The San Diego Padres have lost seven of their last eight games after entering the season with World Series aspirations.
Sitting in fourth place in the National League West, the Padres are closer to the Colorado Rockies in last place than a Wild Card berth.
Despite the disappointment, club chairman Peter Seidler says they won\'t change their focus.
\"We have half the season to play. I mean, much, much stranger things have happened. ... So there\'s a lot of catching up for us to do. I\'m on the train that says we\'re gonna catch up,\" Seidler said.
Just because the Padres\' plan for 2023 \"hasn\'t worked yet ... it doesn\'t make me lose sleep at night or lack confidence in what we\'re doing.\"
\"I know we\'re going to be good. We\'re gonna have every chance to be in the mix for the World Series every single year. And so that gives me some kind of serious long-term comfort. We\'re not going to reverse course. We\'re always gonna adjust ... All my focus now is on this year, because I\'m as solid as I can be on the year after and two years after and three and the next decade.\"
