Don't praise the Padres too much.

Keep in mind that they:

- Spent $280m on Xander Bogaerts -- a guy currently with a career OPS of under .800, and who only exceeded .900 once (2019)

- Gave up Juan Soto for Mike King and a bunch of nobodies

- Are still paying Eric Hosmer, who is out of baseball at age 34

- Signed toxic Manny Machado, and then wondered why their clubhouse vibe sucked


I mean, yeah, it's a pretty good team, and probably the biggest threat to knock out the Dodgers outside of the Phillies, but still. Not exactly a flawless organization in recent years.