The Petco-era Padres have been largely characterized by teams void of shape or form. Sure, they had some early successes, including playoff appearances in ’05 and ’06, but the style of baseball played in San Diego over the last 15 years has been decidedly ho-hum: pitching-oriented teams that underperformed offensively and, largely, succeeded on the strength of solid-not-great veterans and stalwart bullpens. For lack of a better word, the Padres were boring for a long, long time.
But I’m not here to talk boring baseball. I’m here to point out how absolutely butt-numbingly bland our players have been in recent years.