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This was a brutal way to end a game.

SAN DIEGO — It can be difficult to appreciate a good pitchers’ duel if all it meant for your team in the end was that a tough start to the season offensively trudged on.

SAN DIEGO — Six games. Just six games left.

This angle was so needlessly silly.

ATLANTA — What happened Sunday night was precisely what the Padres needed to happen.

ATLANTA — Michael Wacha and three relievers were good enough Saturday night that the Padres didn’t need the run Rougned Odor didn’t score nor the one that he did score.

ATLANTA — It was another three hours of lead changes and walks and big hits and big outs and an October night’s worth of tension in early-April game.

PEORIA, Ariz. — It was the top of the lineup that caused Juan Soto to "wish good luck" to opposing pitchers on his first day with the Padres last season.

PEORIA, Ariz. — Fernando Tatis Jr. shagged balls in right field during batting practice Tuesday at the Padres' spring training complex.

NEW YORK — With the 2022 MLB season now firmly in the rearview mirror, and teams shifting their plans toward next year, a few lessons from this year’s postseason should serve as a guiding light for front offices on the cusp of fielding a contender.

An interesting pattern is developing, though I’m not sure we can attribute it to anything more than coincidence. At the end of the last three full-length seasons, the Astros have gone to the World Series to face an NL East team that wasn’t expected to make it that far. There’s…