I’ve never seen a Padres manager as consistent as Craig Stammen in terms of being upbeat. It’s not a rah-rah energy. It’s a cheerful steadfastness that seems attuned to the unique length of the baseball season and to this era’s big league culture.

Stammen, 42, talks with the media after every game and before most games.

There’s been no roller-coaster ride with Stammen, no wondering which Craig is going to show up.

He may have been a bit peeved once or twice but has maintained an equilibrium in these daily encounters, many of them coming 15 minutes after the game ended.

A go-to for Stammen is to frame the team’s performance that day within the context of a 162-game journey.

When the Padres were hot, he talked about “riding the wave.”

As the recent slump stretched to six, seven and eight defeats in a row, Stammen leaned into the bedrock context of 162 games.

Take Thursday night’s loss in which the Padres jumped to a 6-0 lead, only to get another subpar outing from a starting pitcher, in this case, Randy Vásquez. Stammen delved into the game’s details, something he always does, but once again spoke to the big picture.

“I’m not going to say this is going to happen the rest of the season,” Stammen said. “It’s happening right now. I don’t think just because it’s happening right now that means it’s gonna happen forever. So, we’ll get through this tough stretch, and hopefully get our bullpen in a better spot and not be used as often.”

Friday, responding to a question after the Dodgers had rallied to win 4-3, Stammen noted the losing streak had come in “the middle of the season.”

Then he pulled a Jedi mind trick.

“We have the opportunity the rest of the season to play better, and be a better baseball team,” he said.

The 3-0 defeat Saturday, which owed mostly to Dodgers ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s mastery, raised the question of whether doubts may be creeping into the players’ outlook about where this season is headed.

Stammen said discussion among Padres players and staff differed from outside speculation.

“Internally,” he said, “we talk about what the future could bring, too. And my message to them is, the best is yet to come.

“And it always will be that way,” he added. “And I internally believe that, and I will keep saying that message ‘til the day I die.”

If Stammen weren’t a former big leaguer, I’m not sure he’d have the chops to hit all of these notes without coming off as a bit forced.

He put on the spikes, an expression favored by former Padres outfielder Nick Castellanos. For 13 years, he pitched in the big leagues. He lacked lights-out velocity and pitch movement but picked up 55 wins against 44 losses, finishing with a 3.66 ERA and six saves apart from his 10 playoff appearances.

No stranger to bad outcomes, too, Stammen pointed out on Thursday night, following the series-opening loss in L.A., that he allowed four home runs in one game.

“Everybody says there’s no crying in baseball,” he quipped. “That’s a lie. Cried several times about baseball. I won’t be crying tonight, though.”

Stammen often mentions attitude, and doing his best to make sure Padres players maintain an effective one.

“Can you make yourself win a baseball game? You can’t make yourself win a baseball game,” he said after the losing streak reached seven.

“But you can have the right attitude. You can have the right mindset, keep the same focus and discipline. You know, sooner or later, if you put those things together, you’re going to win a baseball game.”

While Stammen manages the team, Manny Machado serves as a leader among Padres players.

If their personalities differ, Stammen and Machado share a core baseball belief that’s hardened by experience:

An appropriate steadiness is rewarded over the 162 games.

“Manny is just as steady as they come, as steady they come,” Castellanos, who has been a friend since their childhood in Miami, said soon before the Padres released the outfielder June 5. “I had an idea of that, just from knowing him as long as I have and talking with him. But, after being his teammate night in and night out, he’s as steady as they come.”

The Padres seem determined to not overreact to whatever the ballgames dishes out that day or night, while reprising the competitive aptitude Machado and teammates drew upon in seasons that stretched into the postseason.