2 truths and 1 lie about the San Diego Padres' season so far

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Oct 15, 2022; San Diego, California, USA; The San Diego Padres storm the field after defeating the / Kiyoshi Mio-USA TODAY Sports

Lie: The Dodgers' overall dominance of the Padres will continue

Save for last year's NLDS breakthrough, the Padres have largely fallen short of changing the narrative around their NL West rivals in Los Angeles.

In recent years, the Dodgers have captured the regular season series from the Padres, going 14-5 in 2022, 12-7 in 2021, 6-4 in 2020, 13-6 in 2019, and 14-5 in 2018. That's an awful lot of ground to make up. And it starts this year for the Padres.

Besting the Dodgers in the playoffs in 2022 was a precursor to what we should expect from going forward, because a rivalry isn't really a rivalry if one side is doing all the winning. This time, the talent advantage goes to the Padres with LA focused on getting under the luxury tax threshold in advance of a potential Shohei Ohtani pursuit next winter.

The two teams will meet for the first time in 2023 in May, and you can be sure the intensity will be felt.

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