Well, Manny Machado said what most Padre fans felt. He/we played like s***. Although, generally speaking it really wasn’t his fault. Nevertheless, he’s the leader.
“That is the lowest in any of his six full seasons by a half-point and not even half his average WAR (6.4) over the previous six seasons.
“I played like (expletive),” he said.
Those questions included one about the belief, held by several people in the organization, that Machado lost interest when the Padres’ games lost meaning.