No team with a losing record has finished as strongly as the Padres need to since MLB went to a 162-game schedule 62 years ago
Well, one way is to note that in the Expansion Era no team with a losing record 130 games into a season has gone on to win more than 23 of its final 32 games.And if the Padres don’t close with a record of at least 24-8, they almost certainly are not going to the playoffs. They may need to go 25-7. Or better.
The Diamondbacks, who currently hold the National League’s final wild card spot, are on pace for 85 wins. They also hold a tiebreaker over the Padres. That means the Padres would need one more victory than Arizona to make the postseason. Put it this way: If the Padres were to go 24-8 the rest of the way, the Diamondbacks would beat them out with just a 17-15 finish.
The Padres did battle back last night before losing by one run for the 20th time this season. You can read my game story for the details. The 34-year-old Pomeranz is in the final year of a four-year, $34 million contract. The Padres don’t have a definitive plan for his return other than to see what happens in the coming days.Last night’s 5-4 loss dropped the Padres to 6-20 in one-run games. That is on pace to be the worst record in one-run games since the 1935 Boston Braves went 7-31 .
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