This past weekend, the San Diego Padres secured maybe their best series win of the young season, taking two of three from the NL West rival Los Angeles Dodgers at Petco Park. Luis Arraezprovided the walk-off single Friday night,

Machado, prompted by questions from a small scrum of reporters, admitted that his surgically repaired elbow was still affecting him. He added that it was continuing to improve, that he did not view it as an excuse for an off-kilter swing.

Manny Machado has to spend a lot of time on a trainer's table to be able to spend a lot of time on the baseball field. That was the case last season. It is again this season. "There's good days, bad days,