The Shocking Collapse of the 2021 San Diego Padres 

I think its safe to say that the Padres did as good as we thought the Giants were going to do in 2021 and the Giants did as good as we thought the Padres were going to do.

Man Korean announcers are so much better. Those guys absolutely lose their minds when something happens 😂

being a padres fan my whole life i’ve been disappointed countless times. this season was different, i’m glad this video put out what i feel about this team

Let’s see how far Bob Melvin takes the Padres during his tenure as skipper.

And Mark Melancon left the Braves for the Padres because he “wanted to play for a winner” 😂😂😂

At least you guys get to hear how great Don Orsillo is. Also congrats to the Braves! 4/15/22 Edit: Something I regret in this video is using the clip at 23:15. Not only was this clip just speculation and nothing has come from it, it's said that Hosmer has been professional through all the trade talks, which is the narrative beat writer Kevin Acee talked about in the clip following this one. The last thing I want to do is spread false information or unsubstantiated claims, especially about another person. I take responsibility and I promise to do better for the future.

Basically half our lineup forgot how to hit after the 2020 season. Myers, Profar, Nola, Pham, etc. all just regressed so much at the plate that even with Tatis, Manny, and Crone our offense went from top 5 to average.

As a Braves fan I feel your pain about disappointment seasons but after watching this video I truly believe that y'all are gonna be scary as hell to face next year once yall are healthy again.

I was at the game where Tatis homered off of Pressly, I said and I quote "Y'know this Tatis guy is pretty good" to my dad like 5 seconds before he hit the homer, I'm gonna remember that for a while

Haven't watched yet. This season was hard but we got the first no hitter in our history and the fans were electric at petco. I took my daughter to her first game and we witnessed some great baseball including Manny's Grand slam and of course Melancon giving it up. We at least got fireworks after the extra inning game we lost. This was against the WS champions too. Edit: 16:53 ya that was the game we went to lol

I guess I shouldn't be too surprised at the Padres' collapse, considering Preller has been trying to reform the team in the image of the Rangers, and we all know the Rangers' specialty is collapses.

All that talk about SD and LA being the biggest rivalry in baseball must have really gotten to SF

I have been waiting for this moment for many months now, it’s time to cook the finest popcorn!

I know the Padres has had one of the most disappointing seasons in recent history with a mix of different factors (injuries, stabbing, trades that didn't go through, etc.) but I still believe they had the team to make at least the wild card and it also is unfortunate that it just happens two of the best teams in baseball are in the same division winning 100+ games EACH.

Amazing video, this season was so painful and the baseball world should know what we went through, but as bad as it was this also reminded me of the seemingly countless magical games we had in the first half. Love the personal bit at the end too, it's awesome for such a knowledgeable baseball youtuber to be a fellow Padres fan

Fantastic video. Well put together, informative and entertaining. Just wanted to give you my compliments. Oakland fans understand the struggle mentioned at the end. Please take care of Bob for us, and good luck next season.

Thanks for focusing so much on Musgrove’s no-hitter, that was a pretty great night. Awesome deal for the city and so cool it was for a local kid.

The Padres remind me of the 2011 Red Sox, those big moves during the off-season then a historic collapse, consequently leading to the manager getting fired despite an overall impressive track record during his time with the team, recriminations all around, and now it looks like an otherwise talented team is about to implode from the failure Expectations are a powerful thing, and the team that is *expected* to dominate is cursed more than most…

This video is fantastic, I come back and watch it again often because its so well done

as a rangers fan, this video hurt, but your production quality and great video-making skills made up for it. good job as always sportstorm!

Damn dude that montage a quarter of the way in really hurt, looking back on how awesome this season started

I love this channel; was waiting for this video! It's so satisfyingly long, like a documentary! Thank you!

Those highlight reels were a chore to sit through man but excellent analysis and recap

What a great video bro I’ll be here next year for the World Series champion padres video

get chills everytime i see the camarena slam and joenono

AJ Preller, from rock star GM to the face of the Padres collapse.

Coming from a Dodgers fan, of course there was pleasure seeing this collapse after all the trash talk and gloating coming from SD. But I do want to see you guys elevate your game and join LA and SF in making the NL West the most feared division in baseball.

Damn. Watching this and reliving these moments was enlightening. Thanks for posting. 😎👍🏾

I left San Diego end of June. I experienced 3 games and my last was the in 1st series of max capacity. Easily one of the best baseball games I’ve ever been too. This team was so fun to watch early in this season

Great video, your work never disappoints.

Great video as always! Keep up the good work!

Still unreal to think that only a few months ago, the Pads were literally fighting for the division against Los Angeles. San Francisco literally became what I expected the Padres would have become. So much for being the "Dodgers' rivals".

Excellent video, it was my first season as a season ticket holder... I watch the team implode from a front row seat.. I'm from San Antonio too, so your comment resonatesmore in the depths of my sport loving soul.

hey man i just recently found your channel and i immediately subscribed ! keep up the good work you’re doing great :)

I hear you re: San Antonio's size and that they should probably have more than 1 pro team, but they've had so much success with the Spurs that I don't really feel bad for them

First video I’ve seen from you, great job 👌 subscribing

Good show! The Padres were really exciting and fun to watch when they were rolling!

Thank you Padres for making my Mets an afterthought.

I can't wait for this season to start!

Since I can remember, the Padres have always been my team. Right now, they have one of the best collection of players in the league. Hopefully, if Bob Melvin can get them to play like a team again as they were in the 2020 short season, they'll do much better than 2021. They have everything they need and all the players with the right stuff, they just need to focus more on helping each other instead of themselves. Then, who knows, they could go all the way.

Dude the quality on your videos only gets better.

As a native San Diegan, I appreciated your final words so much. Thank you brother!

Awesome video! Love the breakdown, and it looks like all you Padres fans seem to agree on why the team collapsed. I've gotta say though that as an M's fan, I know a little bit about the FO-clubhouse communication issue. Jerry didn't handle the Kendall Graveman trade as well as he should have. It seems these two GMs have that in common. But at least our guy can draft and develop lol. But in all seriousness, I hope yall make a good bounceback next year and at some point we get a Mariners-Padres World Series.

Fantastic video that Ill have to finish another day, I watched damn near every game and I know why.. halfway through and I’m like why am I doing this to myself?

First time season ticket holder and this season was a roller coaster. Lot of bad games, but the game vs AZ where Tatis hit 3 bombs was electric. Also the series where we swept LA was an all-time atmosphere for a SD sports fan. Still keeping the faith!

The Daniel Camarena game still triggers me as a Nats fan. I can guarantee you that if that doesn't happen, Scherzer doesn't veto the trade to San Diego

Awesome vid. Glad I subscribed!

U should do a video about how the giants did so good this year

If only more people watched more of your content. This is top of the line content and more people should know about this.

Eventhough this makes me sad and grumpy and tad angry , this is very very very well done thank you !!

I wasn't very shocked at the collapse. I was more shocked by the giants being better. Padres kept trash talking and trying to act like they're the dodgers rivals since last year especially. Giants took that personally this season

Absolutely great video, instant subscribtion

Here’s to Bob Melvin. He’s gonna work out great for y’all. We’re gonna miss em especially since he was one of the few familiar faces in the dugout.

I love my San Diego Padres, born and raised! Everyone is super excited and ever since that playoffs covid season, everyone been thrilled and all petco parks seats have been sold out! San Diegan loves our Padres players! Manny and Joe and Cronenworth, Joe Musgrove can stay here also Tatis and Blake, maybe grish and will Myers, but those are my favorites ones! I hate it how sometimes everyone views san diego as a shanty tiny town city, it's the second largest city in California and 8th in United States, and with chargers in Los Angeles (still belong in San Diego!) it still all we have left! Also Jayce Tingler berries is a bench coach for the twins so it seems lul

The big setbacks I remember from the past season: Doug Eddings, 3 series of rainouts, and Austin Adams plunking every single outing he pitched.

You’ve earned a subscription from this Dodgers fan. All jokes and rivalry aside, the baseball fan in me would love for SD to finally win a championship soon. I just hope it’s not at the expense of the Dodgers hehe. Next year will be interesting!

Hey just to give you acknowledgement, great video informative and frustrating to relive. Here's to 2022 let's go Padres!! Subbed to your channel Bryce Harper video was top notch also. Respect

man seeing camerana's grand slam in person, being just feet away from the dugout, that was a different feeling. that was pure chills.

It's still a great time to be a Padres fan. Especially after our chargers left us it's nice to have this.

I have been a padres fan my whole life and I will always be, and yes you are right, it has been a fun season with a lot of memories but also with some frustruating moments. I hope the padres can bring a championship to our city soon.

Mark Grant is such a fun commentator..I love it

Great video thanks! To piggy back on your point of how the Dodgers and Rays develop players through all levels of their minor league system... My opinion on AJ Preller is this: His ego appears to be getting in the way so much that it is taking his intelligence, and making him into a fool. If he is so great at player development, why are there are so few impact major league players that they've developed in their minor league system? I am a Blue Jays fan and have no skin in the game. I actually like how there's always exciting news coming out of the Padres! A lot of people knock a team like the Dodgers for how much money they spend, however, when you look at their rosters, they have a ton of talent that they've developed in their system. They also have a ton of guys that they've traded for, that weren't big names, and made them productive. If you were to hypothetically take recently successful teams (Braves, Dodgers, Astros, Rays, and even teams like the Cardinals and the A's) EXACTLY as they were constructed, but you were acquire most of those players through free agency (money, player availability NOT taken into account), I don't think any of those teams get anywhere near a World Series. All teams that are perennial contenders (minus the A's since they trade away their team every year lol), tend to have a higher percentage of players that are developed in the organization (again, I know this is nothing profound, but this is a hypothetical and I'm not talking about finances, player availability, etc). This isn't a knock on who San Diego signed/traded for. I'm opining that Preller is not good for for the organization at all. All of the successful teams don't trade away their farm systems for a reason. It's not just to hold on to their farm hands so they can add 4 new big name players every year. Those teams are also depleting their farm systems, because their top prospects are also being lost because they're being promoted to the majors. Most seasons, all of those aforementioned teams seem to play better than the sum of their parts. Preller seems like he's just trying to get himself a ring, so he can make a name for himself. He doesn't seem to be content with building a perennial contender. I have no idea if I am correct, but he took over as the general manager in 2014 and went through a rebuild? If he's so good at player development, why would he not wait an extra year or two and consistently promote players to the majors to help them win?? Especially when they are considered a middling baseball market when it comes to baseball revenue. It doesn't make much sense to me, and sounds exactly like a guy that can't sit still and needs to micromanage everything. Does this guy need the spotlight on him every offseason and trade deadline? That's the way it seems from my perspective. This guy has been the GM for seven or eight seasons and hasn't figured out what perennial contenders do? The reason other teams don't emulate what those successful teams have done, is because they CAN'T! They lack the talent evaluations and player development. By all accounts Preller is one of the top GMs in that regard. Almost all of the teams in baseball, and definitely all of the successful one's, do not view their farm system like he does. Those other teams are trying to obtain the farm so they can build an organization year in and year out. Preller appears to be doing the exact opposite. I have no clue if I'm right, it just appears that he views the organization like he will not be there forever, doesn't care about the future, and sacrifices the whole organization and the fan base for instant gratification! They basically haven't made the playoffs in 15 years, he's been there for seven or eight with no success other than in a 60 game season. If I was a fan of the team, I would want to see an awesome product going out there most years. He's managing the team like he won't be there next year. The guy is obviously highly intelligent, but sounds like egotistical, micromanager to me. I wonder if those previous executives that complained about him were complaining about this exact thing? *Sorry for the long post. I'm not the best at articulating myself lol. Thanks again for the great video!!

Awesome video man!

I think we are closer than people think because of the collapse. Obviously, we were horrid, but Niebla and Melvin are going to be huge for stability and development. We just need some pitching depth, OF power help, and a much deeper bench to be contenders. After all, it can't be any worse than last year with the talent we have

Absolute banger

as a long time padres fan, this season was so heartbreaking and frustrating at the same time. I had watched them turn from one of the worst to one of the best teams in a matter of what, 2 seasons? Going to petco park as a kid was boring because there was no life in the stadium and they would always lose. Then I went to three games this summer and it was probably the most fun I've ever had. the crowd was electric. I was there when they swept the dodgers and watching that moment felt like a dream. I've never seen a large group of people that excited. then of course the end of the season came and it was just like watching the old padres again. very frustrating. I hope next season is better.

That Padres season was a huge disappointment. It got to the point where it was intriguing to watch how such a talented team became so incompetent. Their body language got noticeably terrible overtime.

Great video man

As a Dodgers fan, watching the Padres collapse after sweeping them in the postseason last year, is almost as sweet as winning a WS

💌Well told story brotha💯 You made me care about a team i didn't care about.

Melvin is an EXCELLENT pickup and could be exactly what this team needs to get over the hump with their immense talent

One thing i think contributed a lot was the game in Miami that Doug Eddings called with a bias I’ve never seen before. Just impossible to get morale back up when u don’t know if the ump is just going to decide to not call a game fairly

The Padres and Chargers have been disappointing me since I started watching in the 90s. The final insult was the chargers leaving to LA. Some call it the Spanos curse...some say it's our punishment for living in a beautiful city with amazing weather. Whatever the case...I hope to see a championship come to SD before I die....but I'm not getting my hopes up.

Can we take a moment to appreciate the stone cold assassin Andrew Friedman? Not only did he step in late and rip the heart out of the Padres by grabbing Mad Max, he also, with no one in MLB having any clue he was even available, got Trea Turner in the same deal. A guy who was among the handful of best players in the league, but also happened to arguably be AJ’s biggest mistake as Padres GM. Why Andrew gotta do them like that?

Great video!!!

Watching Max Scherzer give up that grand slam hurts my soul. I watched it live. I knew that the Nats were done after it happened.

I have high hope for this off-season, let’s see if Preller can do something about the bullpen and hope to god Melvin is the manager we need

This was a fantastic video, well done. I'm no Stat Cast expert but it feels to me like Preller is building a repeat of those A Rod era Yankees teams - trying to stack the deck, not thinking about chemistry or long term vision, a win now or bust mentality. The Yankees squeaked out a WS in '09 but otherwise were perennial under achievers. Maybe its not a fair apples to apples comparison but from the outside it looks like that.

great video and also painful to remember everything that happened clip by clip. lets go pads 2022!

17:32 As a Pirates fan, I remember that collapse. It was rough, I really thought they were going to end the drought that year but September said otherwise

I was not ready for the footage from the NLWC from 2020 lol

Nobody saw this coming. Sorry bro. Thanks for the vid though!

Was waiting for this

I was at a Padres game when Victor Caratini hit the walkoff hit in September. I was sitting like five rows behind the home dugout. I was waving my rally towel had my swag chain on and evrything. Heck even Fernando Tatis Jr tossed a baseball to me because he saw how supportive I was to the team the whole game that I would've caught if a fan didn't jump in front of my glove that bounced off his handed and rolled down to the lower seats. The throw was 100% perfect and in that moment that was basically the Padres season in the nutshell. Not to mention the vibe of the whole team felt different like something is going on they weren't really energetic as the once we're.

Those Padres uniforms are sexy , but anyway you should make a video about the Mets collapse once again , after being in First all year

For me, it was the fact that the Padres swept the Cardinals at the beginning of the year, then got swept by them at the end that marked how those 2 teams switched places

That was a great intro.

Love the video and ALL your content! Keep doing the good work and plugging away. You have a subscriber in me and I will let me fellow San Diegians know about this channel.

Cardinals fan here. That many injuries are difficult to overcome. The Cardinals basically lost their entire starting rotation (and closer) and only started coming on when we got a couple of arms. When you lose people late in the season and have little chance to replace them, it's very difficult. Maybe they could have planned a little better but injuries were the main cause of the collapse IMO.

You could watch the Championship Parade in Atlanta who did beat the Dodgers with Scherzer and Turner.

Braves fan here, didn't know Turner, Grandal, Fried, and Ross all used to be Padres. But I'm VERY glad the Braves ended up getting Max Fried, I love the way he plays the game. It was cool to get Kemp for a couple years too, even though that 16-17 era wasn't exactly the greatest for us. But all that aside, I've always found the Pads to be an exciting and likeable team, and I think they'll get over the hump eventually, so good luck pads fans ;)

I see Hosmer as the players do. The dude was my favorite guy on the royals world series appearances

Hopefully Yu will bounce back with a new pitching coach and some time to heal his dad bod.

Bob Melvin always gets the most out of his teams. Plus if they are going to go for it then they will have to come off some of those prospects or play them.

Been a Padres fan all my life. All its been is pain since '08.

Pitching wins games…offense is important but the Angels and Padres have taught us pitching is more so

Thank you for Max Fried Padres :)~Braves fan

🥱 I couldn’t get through to the end. Tell me how they lost their season?

The rest of the nl west was waiting for this video

It’s just crazy watching the collapse!