The San Diego Padres have overtaken the Los Angeles Dodgers, and even their own players find it hard to believe.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/mlb/padres as Padres' Manny Machado on 2025 Goals: 'We've Got to Go Through the Dodgers'. The San Diego Padres made several high-profile moves at the 2025 trade deadline, and third baseman Manny Machado has high expectations for the remainder of the Padres season.

On the day of the trade deadline, he filled the team’s holes in left field (Ramón Laureano) and behind the plate (Freddy Fermin), added an extra bat (Ryan O’Hearn) and two starting pitchers (Nestor Cortes and JP Sears) and deepened what was by some measures already MLB’s best bullpen by adding an extra closer (Mason Miller).