Verdicci's point is clear: the Padres' lack of power will make their World Series odds not great, even if they play well, based on recent history. He revealed the statistics to show why the Padres and the Brewers need to have more power to win it all.

The Los Angeles Dodgers completed a sweep of the San Diego Padres on Sunday to expand their lead in the National League West to two full games. The Dodgers winning all three matchups against the Padres came on the heels of a four-game losing streak and a prolonged down stretch in general.

One of their most impressive wins during that franchise-record 14-game win streak came on Friday night. The Brewers faced an 8-1 deficit after two innings against the Reds and clawed their way back on the strength of two homers and five RBI from Christian Yelich — doing so while using his customized Bob Uecker bat for player’s weekend.

By Grant Brisbee, Chad Jennings and Levi Weaver Every week,​ we​ ask a selected group of our baseball​ writers​ — local and national — to rank the teams from first to worst. Here are the collective results.

Generally speaking, I start eyeing a topic for the Power Rankings intro around Friday. Last Sunday, though, I told myself one thing was off-limits: I'm not writing on the Brewers again. I had done so two straight weeks and three of the last four.

Xander Bogaerts of the San Diego Padres had a home run overturned due to fan interference and manager Mike Shildt was ejected for coming out of the dugout to talk to the umpires in the second inning a

Padres shortstop Xander Bogaerts sent a deep fly to left field that ended up in the seats and was initially ruled a home run. It appeared to have slipped out of Giants left fielder Heliot Ramos' glove and into the seats.

Video replay controversy costs the Padres in a 4-3 loss to the Giants, as Xander Bogaerts' home run was overturned for fan interference despite the video showing otherwise.