Padres have 'serious concern' about back-end starters after 9.00 ERA start to 2026
This issue is a big one for the Padres.
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The San Diego Padres are trying to compete with the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West, and so far, through the first week of the 2026 MLB season, it's not going well. The Dodgers are 4-2, while the Padres are 2-4, tied with the Colorado Rockies for last in the West. While the offense isn't terrible, and the bullpen is elite, the back-end of the starting rotation is still a big problem.
As MLB. com's AJ Cassavell notes, the Padres back-end starters, specifically Walker Buehler and German Marquez, are a "serious concern" for the Padres going forward this year. Padres have 'serious concern' with two SP "The back of the rotation is a serious concern," Cassavell writes.
"... The question marks come in the rotation - and thus far, Walker Beuhler and German Marquez have done little to answer them. " The Padres got both a good and bad start from Nick Pivetta and a scoreless five-inning outing from Michael King.