The San Diego Padres’ season resulted in disappointing style following the staff’s 3-1 Nationwide League Wild Card loss to the Chicago Cubs. But, third baseman Manny Machado stole headlines attributable to a tension-filled interplay with reporters after the sport.
Machado, by no means one to chew his tongue, took exception to being requested, “How do you assess a season like this?” The veteran All-Star shortly retorted, “What sort of query is that, dude, my man?… We simply misplaced,” earlier than ending the interview abruptly.
Machado’s response caught the ire of the media, together with Jim Rome, who lambasted the Padres’ slugger and questioned the validity of his annoyance.
“How may you be shocked by that query or so angered by that query?” Rome requested on The Jim Rome Present.
Rome then defended the timing of the reporter’s query.
“If now isn’t the time to ask the query, ‘How would you assess how the season ended?’ When is the suitable time?” Rome requested. “Tomorrow? Subsequent week? Subsequent month? Spring Coaching?”
Yo Machado, would you relatively be grilled about your profession .209 postseason BA or clap again at one other benign end-of-season query? pic.twitter.com/Eoc2eNNFzX
— Jim Rome (@jimrome) October 3, 2025
Rome continued by providing Machado another line of questions, as an alternative specializing in his poor postseason numbers.
“Would you relatively get grilled about why your profession postseason batting common is .209?” Rome requested. “Would which were higher? Or, why did you hit beneath .200 in every of the final two postseasons? Ought to he have requested that query? Would which were higher, Manny? What if he sprung that one on you?” Rome continued, “If you happen to reacted the way in which you probably did to that softball query, what would you’ve got carried out if he dropped that on you, as a result of as a San Diego Padre within the postseason, Machado is a .205 hitter, with an OPS of .707. And but, he’s upset he bought probably the most benign finish of the season, softball query ever.”
Manny Machado’s lack of consistency haunted the Padres all through the Wild Card spherical. In 12 at-bats, Machado totaled one hit and two RBIs en path to a .100/.250/.400 slash line within the three-game sequence loss.