Padres pregame: Outside of Manny Machado, a gloomy June for Friars’ bats

Padres pregame: Outside of Manny Machado, a gloomy June for Friars’ bats

Manny Machado is blooming through the start of June, pairing four homers with a .378/.408/.667 batting line through the first 11 games this month. The rest of the Padres? Rather gloomy heading into Friday’s 6:40 p.m. start on Apple TV+. The only other homer on the team belongs to back-up catcher Martín Maldonado, who also owns the only other OPS above .700 at .707. In fact, Machado is the only Padre in Friday’s lineup with an OPS over .700 this …