Padres Bullpen Is Unhittable

Yes, unhittable is the best way to describe the Padres pen. Those sick arms have opened up the season with an unprecedented 20 2-3 scoreless innings, including four scoreless innings by the all-time saves leader, Trevor Hoffman (pictured). If there's any wonder about why this team has won back-to-back NL West division crowns, you don't have to look much further than that. The pen can also explain the reason why the Padres have been ridiculously successful in close ballgames over the past few years. Starter Jake Peavy is just another player who has recognized their dominance, but for some reason or another, he thinks that the pen going scoreless for the season might be a bit of a challenge.

"It's not going to be like this all the time," Peavy said. "You can't expect the boys not to ever give up a run. Anybody we run out there, we have huge confidence in to put up zeroes for us. That's what we're going to have to do win games. Those guys have been awesome."

I dunno Jake, I fully expect zero ERAs for these guys at the end of the season -- what's wrong with setting your standards high? Oh yeah, besides the stellar play of the bullpen, the pitching staff as a whole has a team ERA of 2.14, a whip below one, and they're holding opponents below a .200 average. Yeah, San Diego's pitching is good. Like really good.