The underperforming San Diego Padres

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Sitting at 12-13 after Tuesday's 6-0 loss to the Cubs.

This was a feared lineup entering the season, particularly when Fernando Tatis returned, which he did recently.

Xander Bogaerts is the lone hot bat, hitting .330 with a .959 OPS after 25 games.

The rest of the offense is ice cold. Yeah, it's early in the season and this is likely to turn around but what a collection of scufflers all at the same time:

Tatis: .182

Juan Soto: .188

Manny Machado: .213

Jake Croeneworth: .220

Ha-Seong Kim: .197

Matt Carpenter: .239

Austin Nola: .145

Trent Grisham: .198

The starting rotation (Darvish, Musgrove, Snell, Lugo, Wacha) has been meh.

Closer Josh Hader is off to a hot start with 8 saves and a 0.82 ERA.

The Padres have an estimated payroll of $251.1 million for the 2023 season, putting them behind only the New York Mets ($336.1 million) and the New York Yankees ($268 million). Gotta be one of the most disappointing teams in baseball so far.

And here are the Tampa Bay Rays with a $98.3 million payroll and they are an astounding 20-4.