SAN DIEGO -- Must be a new decade. Because the Padres of the 2010s weren’t exactly the type of team that chased starting pitchers after 97 pitches over 3 2/3 innings. They weren’t the type of team that worked 13 full counts one night and 16 the next.

Quite the opposite, in fact. For most of the last decade, the Padres struggled immensely at the most basic indicator of a functioning offense: reaching base. For five straight seasons, from 2014-18, they finished last in the Majors in on-base percentage. A year ago, San Diego made the jump to 26th. But that obviously wasn’t good enough, so general manager A.J. Preller set out to fix the problem in the offseason.

So far, so good. Wil Myers and Manny Machado homered on Saturday night, as the Padres beat the D-backs, 5-1, to improve to 2-0. That kind of power has never been at issue. But the method with which the San Diego offense dismantled D-backs starter Robbie Ray was a stark contrast to the Padres of the last decade.

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Ray labored into the fourth inning, then he cracked. After Tommy Pham worked a walk and Ty France singled, Ray hung a 2-2 breaking ball to Myers, who dispatched it into the vacant left-field seats. It was the Padres’ first home run of the season and the first ever by a designated hitter in a regular-season game in San Diego.

“When you can put at-bats like that together over and over again, it just wears on the other team,” Myers said. “That’s our M.O. this year, as far as our offense goes, to go up there and grind out at-bats. That’s how you win ballgames.”

“In two games, they’ve seen 100 more pitches than our offense,” said Arizona manager Torey Lovullo. “So they’re patiently waiting for their pitch. They seem to be in a really good rhythm with what their plan is, and they’re executing. They’re patient in just grinding down our starters.”

Throughout his tenure, Preller has spoken of his desire to change the dynamic of the Padres’ offense. But he’s never taken action quite like he did this winter. In three trades, the Padres landed Pham, Jurickson Profar and Trent Grisham -- all known for their ability to work counts, frustrate pitchers and, ultimately, reach base.

Those moves have paid early dividends. Through two games, Pham, Profar and Grisham have reached base 12 times in 24 plate appearances, including eight times via walk. That trio alone has seen 128 pitches in two nights -- an average of 5.3 per plate appearance.

“It’s just the mentality and the grind mindset our hitters have right now,” said manager Jayce Tingler. “The important thing is we’ve got to do it again tomorrow, and we’ve got to keep doing it.”

During Summer Camp, Tingler often ran team workouts wearing a “.388 club” T-shirt, an ode to the career on-base percentage of Padres icon Tony Gwynn. Quite clearly, reaching base has been Tingler’s top offensive priority.

“That’s been what Jayce has really preached on, really grinding out at-bats, working good counts and really winning that 3-2 count,” Myers said.

But the Padres didn’t spend the last decade ignoring on-base percentage entirely. Mindset only counts for so much. This year, they might finally have the personnel to turn those struggles around.

On Saturday night, after getting into the D-backs’ bullpen early, rookie Edward Olivares lined a rocket double into the left-field corner for his first career hit. Then in the seventh, Fernando Tatis Jr. smacked a leadoff double, before Machado launched his first homer of the season, a 394-foot blast to left-center.

That was plenty of offense for a Padres pitching staff that has allowed just three runs through two games. Starter Dinelson Lamet was sharp over five-plus innings, striking out eight and showcasing a fastball that touched 99 and 100 mph in the early stages of the game.

Lamet exited after allowing a Starling Marte leadoff double in the sixth, and Tingler acknowledged afterward that he probably pushed his starter too far. He summoned Matt Strahm to face Eduardo Escobar, prompting the only tense moment of the night for the Padres. Escobar sent a towering drive toward the left-field corner that struck the advertising wall inches to the left of the foul pole.

It was the closest the D-backs would come to a hit against the vaunted Padres bullpen. Strahm, Craig Stammen and Kirby Yates combined for four no-hit innings in relief.

“Since I’ve been here, this is the most well-rounded team that we’ve had,” said Myers, the longest tenured Padre. “We have superstars, we have role players, we have great starting pitchers, we have guys that come in and get guys out in the fifth, sixth inning.

“Overall, we’re a very well-rounded team right now that’s come out and started out hot.”