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                                   Click  
        2022 2 89 73                                   on Logo  
                                                     
                                                       
                                                             
   
  Titles: Top Padres Players of the Twenty Twenties  
  2020 - WC Beat St. Louis, NLDS Lost to LA  
  2022 - WC def Mets; NLDS def LA; NLCS Lost to Philly Pitchers:  
    Yu Darvish (6.55) -  24  
  Ballpark: Joe Musgrove (8.88) -  21  
  Petco Park Blake Snell (9.44) -  19  
    Josh Hader (1.43) -  12  
  Team Name: Mark Melancon (2.12) -  12  
  Padres Michael Wacha (2,4) - 8  
    Zach Davies (1.64) -   8  
  Owner:  Chris Paddack (-0.44) -   8  
  Consortium led by Ronald Fowler and Peter Seidler Taylor Rogers (-0.17) -  7  
    Nick Martinez (2.56) -  5  
  General Managers: Sean Manea (-0.83) -  5  
  AJ Preller   Dinelson Lamet (1.93) -   4  
    Mike Clevinger (1.23) -   4  
  Managers: Seth Lugo (1.8) -  4  
  Jayce Tingler (2020-2021)  
  Bob Melvin (2022-2023) Catchers:  
    Austin Nola (2.73) -   4  
  Hall of Famers: Gary Sanchez (2.5) -  3  
  None  
    First Basemen:  
  Rookie of the Year:  Jake Cronenworth (11.54) -   18  
  None Eric Hosmer (3.21) -   13  
    Luke Voit (0.7) -  4  
  MVP  
  None Second Basemen:  
e   Ha-Seong Kim (12.44) -  21  
e No Hitters:  
e 2021 - Joe Musgrove (Texas) ShortStop:  
e   Xander Bogaerts (4.4) -  12  
e Cy Young:  
  2023 - Blake Snell Third Base:  
    Manny Machado (17.92) -    37  
  Notable Events:  
    Outfield:  
  2020 -  After nine years of losing seasons, most well below .500, San Diego Fernando Tatis (14.9) -    33  
  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). Juan Soto (7.41) -  11  
  The difference was that San Diego started to spend. In 2019, they surprised Will Myers (3.88) -  10  
  everybody signing high priced star 3B Manny Machado away from the Dodgers. Jurickson Profar (4.42) -   9  
  In 2019, superstar twenty year old SS Fernando Tatis, who had been stolen   
  from the White Sox three years earlier, came up as a rookie and went Notable Events:  
  22-53-.317 with 16 stolen bases. In 2020, the Padres added pitchers Mike     
  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  
    priced free agents for '23, expectations were high, championship high.  
  □ The owner of the Padres is a consortium led by Ronald Fowler and Peter Seidler Instead the Padres laid an egg and have abandoned the high priced   
  who bought the club in '12. The consortium looked like the typical shallow star route. Losing revenue on their TV contract and their high spending  
   pockets ownership San Diego has traditionally had until '19 when they owner Peter Seidler made the decision to pull back on spending a   
   started spending. Unclear what prompted ownership to reverse course and foregone conclusion. San Diego traded away their best hitter, young   
  let go of the purse strings, but it was great news for San Diego fans.  slugger Juan Soto to the Yankees for a couple of quality pitching prospects.  
    They let go in free agency stud closer Josh Hader (33 saves). Starter  
  □  AJ Preller was brought on as GM in '14. After floundering for a number of years, Michael Wacha (14-4), starter Blake Snell (14-9) and Seth Lugo (8-7).  
  he has been at the forefront of the San Diego turnaround in '20. It has helped The two youngsters from the Yankees, Michael King (4-8) and Randy  
  him, big time, that the Padres purse strings were loosened considerably  Vasquez (2-3) plus veteran Dylan Cease (7-9), acquired from the White Sox,  
  over the last couple of years. have some pretty big shoes to fill. Robert Suarez who had a 4.33 ERA  
    last year will attempt to replace Josh Hader. Good luck with that.  
  □  Jayce Tingler was hired as manager in '20. He's a new age type of  On offense, the Padres will struggle to retain last year's mediocrity now  
  manage and young at 38 years old. He speaks fluent Spanish. that Soto is gone. They have three studs in 3B Machado, OF Tatis and  
  He has a lot of experience managing Latin players in the Dominican Winter SS Bogaerts, who should all do better than last year. However, after them,  
  and Summer leagues. Unfortunately for Jayce, he lasted only two seasons the offensive talent drops off a cliff.  
  as he was the one who had to fall on his sword after the 79-83 '21 season. San Diego has a group of quality minor league prospects, but they are  
  Veteran Bob Melvin, a traditional sort, took Tingler's place. not major league ready: C Ethan Salas; SS Jackson Merrill; OF Samuel  
    Zavala; P Dylan Lesko and P Robby Snelling  
  2021 - The bumpy ride begins. Despite spending big on their pitching staff,  The outlook is non-contention for San Diego.  
  bringing in Yu Darvish, 34, from Texas, Blake Snell, 27, from Tampa,    
  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.