has been suspect at times, which is a huge surprise considering the talent they have on their roster. Guys like Juan Soto, Manny Machado, Xander Bogaerts, and Fernando Tatis Jr. are all sluggers and superstars, but they have yet to look like it, at least as a collective. 

The offesne is concerning at the moment, and we're all wondering when they'll get out of this slump. 

Padres' insider Kevin Acee provided us with some statistics for the Friars' offense, and it's not pretty. 

They have scored 80 runs this season. That is tied for sixth fewest in the majors and is not even close to the worst offensive start in franchise history.

The Padres rank 28

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in batting average (.216), 27

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in on-base percentage (.298) and 22

nd

in slugging percentage (.376).

The Padres have six players with enough at-bats to be “qualified.” Xander Bogaerts (.349) is the only one with a batting average above .224.

These are just some of the tidbits Acee told us about. With this much talent, the Padres' offense should be fine, and yet here we are. 

Outside of Bogaerts, the others have yet to find their groove. The Padres payroll is $246 million, and they're playing more like a $246 hundred roster instead. 

This week has been the most frustrating for the Padres' offense. In their last six games, they've only been able to score 13 runs and were shut out in half of those games. 

We are still early in the season, and there is plenty of time to turn it around. We'll see when that will happen.