I’m sure AA gathered his own fair share of sarcasm at the 2021 deadline but Preller seems particularly directionless
The biggest difference here is the Braves had 1 or maybe 2 teams to catch in an underperforming division. They also had plenty of games agaisnt the competition to catch up. Padres are only 5 games out but don't have the luxury of playing those teams a lot and there are currently 5 teams within 1 game of eachother for 3 spots. Plus the Cubs who are also ahead of the Padres. Anything can happen because baseball but that's a lot of teams to catch.