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The 2021 Padres: The Anatomy of a Team’s Unraveling

Plus, Jake and Jordan discuss Sal Pérez’s great season

By Baseball BBQ
San Diego Padres v St Louis Cardinals Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images


This week, we discuss the semi-shocking reality that the St. Louis Cardinals will almost certainly grab the second spot in the NL wild-card race (2:00) before recounting just how terribly things have unfolded in San Diego (14:00). We also check in on the AL wild-card race, Sal Pérez’s incredible season, and the hopes and dreams for teams already eliminated (41:00). We finish this week with Good, Bad, Uggla and one final 2021 METSCON (51:00).

Hosts: Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman
Producer: Bobby Wagner
Editor: Mike Wargon

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