For almost the entire offseason, the talk around MLB was between the Dodgers and Padres. Media members and the league itself made sure to hype up the apparent rivalry between these 2 teams, and it proved to be every bit as exciting as they hoped…for the first half of the season.
The Padres just lost their 37th game of the second-half, winning just 25 games in the process. Because of that, they are now mathematically eliminated from MLB playoff contention. The sudden rise of the Cardinals made it so they had to win every game from here on out just to have a shot.