The San Diego Padres had been tasked with enjoying in Atlanta this weekend, towards the powerful Braves.
They gained three video games, together with a make-up sport on Monday afternoon.
Slowly, however absolutely, the Padres are forsaking a current sweep by the hands of the Colorado Rockies and have been accumulating a number of wins in current weeks.
In truth, they’ve a 11-6 document of their final 17 video games in response to the league’s official Twitter account.
That features victories towards the Braves, the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Chicago Cubs, the Arizona Diamondbacks, and the Cincinnati Reds.
The Padres had a fairly complicated offseason, however their current Luis Arraez commerce (for just a few prospects) signaled their intentions: they wish to compete this 12 months and have a path for doing so.
In truth, they’re doing it now: with a 25-24 document, they’re second within the NL West behind the Dodgers and firmly within the race for a Wild Card spot.
In the event that they wish to have any probability in any respect, they should discover a approach to get Manny Machado going.
The previous MVP candidate is hitting a poor .224/.279/.341 with a .620 OPS to this point.
Xander Bogaerts and Fernando Tatis Jr. have additionally been worse than anticipated, and the identical might be mentioned about pitcher Joe Musgrove.
If these gamers can supply at the least a modest rebound, the Padres might critically aspire for extra.