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"I think it feels a little bit better now that we’re not looking at the standings," Padres manager Doug Melvin said,"and 18 games behind, or 20 games, behind, whatever it was.""They handled us pretty well during the year," said Padres center fielder Trent Grisham, who hit .184 during the regular season, and .500 in the wild card series,"but now everything is on the line. There’s a winner who goes on. And the loser goes home. Everything is on the line.
Reliever Scott Effross, rookie infielder Oswald Peraza and outfielder Andrew Benintendi also were left off the 26-man roster, while Matt Carpenter, rookie Oswaldo Cabrera and speedy outfielder Tim Locastro were included. Cleveland planned to add right-handers Aaron Civale and Cody Morris and drop left-hander Kirk McCarty and right-hander Nick Sandlin, who strained his pitching shoulder Saturday.While talent always matters most, there’s no underestimating positioning and path when it comes navigating a World Series trip. And after Major League Baseball expanded its postseason field to 12 teams, opponent circumstances and the calendar probably matter more than ever.
With three of the four new wild-card series ending in two-game sweeps, the damage was certainly minimized by lower-seeded teams in this bracket. -- Gabe Lacques
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