The Padres are one of the most disappointing teams of the 2023 Major League Baseball season and those bad vibes continued Monday night when they lost to the Rockies, 4–3, to fall to 52–55 on the year.
Their stinker of a season was summed up perfectly by a stinker of a decision made by their third base coach, Matt Williams, on a play in the top of the third inning when he sent Juan Soto home on a single to center.
Was Soto able to beat the throw? No, no he wasn’t. He was thrown by a country mile and then comically tried to talk the ump into a blocking-the-plate call. The Padres even challenged the play, which made it more embarrassing.
Check this out:
Third base coach had the under pic.twitter.com/3zAayBF6sK
— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) August 1, 2023
That was pathetic. MLB fans agreed.
3B coach gonna get investigated for betting on games because of this send https://t.co/aPzdJJGU56
— roman (@rorofosho_) August 1, 2023
SUPER dumb send, only had one out. Could’ve had bases loaded & had a pop up out & scored off that lol https://t.co/gjU3AC6KPE
— NoReaction (@J_Dot2) August 1, 2023
Bob Melvin should be suspended for challenging this https://t.co/RCtuO9aieA
— Jamie May (@JamieMay3) August 1, 2023
This play pretty much sums up the padres season. https://t.co/WPIFP77sT6
— Trey (@Trey3O) August 1, 2023
It’s kinda sad how trash the padres are it was kinda fun battling with them in the past https://t.co/J9QhprV1rf
— Mxs (@mxsknowsball2) August 1, 2023
Soto with the most Soto/Padre in play of all time. https://t.co/6YpKeauTtQ
— Jackson Esplin (@EsplinJackson) August 1, 2023
3B coach tryna sabotage the team so Soto can get traded to the Yankees. Respect 👊🏼👊🏼 https://t.co/YL9w2jA11c
— Just A Yankees Fan (@CasaYanks) August 1, 2023
I was dying laughing like wtf are yall doing😂😂😂😂😂 https://t.co/RgB62AfdTs
— I tweet 2 myself (@whoisme27) August 1, 2023
He’s not even in the picture when the catcher gets the ball lol https://t.co/wYWNUVbRYn
— Marc Masters 🌵 (@Marcissist) August 1, 2023
