Gavin Sheets figured he was traveling down the same path as the Chicago White Sox. His OPS had dipped from .830 during an eye-opening call-up in 2021 to .635 over the last two seasons. The team that drafted him in the second round in 2017 had lost 101 games in 2023 and then a Modern Era-record 121 games last year.

Gavin Sheets joins MLB Network Radio to discuss his first impression of Padres' fans, takeaways from first week with San Diego, and more

Gavin Sheets lined a double to left field to drive in two runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to put the San Diego Padres on top of the Cleveland Guardians, 6-2. Jason Heyward followed with a double off the wall in right-center field to drive in Sheets and give the Padres a 7-2 lead en route to their fifth consecutive win to start the season.