All right.

The regular season is over.

And no one has any idea what to make of it.

The Padres routed the Diamondbacks 12-4 on Sunday in a game that was meaningless except for that it got the Padres to 90 wins for the second straight season for the first time in franchise history.

That should be stressed at the outset when talking about what a mucky month-plus the Padres plodded through before closing with seven victories in their final eight games.

It should also be noted they are not the only ones to have basically descended into the postseason.

The Dodgers were 32-37 from July 4 through Tuesday. The Cubs went 13-15 from Aug. 26 through Thursday. The Reds won enough over the final two weeks that a loss on Sunday did not matter, but they went 8-16 from Aug. 20 to Sept. 16. The Tigers

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