{"id":457717,"date":"2026-09-09T00:48:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T00:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/457717\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T00:48:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T00:48:13","slug":"padres-pregame-luis-campusano-getting-regular-dh-time-freddy-fermin-behind-plate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/457717\/","title":{"rendered":"Padres pregame: Luis Campusano getting regular DH time, Freddy Fermin behind plate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With three catchers on the active roster, Luis Campusano continues to see time at designated hitter to keep his bat in the lineup.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old Campusano will start a second straight game at DH on Tuesday (6:40 p.m. on Padres.TV) and for the fourth time in the last six games, all since rookie Ethan Salas joined the roster.<\/p>\n<p>Salas, however, is on the bench as Freddy Fermin is behind the plate.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Game 2. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dEHdY53jrK\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/dEHdY53jrK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 San Diego Padres (@Padres) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Padres\/status\/2097432795153154483?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">September 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Campusano is hitting .200\/.304\/.200 in eight games so far this year as the DH. He has cooled in the second half\u2014a .773 OPS is down from .966 before the All-Star break\u2014but he\u2019s hit two of his seven home runs in September (.856 OPS).<\/p>\n<p>Campusano (.853 OPS) will bat sixth on Tuesday and Fermin (.563 OPS) will bat ninth.<\/p>\n<p>With a right-hander on the mound, Dustin Harris (.689 OPS) gets the start in left field and in the seven-hole.<\/p>\n<p>The Padres begin Tuesday a half-game behind the Diamondbacks in the race for the NL\u2019s final wild-card spot.<\/p>\n<p>Here is how the Nationals will line up for Game 2:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">that&#8217;s back-to-back lineups to start the week<\/p>\n<p>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HyMhWpLQbB\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/HyMhWpLQbB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YLzPU8YuZn\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/YLzPU8YuZn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Washington Nationals (@Nationals) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Nationals\/status\/2097450350462558378?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">September 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Notable<\/p>\n<p>RHP Jason Adam (shoulder) threw a bullpen off the Petco Park mound on Monday. The next step is a live batting practice on Thursday in Arizona and then potentially a rehab game. How soon he returns depends on how he comes out of the next two steps. Meantime, RHP Jeremiah Estrada (shoulder) has not progressed to throwing yet while at the team\u2019s complex in Arizona.<br \/>\nOF Ram\u00f3n Laureano (hip surgery) is also rehabbing at the team\u2019s complex in Arizona and has progressed to running the pool and hitting off a tee\/hitting flips. \u201cHe\u2019s done some baseball activities,\u201d Padres manager Craig Stammen said, \u201cbut not close to playing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday\u2019s pitching matchup<\/p>\n<p>Nationals RHP Riley Cornelio (2-2, 5.96 ERA)<\/p>\n<p>Manager Blake Butera said will start Cornelio in a bullpen game. Cornelio allowed three runs in 2\u2154 innings in his last appearance on Sept. 2. RHP Matt Waldron, who has thrown 5\u2154 shutout innings across three appearances since joining the Nationals, will not pitch as he hit the injured list with chest inflammation.<\/p>\n<p>Cornelio does not have any history with current Padres.<\/p>\n<p>Padres RHP Casey Mize (5-9, 3.64 ERA)<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s 1-3 with a 6.67 ERA, 15 strikeouts and nine walks through his first six starts (27 IP) since the trade to San Diego. That includes a 7.71 ERA in three starts (11\u2154 IP) since he sprained an ankle slipping down the dugout stairs at Petco Park. Mize\u2019s only start against the Nationals was a no-decision in 2024 (6 IP, 1 ER).<\/p>\n<p>Only two Nationals have history with Mize:<\/p>\n<p>SS CJ Abrams (1-for-3)<br \/>\nOF Jacob Young (0-for-2, K)<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With three catchers on the active roster, Luis Campusano continues to see time at designated hitter to keep&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":457718,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[181,1334,74,76,75,2611,127],"class_list":["post-457717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-latest-headlines","tag-mlb","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-san-diego-padres","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=457717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/457718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}