30 MLB Teams in 30 Posts - 2022 Edition: #14

Welcome back to the next post in my 30 MLB Teams in 30 Posts countdown (plus the contest - see the bottom of the post for details on that).

#14:  San Diego Padres (Previous Rankings - 2019, 2020: #20, 16)

Edmonds as a Padre?  I don't remember that!

The Padres are another NL West team that has been slowly creeping back up my rankings - going from just outside the bottom 10 in 2019 all the way to being inside the upper half now in 2022.  As you've noticed from many of my team write-ups this year, I have more and more respect for (most) teams that are decidedly trying to win year-in and year-out (unlike my Reds who may not win 20 games for entire season at the rate they are going).  

The Padres are definitely a team that has been trying to win lately, though for whatever reason they haven't actually done all that much, you know, winning.  Still, in this case it's the thought that counts - plus it doesn't hurt that the Padres typically have a few players that are fun to watch and if nothing else, San Diego is a lovely city (or at least it was 20 years ago in my one visit there).

My 2022 MLB Rankings (so far):

#30:  St. Louis Cardinals

#29:  New York Yankees

#28:  Boston Red Sox

#27:  Washington Nationals

#26:  San Francisco Giants

#25:  Chicago Cubs

#24:  Milwaukee Brewers

#23:  Miami Marlins

#22:  Atlanta Braves

#21:  Texas Rangers

#20:  Arizona Diamondbacks

#19:  Philadelphia Phillies

#18:  New York Mets

#17:  Baltimore Orioles

#16:  Los Angeles Dodgers

#15:  Los Angeles Angels

#14:  San Diego Padres

#13:  ??

Contest entries to date (see here for details):

Fuji 24

Brett Alan 22

Crocodile 21

John Sharp 20

bbcardz 18

Matt 16

hiflew 16

The Lost Collector 16

Night Owl 9

Mike Matson 7

Jafronius 4

Wilson 3

Nick Vossbrink 3

Adam Kaningher 2

Alan Deakins 2

madding 1

Wrigley Wax 1

My west coast tour isn't quite done yet - and given how few teams remain to guess that's probably enough of a clue to narrow things down to a small handful of teams.