| Power Rankings |
| Date | Ranking | Previous |
| 07/22/2008 | 30 | 27 |
| Jake Peavy allowed four dingers the other night. Is everything OK physically? ... Even the always-hardy S.D. 'pen has exploded: Heath Bell has allowed seven runs in his past two innings ... Padres exec Sandy Alderson the other day: "We definitely missed in our evaluation of some players this season." You think? |
| 07/09/2008 | 27 | 28 |
| The development of Chase Headley is a welcome sight for a team that just has little going for it offensively outside of Adrian Gonzalez and Kevin Kouzmanoff. Scott Hairston is hot right now and might even be someone to work with now, too. |
| 07/01/2008 | 28 | 28 |
| Chris Young is expected to return after the All-Star break -- just in time to replace Greg Maddux in the rotation. Maddux was quietly having a solid year before back-to-back stinkers. He really is costing the Padres some decent return before the trade deadline. |
| 06/24/2008 | 28 | 24 |
| The swinging ax caught three managers last week, but Bud Black should remain safe. Granted, he is not an offensive mind, but the GM needs to do a better job of constructing an offense. |
| 06/18/2008 | 24 | 24 |
| Chase Headley's arrival is the start of an offensive makeover, but it will take a lot more than him to truly turn things around. |
| 06/10/2008 | 24 | 28 |
| They have found some good fortune at home and Jake Peavy is returning, but we still don't see them being a real threat. Too many things have to go right for them. |
| 06/03/2008 | 28 | 30 |
| Lost in the self destruction of their bullpen, starting rotation and general incompetence of their offense is an All-Star campaign by Adrian Gonzalez (.298, 17 HR and 54 RBI). |
| 05/27/2008 | 30 | 30 |
| Injuries are a big factor in their fall from respectability. Despite an offense as weak as it is, we don't see them finishing here. |
| 05/20/2008 | 30 | 30 |
| Is there a number lower than 30 we can use for this lost cause? They make the weak Giants and Mariners look like slow-pitch softball teams. Oh, do we even have to mention how painful it is to have ace Jake Peavy (elbow) go on the DL to boot? Warm up the moving vans from Triple-A; changes are on the way, according to the GM. |
| 05/13/2008 | 30 | 29 |
| They have starting pitching, so they aren't true cellar-dwellers over the long haul. It just has been a terrible year offensively and in the bullpen. It should come around, but not in time to contend this year. They are a league-worst 9½ games back, with little hope to improve that position. |
