MINNEAPOLIS — The Padres have long been dependent on Manny Machado.

When he does well, they do well. When he does not, they do not.

Since 2020, when the team around him became good enough for it to matter, the Padres are 121 games above .500 when he drives in even a single run and 67 games below .500 when he does not.

Also in that span of nearly six seasons, they are 112-24 when he drives in multiple runs.

There had never in his seven seasons with the team been a 20-game stretch in which Machado had an OPS below .556 and the Padres had a winning record.

Until now.

He is batting .205 with a .553 OPS over the past 20 games, and the Padres are 12-8.

This is not about Machado, which is the point.

This is about a Padres lineup that has been turned upside down and inside out and into an

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