The Padres finished second to last in runs scored in 2011 and it goes to show you how weak of an offense this team had when you team leader has just eleven home runs. While you expect the offense to struggle in the pitcher’s park that is PETCO, you’d hope they’d do a little better then their NL worse OPS of .653.
Jesus Guzman led the team with an OPS of .847 and that was mostly due to the .312 he finished with. Cameron Maybin finally made some strides and he finished with 82 runs and 40 steals, but he his .716 OPS put him right around league average with an OPS+ of 103. Ryan Ludwick led the team with eleven home runs and he drove in 64.
Jason Bartlett really struggled. He had an OPS of just .615 and he had just two home runs. Chase Headley had four home runs. It also didn’t help that none of the Padres players got into more then 140 games. Most of their regulars were in the low 100 in games played. So if the Padres want to spend some money, it’s time to begin shoring up this offense.
