The Padres had a good start to 2021. At 36-24, they were only one game off their 2020 playoff-bound mark in a truncated season. But things have gone much worse since.
It hasn’t been all downhill since the 60-game start. On August 10 they held a 4½-game lead in the second wild card spot, with an 80.2-percent chance to reach the postseason by FanGraphs. But in the last six weeks the Padres are 10-26, the worst record in the National League.
Today San Diego is six games out of a playoff spot, with a minuscule 0.