It's time to look at the big picture for the flailing, lost Padres. In a 162-game season, offensive slumps routinely amount to micro problems. They come. They go.
The Padres find themselves facing a full-blown macro problem … in 2023 and potentially beyond.
This has grown into far more than a confusing and confounding head-scratcher. This feels DNA-deep for a franchise guaranteed to hit the 81-game midpoint with a losing record, despite contracts at third base, shortstop and right field that eclipse the gross domestic product of Turks & Caicos.
