The San Diego Padres have built quite the starting rotation

As they go against the grain this offseason, the San Diego Padres have built a formidable starting rotation

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This MLB offseason has been another pretty slow one, but the San Diego Padres apparently did not get that memo. If trades for Yu Darvish and Blake Snell weren’t enough, they made another deal for a starting pitcher on Monday.

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The San Diego Padres are in agreement on a deal to acquire right-hander Joe Musgrove from the Pittsburgh Pirates, sources tell ESPN.

With the acquisition of Joe Musgrove in a trade from the Pittsburgh Pirates, here’s how the Padres starting rotation is lined up look like on Opening Day

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San Diego #Padres opening-day starting rotation: Yu Darvish Blake Snell Dinelson Lamet Chris Paddack Joe Musgrove In the words of Larry David: “Pretty, pretty, pretty good!”

And if manager Jayce Tingler were filling out a lineup card today, here’s how that might look (1-8, assuming no universal DH).

1-Tommy Pham, LF
2-Fernando Tatis, SS
3-Eric Hosmer, 1B
4-Manny Machado, 3B
5-Wil Myers, RF
6-Trent Grisham, CF
7-Ha-seong Kim, 2B
8-Austin Hedges, C

The Padres could have stood basically pat this offseason, hanging their hat on a bright future, virtually assured of a playoff spot and second place in the NL West this year. But they are not sitting on their hands, with an eye on legitimately threatening the defending champion Dodgers.