Memorial Day was yesterday which is usually one of the points in the Major League Baseball season where fans and baseball writers like to evaluate where teams are at so let’s do that with our San Diego Padres.
What should their record be? 30-23? Maybe 28-25? Definitely not 24-29. But that’s where they are—and for the most part it’s because of how bad the offense has performed. Just look at how the Padres offense stacked up against the rest of MLB after Sunday’s loss to the New York Yankees:
fWAR: 16th
wRC+: 22nd
AVG: 29th
OBP: 21st
SLG: 24th
R: 24th
RBI: 25th
OPS with RISP: 30th
Let’s say you were a fan who was on vacation in Europe for the first couple months of the season and just came back today.