The San Diego Padres finished 5-1 in their last six games before the All-Star break to improve to four games under .500 (43-47). After this 10-game road trip they just finished, San Diego finds themselves in the same spot—four games under .500 (48-52).
No progress made. Just more time has ticked off the clock towards the end of the season.
A 5-5 road trip may have been good enough for the Tampa Bay Rays (61-42) or Baltimore Orioles (61-38) but it’s not good enough for the Padres. What makes it worse is there were multiple games they should’ve won on the trip that they didn’t.