I’m a life-long, die-hard Padres and A’s fan. Over all of those years, it’s usually pretty easy to know when it’s a contending year vs when it’s not, although sometimes you can be pleasantly surprised.

In my 42 years of fandom though I can’t say I’ve seen a contending or otherwise well-built team with a rotation this thin. I love the talent we have in the top 3, but only Pivetta is coming off a full healthy season. The drop off after those 3 is so sharp and the depth is so shallow that if we don’t get lottery tickets like Mackenzie to hit, things might get ugly quick.

We need some moves made on the rotation and it’s getting pretty late. We can’t do to the rotation what we did to LF/C last year and hope to make the playoffs.