People have officially turned the page on their calendars and it is now officially May. April showers do bring May flowers as well as standings after the first month of the 2011 Major League season.
It is always difficult to evaluate a team after only a month of playing because the during the course of a 162 game season, a team no matter how good they are, is going to experience some hot streaks and cold streaks. Something that I like to do with friends is to give letter grades to teams. Just like you would in school, if a team is doing really well you would give them an ‘A’, if they are above average but not great you would give them a ‘B’ and so on and so forth.
After watching the Padres for a full month and judging by their performance on the field, my personal letter grade for the team is a ‘D’ for despicable.
The pitching for the Padres has not been bad. Pitchers like Dustin Moseley, Aaron Harang, Mike Adams, and Heath Bell have been very productive for the Padres during the first month of the season. It is the hitting that is the problem.
Will Venable, and Orlando Hudson are turning striking out looking into an art form. If you go down swinging on a good pitch then you have to give credit to the pitcher for making a good pitch. But these guys are just looking at strike three right down the middle. I do not want to sound like captain obvious but if you do not swing the bat you are not going to score any runs and therefore, are not going to win the game. Going down swinging is a lot better than going down looking. 
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