If you haven’t watched much of the San Diego Padres this year (and the new schedule has made it so San Francisco Giants fans likely haven’t), then you’re probably a bit stumped as to how this team can have that record.
They have two generational talents, the type of stop-everything-and-watch-this-at-bat guys that some fans go their whole life waiting to root for. They have two other position players who combined to sign for $630 million this offseason. And they have a fifth position player who has somehow been better than all of them this year.