Padres will face West-leading L.A. in a four-game series at Petco Park. The Dodgers said it would be good for MLB if the Padres lived up to their payroll, although not at their expense.
The Dodgers are back in town, just a month after hugging up the Padres like Peter Seidler was paying them, too.
Don’t look now but Mets owner Steve Cohen, having discovered that a team on a $360 million payroll can do a gorgeous face plant, has said he’s out — selling off both co-aces, his closer and two hitters. Sure, the Dodgers have won five of the six games this year. But they’ve seen Juan Soto rediscover his peak form comparable to 2019, when he and the Washington Nationals won the World Series from them without banging any trashcans. They’ve watched their 2020 World Series nemesis Blake Snell fashion MLB’s best ERA among qualified starters. They know that All-Star closer Josh Hader scales back his workload during the season, with an eye toward owning the stretch drive and the postseason.
As part of making sure the Dodgers don’t burst their balloon, the Padres may need to model what Freeman and friends have done this season with runners in scoring position . Without suggesting the Padres deserve to be anywhere other than fourth place, it is remarkable they’ve not threatened L.A. in the West race.
L.A.’s position group is MLB’s oldest, averaging 30.8 years in age. Like the old dudes at the local YMCA gym, they figure out ways to win and hold the court for hours.Dodgers fans may respond by tweaking the lyrics of a Temptations song. “WAR, what is it good for? Absolutely nothin’!”
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