Seth Lugo making first start since 2020 in Padres debut on Sunday against the Colorado Rockies
This will be Lugo’s first start since making seven starts in 2020. As he hit free agency after the season, the chance to again start — after injuries and change of plans robbed him of several opportunities with the Mets — wasThe elbow injury he sustained shortly after what looked like a star turn for Team Puerto Rico in the 2017 World Baseball Classic certainly stands out.
“It was pretty important,” Lugo said of rotation opportunities as he sifted through teams’ interest this offseason. “I’ve always wanted to start. I feel like over the last few years and in the offseasons, having the chance to start and then right before spring or during spring training, it’s ‘Gotta change plans.’ Pretty frustrating. So coming in camp as a starter and all the way through camp as a starter, it’s been nice.
The long-term trick is what he can give the staff over the course of the season, as Lugo threw 65 innings out of the Mets’ bullpen last year and has never thrown more than 101 1/3 innings in a season .on the mound, the lineup behind Lugo is not dissimilar from the one the Padres threw at left-handeras was the case for the second time in Soto’s Padres tenure on Saturday.
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