Did the San Diego Padres need to win these last two series against the Colorado Rockies and Cleveland Guardians? Probably, considering that they entered Colorado four games under .500. But they shouldn’t be seen as convincing series wins partly because those games weren’t against their next opponent: the Tampa Bay Rays.
Tampa enters San Diego with easily the best record in Major League Baseball. They started off the season with 13 consecutive wins—something that Padres fans may have thought their team would do at some point this season.
Fast forward to today and we should be hoping this team can put together a winning streak half as good as that.