Eh.
In a perfect world? Yes he easily extends this to a 7 game series IMO.
The reality is Nando is still an immature kid and I’m not sure how the clubhouse would have handled him coming back.
I think this team making the NLCS without him is ultimately a good thing.
They needed to know they don’t need him to make stuff happen, and he needed to see that he’s not the end all be all.
Also the whole PEDs thing clearly humbled him. He got knocked to the ground, I’m really curious to see how he rebounds next season.
Also each game the Padres played took a game off Nando’s suspension for next season. I think it’s down to like 20 something games now.