San Diego Padres - The Covid-19 Years (2020-2029)
 
   
 

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        2020 2 37 23   2023 3 82 80                         Decade  
        2021 3 79 83   2024 2 93 69                         Click  
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  Titles: Top Padres Players of the Twenty Twenties  
  2020 - WC Beat St. Louis; NLDS Lost to LA  
  2022 - WC beat Mets; NLDS beat LA; NLCS Lost to Philly Pitchers:  
  2024 -  WC beat Atlanta;  NLDS Lost to LA Yu Darvish (8.55) -  26  
    Joe Musgrove (10.58) -  23  
  Ballpark: Blake Snell (9.44) -  19  
  Petco Park Dylan Cease (4.2) -  12  
    Josh Hader (1.43) -  12  
  Team Name: Mark Melancon (2.12) -  12  
  Padres Michael King (4.1) -  11  
    Robert Suarez (3.43) -  11  
  Owner:  Michael Wacha (2,4) - 8  
  Consortium led by Ronald Fowler and Peter Seidler Zach Davies (1.64) -   8  
    Chris Paddack (-0.44) -   8  
  General Managers: Taylor Rogers (-0.17) -  7  
  AJ Preller   Nick Martinez (2.56) -  5  
    Sean Manea (-0.83) -  5  
  Managers:  
  Jayce Tingler (2020-2021) Catchers:  
  Bob Melvin (2022-2023) Austin Nola (2.73) -   4  
    Luis Campusano (-0.24) -  3  
  Hall of Famers: Gary Sanchez (2.5) -  3  
  None  
    First Basemen:  
  Rookie of the Year:  Jake Cronenworth (13.54) -   23  
  None Eric Hosmer (3.21) -   13  
     
  MVP Second Basemen:  
e None Xander Bogaerts (5.6) -  15  
e   Luis Arraez (1) -  6  
e No Hitters:  
e 2021 - Joe Musgrove (Texas) ShortStop:  
e   Ha-Seong Kim (15.51) -  30  
  Cy Young:  
  2023 - Blake Snell Third Base:  
    Manny Machado (21.12) -    45  
  Notable Events:  
    Outfield:  
  2020 -  After nine years of losing seasons, most well below .500, San Diego Fernando Tatis (17.5) -   41  
  turns it around in the Covid shortened '20 season seeing their record move  Trent Grisham (10.38) -   29  
  to a posh 37-23 mark (which extrapolates to 100-62 in a full schedule). Jurickson Profar (8.52) -   18  
  The difference was that San Diego started to spend. In 2019, they surprised Jackson Merrill (4.4) -  13  
  everybody signing high priced star 3B Manny Machado away from the Dodgers. Juan Soto (7.41) -  11  
  In 2019, superstar twenty year old SS Fernando Tatis, who had been stolen  Will Myers (3.88) -  10  
  from the White Sox three years earlier, came up as a rookie and went  
  22-53-.317 with 16 stolen bases. In 2020, the Padres added pitchers Mike  Notable Events:  
  Clevinger, 29, from Cleveland and Zach Davies. 27, from Milwaukee.    
    2024 - After making it to the ALCS in '22 and bringing in a bunch of high  
  □ The owner of the Padres is a consortium led by Ronald Fowler and Peter Seidler priced free agents for '23, expectations were high, championship high.  
  who bought the club in '12. The consortium looked like the typical shallow Instead the Padres laid an egg and have abandoned the high priced   
   pockets ownership San Diego has traditionally had until '19 when they star route. Losing revenue on their TV contract and their high spending  
   started spending. Unclear what prompted ownership to reverse course and owner Peter Seidler made the decision to pull back on spending a   
  let go of the purse strings, but it was great news for San Diego fans.  foregone conclusion. San Diego traded away their best hitter, young   
    slugger Juan Soto to the Yankees for a couple of quality pitching prospects.  
  □  AJ Preller was brought on as GM in '14. After floundering for a number of years, They let go in free agency stud closer Josh Hader (33 saves). Starter  
  he has been at the forefront of the San Diego turnaround in '20. It has helped Michael Wacha (14-4), starter Blake Snell (14-9) and Seth Lugo (8-7).  
  him, big time, that the Padres purse strings were loosened considerably  The two youngsters from the Yankees, Michael King (4-8) and Randy  
  over the last couple of years. Vasquez (2-3) plus veteran Dylan Cease (7-9), acquired from the White Sox,  
    have some pretty big shoes to fill. Robert Suarez who had a 4.33 ERA  
  □  Jayce Tingler was hired as manager in '20. He's a new age type of  last year will attempt to replace Josh Hader. Good luck with that.  
  manage and young at 38 years old. He speaks fluent Spanish. On offense, the Padres will struggle to retain last year's mediocrity now  
  He has a lot of experience managing Latin players in the Dominican Winter that Soto is gone. They have three studs in 3B Machado, OF Tatis and  
  and Summer leagues. Unfortunately for Jayce, he lasted only two seasons SS Bogaerts, who should all do better than last year. However, after them,  
  as he was the one who had to fall on his sword after the 79-83 '21 season. the offensive talent drops off a cliff.  
  Veteran Bob Melvin, a traditional sort, took Tingler's place. San Diego has a group of quality minor league prospects, but they are  
    not major league ready: C Ethan Salas; SS Jackson Merrill; OF Samuel  
  2021 - The bumpy ride begins. Despite spending big on their pitching staff,  Zavala; P Dylan Lesko and P Robby Snelling  
  bringing in Yu Darvish, 34, from Texas, Blake Snell, 27, from Tampa, The outlook is non-contention for San Diego.  
  Joe Musgrove, 28, from the Pirates and closer Mark Melancon, 36, from     
  the Braves, the staff actually goes from giving up 4 runs per game in '20    
  to 4.5 runs per game in '21 and the team falls under .500. This was a huge    
  surprise and it cost manager Jayce Tingler his head.    
       
  2022 - The Padres double down on their spending. They add LHP Sean     
  Manaea, 30, from the A's before the start of the season and then score a couple    
  of blockbusters landing twenty three year old super superstar Juan Soto, 23, from    
  Washington and stud closer Josh Hader, 28, from Milwaukee at the trade     
  deadline. San Diego yo-yo's up to an 89-73 mark and the arrow is    
  definitely pointing up. The pitching staff knocks the half a run a game it added    
  in '21 back down to four runs per game given up.     
       
  2023 - The Padres make another splash in the off season signing star SS    
  Xander Bogaerts, 30, and RHP Michael Wacha, 31, both from the Red Sox    
  and they add 3B Matt Carpenter, 37, from the Cards. They have an all star    
  semi circular lineup and a high priced talented pitching rotation and a stud closer.    
  Expectations are very high for the Padres to contend with perennial hundred     
  game winners, the Dodgers, for supremacy in the NL West.    
       
  2023 - The Padres lay an egg going 82-80. They were expected, with the    
  roster they had, to win around a hundred. Very disappointing for San Diego.    
  The Padres run totals indicated a 92-70 record while not what was expected    
  would have made their season palatable as they would at least have made    
  the playoffs. Usually when a team underachieves this badly, it is because    
  their closer was a disaster, blowing one close game after another. That wasn't    
  the case here. Closer Josh Hader was brilliant with 33 saves on a 1.28 ERA.    
  The pitching staff overall ranked second in the National League and gave up    
  a hundred runs under the league average. The starters went 54-33. The culprit    
  was the bullpen depth beyond the excellent starters and closer. They had a     
  combined 28-47 record and blew one game after the other in the middle innings.    
  The Padres also supposedly had a circular all star lineup, but managed to score    
  only four runs over the league norm. Juan Soto pulled his weight with a .930 OPS.    
  But nobody else was over .800. Stars 3B Machado, SS Bogaerts, OF Tatis and     
  C Sanchez all had decent years, but not star quality seaons.