Where There's a Wil, There's...Not Much Else

After a month or so of listless, grueling baseball, the San Diego Padres' defacto leader, Wil Myers, finally made his season debut.

Unfortunately, that didn't help especially much. The Padres are still in last place, and are still one of the most pathetic teams in the majors. Aside from Myers, Eric Hosmer, and Christian Villanueva's home runs, there's not really a lot to report about this season.

It's even sadder when you realize that the entire youth movement the Pads tried to set up last year, including Manny Margot, Carlos Asuaje, Austin Hedges and Hunter Renfroe, has been doing poorly, and refusing to improve on itself. Yes, Travis Jankowski and AJ Ellis are doing fine off the bench, but...the lineup...the YOUTH-LED lineup, is deferring to the two hired guns.

The pitching's not much either. Tyson Ross and Clayton Richard make the veteran presence, but the younger arms aren't very impressive. The bullpen's a ton weaker after the losses of Adam Cimber and Brad Hand.

It's just...not pretty. The other four teams in the NL West are all making efforts to improve, or at least have more than 3 players playing well. You hope for improvement in San Diego, but you also hope such a thing is possible.

Coming Tonight: One of the many Yankee home-run hitters. This one's among the few that don't make all the headlines, but still deserve respect.