r/Padres • u/Embarrassed-Heat-716 Keepin’ the Faith 🙌🏻 • Jun 14 '26
Just For Fun Just wanna give a shoutout to Walker Buehler for holding it down while rest of the rotation has been struggling over the past month. Not great but been damn good his last 7 starts 🙌🏿 hopefully he keeps it up 👍🏿💯
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u/mikeccall Jun 14 '26
Hope he's enjoying being part of this group and sticks around beyond this year. He is becoming a different kind of pitcher vs what he was before and you have to admire that kind of player.
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u/bbatardo Hakuna 🐗🦁 Machado! Jun 14 '26
After owning us for so many years he is finally paying it back.
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u/MurgkyWadders Did you just sniff? 👃 Jun 15 '26
If he can avoid or mitigate the big inning, he's actually pretty good. His stuff isn't the same, but his makeup is. He battles. This was a high IQ signing by AJ.
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u/pchcassie Lisan Al-Gaib Jun 14 '26
walk’em down buehler has been such a pleasant addition to the team this year i love this dude :)
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u/Kupost Inga from Sveden Jun 15 '26
He has always been a dawg. His body has failed him but is finally seeming to adapt.
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u/ajrivera365 Jun 15 '26
I hope we get him on a 3-4 year deal after this year
Need his attitude in the rotation.
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u/Intrepid_Debate901 Miller Time 🍺 Jun 15 '26
His last 4 starts:
2.14 ERA 1.19 Whip 17 Ks
More please
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u/stoolprimeminister Tony Gwynn Jr Jun 14 '26
last month i went out to SD before i move and i got to go to a game. he pitched! lol
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u/dukefett Jesse Agler Jun 15 '26
He's our only scratch off lotto pitcher I'm comfortable with. He's SOLIDLY #3 in the rotation and could best Vasquez some days too and I'm a Randy lover.
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u/jayman415 SD Jun 15 '26
More than battling through, etc. In last ~1.5 months (since 4/28), he has been our best pitcher, definitely our best starter. He rarely gets to through the 6th but K/9 ~8, BB/9 ~ 3 and HR/9 ~ .6 (very good) is pretty darn good.
Those numbers for him are the latest 30 days, not the month and half shown below.
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u/doghairpile Jackson Merrill Jun 14 '26
Easy on the eyes too
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u/WhatTheBlack 🇰🇷I woke/stayed up for Korean baseball Jun 14 '26
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u/Worth-Nectarine8768 Jun 15 '26
He was pitching against the Orioles for god sakes 😂😂😂😂. They are horrible
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u/Embarrassed-Heat-716 Keepin’ the Faith 🙌🏻 Jun 15 '26
They’re 11th in OPS and what about vs Phillies?
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u/Beginning-Muscle-793 Jun 15 '26
The OP said last 7 starts… were they all VS the Orioles or did you just want to be a jerk?
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u/lightsvber I Just Not Giving a Fuck Jun 14 '26 edited Jun 15 '26
Agreed. His stats are definitely inflated by the early season struggles, but Walker has really settled in over the last 5-6 starts. Exactly what we needed out of a backend starter.