The San Diego Padres’ season came to a crushing end on Thursday, and Luis Arraez may have played his final game in brown and gold. After falling to the Chicago Cubs in the Wild Card series, Arraez spoke with emotion about his looming free agency and admitted he isn’t ready to say goodbye.

The Padres battled through three games against Chicago, but controversy followed them out of October. The Cubs took Game 1 with a 3-1 win, riding back-to-back home runs. San Diego answered in Game 2 behind Manny Machado’s big homer and a lights-out bullpen effort in a 3-0 victory. That set up a tense Game 3 at Wrigley Field, where the Cubs once again pulled ahead late and held on for a 3-1 win. Padres manager Mike Shildt was livid afterward, calling out a key strike call against Xander Bogaerts that kill

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