Padres vs. Diamondbacks: Key Wild Card Showdown in MLB!

The Padres play the Diamondbacks this week. Both teams right now are sitting either in the wild card spot or on the verge of the wild card spot in the National League. And the funny thing is looking at these pitching matchups, Tom, is I have a feeling like a lot is going to change before we see this series play out next week. I mean, San Diego basically is going with openers and bulk guys almost every day. I don't know how the Padres got to this point, but that's what they're doing. So one of these four games here, you're going to see Sears pitch. Could be for the back of Marquez or Vasquez. Bueller's not even that great anymore. So Padres have to figure out how they're going to even get through the season, let alone the postseason. And for Arizona, look what they're doing. They're starting Brad and Drake. I mean, you would think that that will change for Arizona as well with some of the injuries that they have had. But look, this could be a series where one team takes the clear advantage in the wild card standings after the other. But most likely what happens, a split or one team wins three out of four as they sort of battle it out this week. Yeah, really, really interesting spot for the Diamondbacks because they have a series versus the Padres. They also have a series versus the Dodgers after that. So they need to need some help. We talked about the Dodgers, the Diamondbacks kind of beating down the Guardians over the weekend. You know, Brad and Drake started some of those games. And these are pitchers that do not have a whole lot of MLB experience. And you know, again, there are reports out there that Dimebacks are looking for another starting pitching. So some of these could change, you know, depending on if the trade happens when that player actually gets there and is available. But I see the Dimebacks as having the advantage in this series. And I would be looking at some, some lower scoring games. I think hopefully this plays out as a postseason type series. That's what I want to see just because of the intensity of what the teams need, but it's going to be a fun one.