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San Diego Padres are Starting to Come Together at Right Time

Even in a tighter NL West than most folks anticipated, there’s realistically only a sliver of hope that the San Diego Padres can keep themselves on the fringes of the contention conversation. Taking three of four from the Pirates over the weekend surely helped keep that distant cause alive, though.

Even when things go south, this team stays resilient and fights back, as evidenced by yesterday’s four-run ninth inning. There are a number of catalysts for the Padres recent run of fortune, so let’s start at the top.

Leading off for the San Diego Padres…

Travis Jankowski has been a much-needed spark plug for this team since coming up from El Paso.