Padres: Experts Make Predictions for 2020 MLB Postseason

We take a look at where the experts have the San Diego Padres going, or not going, in what should be a crazy 2020 MLB postseason that starts on Tuesday.

The San Diego Padres certainly earned their way into the 2020 MLB postseason, but now it’s time to really prove that they belong and are here for a while.

They were one of the hottest teams in baseball for a good stretch of the season and the one team many thought could take down the Los Angeles Dodgers.

That talk has cooled a bit since the Dodgers took two-of-three from them in mid-September and then the Padres kind of coasted through the rest of the regular season and still finished with the second-most wins in the NL.

Because of how they ended, and because of some injuries in the starting rotation, a lot of people are sleeping on San Diego.

However, many people still believe they are the heavy favorite to get past St. Louis in the Wild Card round.

Twenty-seven of 30 experts at ESPN picked the Padres over the Cardinals, while 10-of-12 experts at MLB.com have San Diego advancing to the second round.

But with the Dodgers likely being the Padres second-round opponent should they advance, that’s where most experts have their season coming to an end.

Only one of the 10 experts at MLB.com have the Padres getting past the Dodgers, while just five of the 27 at ESPN believe they can take down LA.

Mark Feinsand is the one writer at MLB.com that has San Diego advancing past the Dodgers and he also has them beating the Reds to reach the World Series, but then has them losing to the Rays.

Three of the experts at ESPN have San Diego winning the NLCS and reaching the World Series, while Kiley McDaniel was the lone ESPN writer that has the Padres winning the World Series.

Of course, predictions are just fun to look at, and most look back at to see how wrong we were. Baseball, as we know, is unpredictable.

But I think most people believe that if the Padres can get by the Cardinals and the Dodgers, then they’re the favorite to come out of the NL, which makes sense considering they won the second-most games in the NL and had the second-best run differential only behind the Dodgers.