Fernando Tatis Jr. offers sobering take on Padres’ offense after 7-3 loss to Mets

The San Diego Padres have one of the most expensive payrolls in the big leagues in 2026, but that is not matching the club’s performance so far in the campaign.

On Sunday, the Padres absorbed yet another loss, their 11th in 13 games, as they fell prey to the New York Mets, 7-3, in a series finale at Petco Park in San Diego.

Friars star second baseman Fernando Tatis Jr. acknowledged the Padres’ struggles at the plate, saying that they are trying to find ways to give their offense the spark it seemingly desperately craves.

“We just know that we’re better than what we’re doing,” Tatis Jr. said after the loss to the Mets, via Jeff Sanders of The San Diego Union-Tribune. “We’re working for it. We’re trying to find a way out of it.”

In the Mets series finale, Tatis Jr. went 1-for-4 with a walk and a strikeout. Jackson Merrill was 1-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout as well, while Manny Machado went hitless on four at-bats. Overall, the Padres were 7-for-33 in the game, with their offense all coming from catcher Freddy Fermin’s RBIs. Fermin had a two-run home run in the fifth inning and an RBI double in the ninth frame.

But it’s always the stars, the expensive guys, whom Padres fans will always look for production at the plate. On the season, no one among Tatis, Machado, Merrill and Xander Bogaerts has an OPS better than .670. As a team, San Diego is last in the big leagues with a .644 OPS.

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