The San Diego Padres entered the season as one of the favorites to win the World Series. They had the best rotation in baseball entering 2021, according to FanGraphs, and of course were led by two of the best players in baseball, Manny Machado and Fernando Tatis Jr.
Fast forward to mid-September and Machado was seen chewing out Tatis in the midst of San Diego getting swept by the St. Louis Cardinals over the weekend and seeing their playoff hopes fade away. The Padres are now 3.5 games back of the second wild card spot with two weeks to play.