You know the Padres have Mr. Big Stuff Dinelson Lamet at the top of the rotation. They’ve got Super Sinker Luis Perdomo, and Brad Hand at the back of the bullpen. There are some good prospects coming. The rest of the staff is a potential void—a void that Matt Strahm is stepping into.



Strahm could end up in the bullpen, or he might land in the rotation. But the buzz around camp is that he’ll help, significantly, in one of those two roles.



“He has the potential to be successful in both places,” manager Andy Green told The Athletic, after mentioning that Strahm’s bullpen session this weekend was outstanding. “I think we’ll continue to try to extend him out in a starter’s capacity. He’s definitely still in the competition.”



Because of injury and youth, we only have around 50 innings of major league work from Strahm that we can use as we try to determine how good he could be. In those innings,...