Padres fans, you may want to look away. Last season, San Diego had a middle-of-the-pack starting rotation in the National League. They battled through several gut-punching injuries, yet still managed to salvage a decent rotation that was tied for fourth in the NL in batting average against (.237).
You'd think after a season like that one, scraping through a season riddled with injuries, that the following year would be better. For the Padres, that is not the case.
FanGraphs projects the Padres to have one of the worst starting rotations in all of Major League Baseball, ranking 25th — joining the likes of non-playoff teams like the Rockies, Cardinals, and White Sox.