It could also be strategic approach and/or game preparedness.Obviously a SSS, but man a .417 BABIP in the 1st inning is so, so bad. I am not going to come in here and try to say that the pitching has been awesome or anything, because they haven't, but when your defense is barely making the play on half the balls you allow in the field of play, it isn't exactly doing the pitching any favors.
I want to hope that Mondesi gets healthy, Kiké can move to CF and the defense can improve. I really thought that Kiké was going to be good at SS, but he's been a nearly unmitigated disaster. Yoshida has been fine in LF, from my eye, and I think Verdugo is improving every day, but the middle infield has been atrocious. Arroyo's limited range, Kiké's weird reads and off balance throws, and Casas' inability to help them out by making timely scoops have led to giving the opponents a lot of extra outs, and it has only been two weeks.
Without improved defense, though, this pitching staff stands no chance.
I'd be curious to see how these numbers look from the POV of times through the lineup.