Manny Machado gives honest answer about Padres needing to find urgency

It’s no secret that the San Diego Padres are in a slump.After the Padres lost their sixth straight game in a 5-0 loss to the New York Mets, Manny Machado met with reporters and was asked if the team needs to find a sense of urgency.“You guys want to hit the panic button, you guys have all been talking about it, you have all been negative about everything we’ve been doing, and we already know what we’ve been doing,” Machado said.“We haven’t been really playing well.

…Try to keep out the negative stuff out of our heads and again like I said, you just gotta try to stay positive going forward.”On May 18, the Padres were 29-18 and just got ahead of the Dodgers for first place in the National League West.But since they dropped the series winning just one out of two games, they’re 32-30 and are just hanging on to stay above .500.Over their last 13 games since the Dodgers series, the Padres are 3-10.

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By clicking above you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.Never miss a story Their struggles are primarily due to the team’s lack of offense as they are ranked at the bottom in almost every hitting category, including batting average [.215], on-base percentage [.289], slugging [.356], runs [235], and RBIs [229].The only hitting category they are close to being in the middle of the pack with the rest of the league is in home runs [63], sitting tied at 18th with the New York Mets and Detroit Tigers.“We don’t wanna go 0 for 20, we don’t wanna go 0 for 40,” Machado said.

“We were two games, three games from winning a division last year.So every game matters.”California Post News: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, WhatsApp, LinkedInCalifornia Post Sports Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, XCalifornia Post Opinion California Post Newsletters: Sign up here!Calif...