Diamondbacks are much improved from early in season, when they were coming off 52-110 season.
With 26 games left, the Padres are tied with the Phillies for the second wild card and hold both a two-game lead and the tiebreaker on the Brewers. Their rotation that boasts three healthy standouts in Yu Darvish, Joe Musgrove and Blake Snell looms as a strength, and breathing becomes easier so long as Manny Machado continues to provide the best season of any National Leaguer other than Paul Goldschmidt.
Though the East Village gem plays much smaller than it did before the outfield was shrunk a decade ago, the Padres have score nine runs in their past seven home games. The offense began with a double from Jurickson Profar, only to strand him there. Padres hitters took four called third strikes. They finished with four hits and no walks.
It appeared Sunday he may have found his bat-to-ball feel when he lined consecutive singles in the 9-4 loss at Dodger Stadium.Manager Bob Melvin suggested Soto, who cuts loose with ferocious swings, may be pressing a tad, leading to popups and other outs.The trade for Josh Hader boomeranged once again. If the perennial All-Star closer can’t snap out of the funk that began in his final month with Milwaukee, holding off the same Brewers club will get tougher on the margins.
If the Padres are to hold off Milwaukee, their payroll that’s $90 million greater than Milwaukee’s and fifth in MLB will need to produce commensurate returns.
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