The main thing needs to remain the main thing. The World Series trophy is the biggest prize.
It’s a “How did I get here?” moment for a franchise that needs binoculars to spot the Dodgers in most late summers.
The next step for Manny Machado and friends: laugh at baseball’s goofiness, focus on the day’s game and leave speculation about the West race to everyone else.Like the Dodgers and a Diamondbacks club that lurked a game behind them Saturday, the Padres know the bell lap remains as far way as the Paris Olympics.
But the main thing needs to remain the main thing. The World Series trophy is baseball’s biggest prize, and the Padres shouldn’t pull out the stops to win the West. Stay the course, see what happens — but be mindful that pitching health will be crucial going into a World Series tournament that will require 11 or 13 victories.
The Dodgers have wobbled in recent weeks but still went into this weekend as a clear favorite to win the West race, given odds of 68.6 percent and 70.2 percent by analytics sites FanGraphs.com and Baseball-Reference.com.The more important Padres trend is this one: their odds to win the World Series have soared in the past month, reflecting their surge to 13 games above .500 and blows to the injury-depleted Braves and other contenders.
Rettenmund, who went to seven World Series, four as a player, lauded the Padres’ mental approach and hitting fundamentals.
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