It is understandable that the San Diego Padres have had a lot of noise over the past few years. Since the beginning of the year, the Padres have acquired a number of players. He didn't win an award like the one he got from the free agency period, which was the award for the Most Valuable Player. He was only supposed to be a running buddy.
It has been Machado who has been San Diego's guiding light this season since his body and mind can't seem to get unfucked. Juan Soto is the only power threat in the Padres lineup since he seems to walk and sometimes single. The teammate came within 100 points of him.
BaseballSavant.com has him fourth-best in Outs Above Average and fifth in defensive runs, as he is one of the best defensive 3rd basemen. If you combine it all together, he is a likely winner of the award, but Arenado or Goldschmidt could win it. He was the best player in the National League according to two websites.
It feels like there are too many knives for the man. He acted like a bad person in the NLCS. Maybe it's because a few clubs leaked out that they didn't think he played that hard to justify not paying him when he was available. It might be something else.
The Padres simply had to have a game against the Dodgers in order to have any hope of winning the series. The kind of pick-me-up a team down 0-1 in a series needs right off the bat is what he was able to provide. He added a double later in the game and provided some nifty defensive play to help the Padres get out of a jam in the seventh.
This season, he traded in two more strikeouts for more power. He swung at more pitches both inside and outside, both career-highs. The lack of anyone else getting the ball out of the park in the lineup made it necessary for the Padres to get it. Whoever homers more tends to win, because stringing rallies together with singles is almost impossible in the playoffs.
It seems like 17 years ago when the Padres paid for Machado, they signed Yu Darvish, Josh Hader, Austin Nola, and a few others. Good things happen when a team brings in great players. It should be done more frequently.
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This particular bird is lucky the grounds crew was able to remove him/her peacefully instead of Tony Gonsolin sprinting out there to eat it alive with his hands in front of the entire crowd.
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