Padres pitcher Chris Paddack got a little mad, a breakdown
What Happened
Jomboy breaks down Padres rookie Chris Paddack's frustrating outing against the Mets in July 2019. Paddack, in the middle of a strong rookie campaign, lost a battle with home plate umpire on a high fastball he wanted called a strike, and the resulting leadoff walk set up Robinson Cano for his second homer of the game. Paddack visibly stewed on the mound, kept demanding the same high heater, and got burned again on a breaking ball. The video also riffs on his face-in-glove routine and a reliever who wouldn't show his glove to the camera.
Why This Matters
This one works because it pairs body language with consequence. Paddack's gripe about a missed call on a 2-0 high fastball wasn't just whining. The leadoff walk turned into a Cano homer, which is exactly the cause-and-effect pitchers fear. The Paddack-Alonso subplot adds spice: the two rookies had a running back-and-forth over NL Rookie of the Month honors, so any meeting carried needle. Paddack finished 2019 with a 3.33 ERA over 26 starts and looked like a long-term rotation piece in San Diego. Cano homering twice off him in one game, then again later, is the kind of bad day that humanizes a breakout rookie. The clip is less about a blowup and more about watching a young pitcher try to control his emotions and lose.
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Key Moments
Who / What Is Involved
Players: Chris Paddack, Pete Alonso. Teams: Padres.
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Full Transcript
Click timestamps to jump to that momentpatek for the Padres breakout star
rookie pitcher having a good season face
and Pete Alonzo they had some like weird
beef about Rookie of the Month a while
back whether it be it real or not
to one pitch he wanted that fastball
he's not happy about it look I'm a Diaz
no I'm not throwing that pitch no I'm
not throwing that pitch him throwing the
fastball again he chick Pete here's oh
no walks um he goes what where was that
up that's not up he's not excited about
that call cos leadoff walks lead to
leadoff runs and the guy coming up next
is Cano and he homered off him earlier
in the game so he leads them off with
the ball hisses once you put your whole
face in your club okay let's try that
whole face in the glove this may work it
smells nice in here
I look probably pretty cool look like
Bane this is awesome BAM gets the strike
call hell yeah let's do it again right
in there how's that look to know you
intimidated you intimidated I'm gonna
hit another home run what the [ __ ] are
you doing a man I don't care about that
at all oh another strike call it's
working do it again face in glove
activated 1 2 to Cano let's get cute
with the breaking ball oh my god why'd
you do that why would you home run Cano
second home run of the game there you go
nice easy fastball fastball again he
wants that high fastball here we go I'm
gonna get that high fastball this I'm
just gonna give me the call gets it even
higher that gets hit for a base hit his
coach is gonna come out and say yeah
you're done he is not happy
he's still mad about that pitch that got
called the ball for the leadoff walk
he's looking at the umpire there looks
at him here that's not it's not up angry
they bring in this new pitcher who
refuses to show us his glove hey dude
show us your glove just show us your
glove man come on what's this about
Patek in the dugout he's so hungry he's
not [ __ ] up do that again it's not
[ __ ] up he cooled down eventually God
jacket on look cool enjoyed the rest of
the game Cano hit another home run later
on crazy