Padres News: Padres Mathematically Eliminated

Not that this should come as a big surprise – the San Diego Padres have been officially eliminated from the 2015 playoffs.

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As reported by Yahoo Sports, the Cubs win means that the Padres have no chance of even getting a tie in the second wild card. Why it might be some comfort that it took this long for the Padres to reach their official death zone, certainly the year started with much higher expectations.

The Padres had two main “high points”, and neither is too much to speak of. On April 19-21 they held on to a share of first place in the NL West. Do you remember back that far? That was when Wil Myers was still healthy and raking at the top of the order, Will…