San Diego Padres stars Manny Machado and Fernando Tatis Jr. were among the players who expressed their belief rumors of internal dysfunction within the organization were overblown.
"Everyone's always going to have their own opinion," Machado said, per the Associated Press' Bernie Wilson. "At the end of the day, we go out there and play to the best of our capabilities. A lot of quotes of that story were left out and everyone always has their own narrative that they're trying to persuade."
San Diego is playing out the string on a bitterly disappointing season, one that's all but guaranteed to see what was considered a preseason World Series contender miss the playoffs altogether.