Padres' Song on Injured List, Offense Struggles

0:00On April 5th, Padre's infielder Song Moon Song signed a 4-year $15 million deal this off-season, but started the year on the injured list. With an oblique strain, he's eligible to return Monday in Pittsburgh, yet the team plans to keep him in AAA El Paso longer for more ad-bats. That makes sense after he missed most of Spring training and couldn't get enough cactusly games to crack the opening day roster. Manager Craig Stamman sees it as good progression, letting Song build reps and rehab games before hitting Peco Park. The Padre's lack a versatile bench guy right now, especially against lefties, so his delays things a bit amid their early roster tweaks. Shifting gears to the offense, San Diego sits at 3 wins and 5 losses with the league's worst 0.554 OPS. They scraped a 3-2 win over Boston Saturday thanks to 9th inning knocks from Fernando Tati's Jr. and Ramon Loriano, but the bats are ice, cold league-wide. Things like Jake Croninworth stay upbeat, saying they're smashing the ball hard with

1:01smart swings. It's just finding gloves for now. Expect that firepower to heat up soon as they experiment with lineups early on. You've been listening to MLB News today. AI-powered baseball coverage.