In his first 8 games as interim manager after the firing of Andy Green, Rod Barajas led the Padres to a 1-7 record.
Not a great start to one’s managerial career.
However, a small sample does not a season make, and those eager to dismiss Barajas as a candidate for the team’s permanent manager position would be ill-advised to argue that those 8 games—at the end of a disappointing and long season—really represent anything more than a whimpering epilogue to a lost season.
For the Padres, those were a sorry 8 games.