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September 2021
Recap
Monthly Record: 16-9
Overall Record: 94-65
Position: 2nd
Games Back: 13
The Good
We clinched the Wild Card! Fun fact, with 94 wins we have now secured the second best record in Padres’ history. Another fun fact, the two seasons that we are sandwiched between are 1984 (92-70) and 1998 (98-64), which just happen to be the two years that the team made it to the World Series. We definitely aren’t going to get ahead of ourselves. A deep run in the playoffs means eventually going through L.A., which is no small task. The Dodgers are 107-52 with three games to go. Still, beating them isn’t out of the question. They got the best of us over the course of the season, but we did manage to go 8-11 against them this year.
There’s a number of batters who will be carrying momentum into the playoffs. Abreu, Kim, Marcano, and Dickerson all had great months. Tatis Jr. was the cream of the crop with a .316/.409/.694 line and 10 home runs for the month. There was also the little matter of a 22 game hitting streak by Verdugo.
The Bad
Gore came back to earth with a very pedestrian month on the mound. Crismatt was serviceable, if uninspiring, filling in for the injured Weathers. But honestly, I’m just nitpicking at this point. I can’t be too mad at anyone this month
The Ugly
Because there has to be one, newly called up RP Jordan Guerrero makes the list. He struggled with his first big league experience, giving up 6 runs in just 3.2 innings of work out of the pen.
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