The San Diego Padres season might feel over but they still are playing baseball this week against the Miami Marlins. San Diego currently sits six games back of a playoff spot so if they want to have a chance of getting back in this thing, they probably have to win this series.
Sure, they have a softer schedule in September but if they’re seven or eight games back then that soft schedule likely won’t matter.
Miami started the season 14 games over .500 but they’ve since dropped to three games over as they come into San Diego.