We’re down to the final two weeks of the season. The one thing the Cubs have to play for is keeping the Cardinals out of the playoffs.
- The Padres season has gone downhill fast of late and emotions boiled over as Manny Machado and Fernando Tatis Jr. got into a shouting match in the dugout during Saturday’s game.
- Ken Rosenthal, Dennis Lin and Britt Ghiroli have some background on what happened between the two Friars stars. (The Athletic sub. req.) The authors seem to think that there’s a leadership problem in San Diego, and that road leads straight to manager Jayce Tingler’s office.