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SAN DIEGO — Yu Darvish climbed the mound on Friday some seven pounds lighter than his last start on June 21.

SAN DIEGO — Seth Lugo's phone rang more than few times over the offseason. The Mets were never on the other end of call, perhaps because they eyed much larger prizes to fill the vacancies left by Jacob deGrom, Chris Bassitt and Taijuan Walker than moving their longtime reliever into…

It's time to look at the big picture for the flailing, lost Padres. In a 162-game season, offensive slumps routinely amount to micro problems. They come. They go.

Another angle of the play explains what happened here.

SAN DIEGO — The Padres continued to force the action and continued to win.

SAN DIEGO — The improved San Diego Padres offense continued to do new things, but could not shake old habits.

Michael Wacha was the last starting pitcher added to the mix this spring, but he was certainly not viewed as the sixth starter in the rotation. At just $7.5 million for this season, he also was something of a bargain.

A video montage that played on the Petco Park video boards late in games the Padres trailed throughout their first four home stands featured myriad offensive highlights from last season and a compilation of television commentators praising the team's lineup.

ANAHEIM, Calif. – I have trouble deciding what to have for lunch, so, no, I don’t envy the Angels’ predicament.