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• Stephen Kolek makes first MLB start, gets win

Stephen Kolek | Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images Padres score early, sweep Pirates Stephen Kolek, who performed well as a starting pitcher in Spring Training, began the year in El Paso as a member of the San Diego Padres Triple-A affiliate. Kolek, like Michael King the year before, was transitioning to a starting role from the bullpen and finally got the call up to make his first MLB star...2025
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• WATCH: Jackson Holliday records first multi-home run game, youngest Oriole to do so since Manny Machado

Holliday has yet to live up to his former top prospect status but there have been glimmers of hope...2025
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• San Diego swipes win in Pittsburgh

Fernando Tatis Jr. | Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images Fernando Tatis Jr. scores on a wild pitch to give Padres 2-1 win Fernando Tatis Jr. stepped to the plate to lead off the top of the ninth inning with the San Diego Padres and the Pittsburgh Pirates tied, 1-1. Tatis Jr. lined a ball into left field and slid into second base, placing himself in scoring position with no outs. Luis Arr...2025
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• Padres beat Pirates, but lose Fernando Tatis Jr.

Gavin Sheets | Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images San Diego bangs out 14 hits, scores nine runs against Pittsburgh Just when the San Diego Padres thought their team was getting back to full strength, Fernando Tatis Jr. took a fastball off his left forearm from Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Mitch Keller in the top of the third inning, and exited the game. Tatis Jr. was...2025
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• MLB Insider Says Manny Machado Is Now a ‘Full-Service Superstar’ After Fixing His Biggest Flaw
One MLB insider talked about what San Diego Padres third baseman Manny Machado brings to the table in terms of skill and leadership....2025
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• Good Morning San Diego: Xander Bogaerts pleased with his swing

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Everything you need to know about your San Diego Padres on the morning of May 2, 2025. Articles to read Manny Machado is worth the price of admission (Matt DeWalt, Gaslamp Ball) Padres keep the boat afloat (Cheri Bell, Gaslamp Ball) Padres’ Xander Bogaerts working on ‘going back to the old me’ (Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune) Padres m...2025
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• Padres beat Pirates, but lose Fernando Tatis Jr.
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• Padres’ spark plug returns team to winning ways

Luis Arraez and Manny Machado hug it out | Photo by Brandon Sloter/Getty Images Luis Arraez and Jason Heyward are back First baseman and occasional DH, Luis Arraez spent a week recovering from a significant concussion suffered in a collision at first base on April 20. For the first few days after the injury he had headaches and didn't want to see or talk to anyone. Quite the change for a p...2025
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• Xander Bogaerts homers, drives in three to lead Padres past Giants

Xander Bogaerts | Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Luis Arraez, Jason Heyward return to lineup for San Diego Xander Bogaerts has taken his fair share of criticism in recent weeks, but on Tuesday night at Petco Park, he helped the San Diego Padres secure a 7-4 win over the San Francisco Giants and end a four-game losing streak. Bogaerts came up to the plate in the bottom o...2025
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• Padres held scoreless for second consecutive game

Xander Bogaerts | Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Xander Bogaerts strikes out twice with runners in scoring position For the second time in three days the San Diego Padres were kept off the scoreboard by an opposing starting pitcher. Shane Baz completed seven innings against the Padres and helped the Tampa Bay Rays earn a 1-0 win at Petco Park, Friday. Baz used a combination of fastb...2025
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• Randy Vasquez struggles, Padres lose to Tigers

Gavin Sheets | Lon Horwedel-Imagn Images Mounting injuries hamper San Diego lineup The San Diego Padres M.A.S.H. Unit rolled into Detroit to play the Tigers in the first of three games at Comerica Park, Monday. With injuries to Jackson Merrill, Jake Cronenworth, Jason Heyward and most recently, Luis Arraez, the starting lineup looked significantly different in Game 23 than it did on Open...2025
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• Padres 10, Cubs 4: Another bullpen meltdown

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Things were going along fine, then... BOOM. Another homer by Michael Busch? Check. Another three-hit game from Pete Crow-Armstrong? Check. Solid starting pitching from Jameson Taillon? Check. Those things all went right Monday night in San Diego. Unfortunately, because of rough outings from three different Cubs relievers, that did not lead...2025
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• Padres Fan Survey Results: Will the Padres win 90+ games?

Gaslamp Ball readers let their thoughts be known in this week’s poll! Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in San Diego Padres fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Earlier this week Padres fans were given the chance to vote on FanDuel’s over-under Padres win tot...2025
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• The aggressive arrogance of the mediocre

Justin Casterline/Getty Images Endemic to our world today, as White Sox fans it’s hitting us right between the eyes The White Sox were defeated on Tuesday in Cleveland’s home opener, in embarrassing fashion: 1-0, lost in a punchless bottom of the ninth that saw the highest-leverage reliever in the bullpen give up a single and three walks to hand the game to the Guardians. The club has lost...2025
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• Ugly start for Dylan Cease leads to loss for Padres

Dylan Cease | Ed Szczepanski-Imagn Images Ace pitcher has worst start of his career against Athletics Things just seemed to go from bad to worse with each inning the San Diego Padres played against the Athletics in Sacramento, Tuesday night. Dylan Cease started the game and allowed six earned runs in the bottom of the first inning after San Diego opened the game with three runs in the top ...2025
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• Notes on Padres perfect start at Petco Park

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Friar Faithful have a great week The first week of the 2025 MLB season has been record-breaking for the San Diego Padres. Not only have they set a record with seven straight victories to begin their year but they had three shutouts in the first six games; something they had also never done before. Newcomer Nick Pivetta threw seven shutout innings in hi...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Free the hair!

Photo by Hunter Martin/Getty Images The Yankees’ most old-fashioned policy has ended Start spreading the news! The Yankees are changing one of their silliest and longest-standing rules about player grooming: they will now allow players to have “well-groomed” beards. On the face it it (pun very much intended) this is not massive news, but considering how set in their ways the Yankees have b...2025
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• How Juan Soto’s postseason on-base streak explains his value

Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Juan Soto’s unbelievable playoff run tells you everything you need to know about his value. During the disastrous final game of the 2024 MLB season, after a year of miraculous feats, the great Yankees 26 year old right fielder Juan Soto was able to surprise with one more accomplishment. On his way to the plate for his first at bat, a chyron popped up unde...2024
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• Manny Machado Belongs with Harper, Trout in MLB's Best All-Around-Star Debate
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• Red Sox Cuban Phenom Yoan Moncada More Than Flashy Cars, Hype and Muscles
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• Manny Machado Has Wife's Portrait Tattooed on His Forearm
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"and Manny Machado had RBI singles off Boyd."

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"Dave Roberts said Monday that he reviewed footage from Sunday's game of Padres third baseman Manny Machado throwing a ball into the L."

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"2020: Manny Machado hits a walk-off grand slam in the 10th inning to lead the Padres to a 6-3 win over the Rangers."

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"Cardinals slugger Paul Goldschmidt beat out teammate Nolan Arenado and Padres star Manny Machado for his first career NL MVP award."

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"Manny Machado screamed at teammate Fernando Tatis Jr."

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"Fernando Tatis grand slam: Rangers pitcher, manager suspended for intentionally throwing at Manny Machado"

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"Where will Bryce Harper and Manny Machado sign?"

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"Boston didn't land Giancarlo Stanton or Manny Machado."

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"The American League Player of the Month in August, Manny Machado shows no signs of slowing down."

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"The Orioles found familiar Camden Yards the remedy for their offensive woes Thursday night, as Manny Machado hit a grand slam and Baltimore snapped the White Sox six-game winning streak with a 10-2 victory."

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"Manny Machado homered and tied a career high with four RBIs as the Orioles found success against CC Sabathia and the Yankees' bullpen in a 9-4 victory on Saturday night at Camden Yards, marking the Birds' sixth consecutive win."

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"Orioles third baseman Manny Machado, who would have been eligible to return from the disabled list on Wednesday, is instead expected to have knee surgery within the week and likely will miss the rest of the season, a source confirmed to ESPN."

• Good Morning San Diego: Xander Bogaerts pleased with his swing
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• Manny Machado is worth the price of admission

Manny Machado | Denis Poroy-Imagn Images Padres fans should appreciate what we have at the hot corner rather than dwell on the contract There are some segments of the San Diego Padres fan base that choose to lament the years or the money Manny Machado received from the team when he signed his 11-year, $350 million contract extension in 2023. His performance in the month of April should pu...2025
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• Padres’ spark plug returns team to winning ways
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• Rays 4, Padres 2: The sweep smell of success

Denis Poroy-Imagn Images The Rays closed out their series in San Diego with a sweep. The Padres are heavily considered to be one of the hottest teams in baseball this season, but between dropping two of three to the Detroit Tigers during the week, then losing the first two games of the series to the Rays, they’re not quite living up to the hype they were generating a couple weeks ago. Toda...2025
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• Series Preview: Rays vs Padres

Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images Twenty-five games down, one-hundred thirty-seven to go All it takes is a thrilling series victory over one of the best teams in the National League West for the hopes of the Rays season to be restored. Now they’ll take on an even better team in the National League West, the San Diego Padres. San Diego enters the three-game series with a record of 17-8, cling...2025
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• Randy Vasquez struggles, Padres lose to Tigers
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• Is it time for Padres to move on from Yuli Gurriel, other veterans?

Yuli Gurriel | David Banks-Imagn Images Return of key players could, should mean end of the line for San Diego bench pieces The core of the San Diego Padres from a position player standpoint, is Manny Machado, Fernando Tatis Jr., Xander Bogaerts and Jake Cronenworth. Jackson Merrill joined that group with his team-friendly contract extension earlier this year. First HR of the season for ...2025
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• San Diego Padres play ‘Shildtball’

Mike Shildt | Photo by Harry How/Getty Images Petco Park hitting shines When Mike Shildt took over as manager of the Padres in 2024, he established communication among the veterans on the team, emphasizing a need for consistency and to build a winning culture. During the season we heard terms like “elite adjusters”. “winning on the margins”, “winners find solutions”, and “regardless of cir...2025
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• Padres Fan Survey Results: Will the Padres win 90+ games?
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• Randy Vasquez deals, Padres beat Athletics

Xander Bogaerts | Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images Xander Bogaerts records three hits to power San Diego offense The San Diego Padres needed a strong pitching performance from Randy Vasquez if they wanted to have a chance to win the final game of a three-game set against the Athletics in Sacramento, Wednesday. Vasquez provided exactly what the Padres needed with five strong innings, allowing ...2025
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• Stephen Kolek makes first MLB start, gets win
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• San Diego swipes win in Pittsburgh
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• Padres beat Pirates, but lose Fernando Tatis Jr.
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• Manny Machado is worth the price of admission
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• Randy Vasquez struggles, Padres lose to Tigers
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• Is it time for Padres to move on from Yuli Gurriel, other veterans?
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• San Diego fails to capitalize on opportunities, falls in Houston

Kyle Hart | Troy Taormina-Imagn Images Padres start roadtrip on the wrong side of the ledger The San Diego Padres have spent much of the season doing the little things that are needed to win baseball games. But that was not the case in their first game against the Houston Astros. In the top of the second inning with runners at the corners, the Padres attempted a double steal of second and ...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 21

Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images Padres pitching continues to stifle the Cubs offense in a 4-2 loss. I’m not sure if anyone is ready for a spicy, hot take on their baseball off day. Here goes. I think the Padres might be good. The Cubs have finished their six games with the Padres for the year, splitting them. They probably, without a whole lot of monumental luck, could have won as...2025
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• Padres 4, Cubs 2: It’s déjà vu for the bullpen

Denis Poroy-Imagn Images Sadly, you have heard this all before. The Cubs had a bullpen meltdown in Monday’s game against the Padres at Petco Park, and so two bullpen moves were made before Tuesday’s game. Unfortunately, it was those two relievers, Daniel Palencia and Luke Little, who had bad performances on Wednesday. The two runs (one each) that Palencia and Little allowed were the differ...2025
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• Padres beat Cubs with offensive, defensive highlights from Manny Machado

Manny Machado | Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Tyler Wade reaches base four times, scores two runs in win Manny Machado ripped an RBI-double into left field in the bottom of the seventh inning, which scored Tyler Wade to give the San Diego Padres a 3-1 lead over the Chicago Cubs. What a mighty good man. pic.twitter.com/pO7EVhmyTU— San Diego Padres (@Padres) April 16,...2025
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• Xander Bogaerts homers, drives in three to lead Padres past Giants
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• Padres 2, Rockies 0: Close only counts in horseshoes

Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images The Rockies had a threat in the ninth, but weren’t able to close it out The Colorado Rockies were shut out for a second-straight night, but they still held their opponent to just two runs. Chase Dollander looked sharp again, but the offense didn’t help him earn a second win as he is now 1-1 on the season. Chase Dollander sharp After giving up another e...2025
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• Nick Pivetta throws gem, Padres pound Rockies

Nick Pivetta | Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Fernando Tatis Jr. homers in return to lineup The San Diego Padres came to life at the plate in the bottom of the fifth inning against the Colorado Rockies. The Padres batted around in the six-run inning that knocked Rockies starting pitcher German Marquez out of the game. San Diego rode the momentum of the big inning to an 8-0 win at Pe...2025
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• San Diego Padres signing Jackson Merrill was the next logical move

Jackson Merrill at the San Diego Padres contract extension press conference | Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images The Friars agree to a 9-yr/$135 million contract extension with the young star The San Diego Padres may have stumbled upon their next homegrown star after asking top prospect Jackson Merrill to make a position change two springs ago. His impressive 2024 breakout campaign resu...2025
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• Gavin Sheets breaks out, leads Padres to win

Gavin Sheets | Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images San Diego improves to 5-0 for first time in franchise history Gavin Sheets lined a double to left field to drive in two runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to put the San Diego Padres on top of the Cleveland Guardians, 6-2. Time to party pic.twitter.com/zpURWYYJFT— San Diego Padres (@Padres) April 1, 2025 Jason H...2025
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• Braves suffer another excruciating loss 1-0 in San Diego

David Frerker-Imagn Images Bad luck and bad offense sunk the Braves, who are still seeking their first win of the season. Still looking for their first win of the season in game 3, the Braves were hoping Spencer Schwellenbach could twirl a gem and the Braves’ offense could tee off against Randy Vasquez. Things got off to a good start, as Vasquez walked the first two Braves’ batters of th...2025
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• Padres’ “Baltimore boys” impress on opening day

Jackson Merrill robs a home run | Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Gavin Sheets and Jackson Merrill celebrate the new season The San Diego Padres beat the Atlanta Braves 7-4 on Opening Day at Petco Park. With Michael King struggling with his command, the bullpen and offense came through. They rallied from behind, something Padres fans got used to last season. A continuati...2025
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• The San Diego Padres all-quarter-century team

San Diego Padres Jake Peavy | Photo by Nick Doan/Icon SMI/Icon Sport Media via Getty Images A group of past and present stars of the game We are one day away from Opening Day at Petco Park. Before setting our sights on the Atlanta Braves, let us take a moment to appreciate a significant sports moment. The Friar Faithful have witnessed a quarter-century of San Diego Padres baseball since fl...2025
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• San Diego Padres minor league preview

Boston Bateman aka Sasquatch | Photo by Marison Bilagody/MLB Photos via Getty Images El Paso Chihuahuas get going on Friday The Padres major league season is around the corner. Manny Machado, Fernando Tatis Jr. and their teammates play the first of 162 this Thursday. The following day the El Paso Chihuahuas, the Padres Triple-A affiliate, begin their season versus the Salt Lake Bees (Angel...2025
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• Who’s next to 3,000 hits?

Jose Altuve #27 of the Houston Astros hits a single against the Washington Nationals during the second inning of a spring training game at CACTI Park of the Palm Beaches on March 02, 2025 in West Palm Beach, Florida. | Photo by Rich Storry/Getty Images And could it be...Bob? Nothing in sports is as quintessential as a hit in baseball. The windup, the release, the swing of the lumber, the c...2025
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• Machado drives in 4 as O's win 6th straight
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• Sabathia, 'pen have rough night vs. Orioles
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• Bryce Harper and Jonathan Papelbon Exchange Words, Brawl in Dugout
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• Machado caps O's 4-HR rally with walk-off
The American League Player of the Month in August, Manny Machado shows no signs of slowing down. Machado's two-out, walk-off homer -- his second blast of the game -- erased the O's deficit and gave them some late-inning heroics and a badly-needed 7-6, series-evening win over the Yankees in the wee hours of Wednesday morning....2017
• Yanks can't hold 5-run lead, fall on walk-off
The American League Player of the Month in August, Manny Machado shows no signs of slowing down. Machado's two-out, walk-off homer -- his second blast of the game -- erased the O's deficit and gave them some late-inning heroics and a badly-needed 7-6, series-evening win over the Yankees in the wee hours of Wednesday morning....2017
• Orioles welcome girl for unique first pitch
All eyes were on 5-year-old Hailey Dawson before the Orioles-Athletics game Monday as Dawson -- using an Orioles-themed robotic hand -- threw the ceremonial first pitch to her favorite player, All-Star Manny Machado, several feet in front of home plate....2015
• Late rally propels O's past Blue Jays
Caleb Joseph had an RBI single and Manny Machado added a two-run double, as the Orioles rallied for three runs in the ninth to secure a 5-3 victory over the Blue Jays on Saturday afternoon at Rogers Centre. Mark Buehrle allowed two runs over seven strong innings for Toronto....2015
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• Sanchez struggles as Tigers' bats slowed
The Orioles got a strong outing from right-hander Kevin Gausman and used home runs from Caleb Joseph and Manny Machado to record a 6-2 win over the Tigers in front of a soldout crowd at Camden Yards on Saturday night....2015
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• Preseason Prep - March 18, 2025
Julio Rodriguez Julio had a down year in 2024, as he slashed only .273/.325/.409 compared to his line of .275/.333/.485 in 2023. He homered 32 times in 2023 and only 20 times in 2024, which is why the slugging percentage was cut by nearly 80 points. Luckily, there are plenty of reasons ot be optimistic about Julio in 2025, and the basis for that is that his underlying markers were barely changed b...2025
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• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep-March 5, 2025
Rafael Devers 3B/1B/DH? BOS Devers (shoulders) doesn't feel up to speed yet while taking live batting practice, so he has asked Red Sox manager Alex Cora to delay his spring debut a bit. Multiple red flags are there with the potentially disgruntled soon-to-be-former 3B. Monitor his health and happiness and if anything comes back to normal draft with confidence. If the shoulder is real, then wait a...2025
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• 2023: The year the Braves achieved offensive apotheosis?

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images The Braves’ sacrilegious-to-some style of hitting may have reached its apotheosis in 2023, with an unexpected twist I want to start this by saying that I don’t have any firsthand insight regarding the workings of the Atlanta Braves organization. I’ve never talked with, much less been in the same vicinity as Kevin Seitzer. Sure, Kris is down at the ballpar...2023
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• Padres’ Home Opener Electricity Provided By Man-Power
Motivational speaker, Manny Machado, entered the Padres' clubhouse before yesterday's contest and asked new head coach, Bob Melvin, if he could speak. His teammates' rapt attention centered on Manny, and he spoke, "I won't always run hard to first, 2nd, third or home. I will usually ask for a golf cart to take me out to 3rd base between innings. When it's my time in the on-deck circle, I will ask ...2022
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• Machado Drops Bombs On The Field vs. Dugout
Not sure how many of you saw the other day, but Manny Machado and Fernando Tatis Jr. had it out in the dugout. Well, mostly Machado screaming at Tatis for him to be better. Tatis was arguing strike calls, and Machado was supposedly screaming at him to stop, otherwise Tatis might get booted from the game. Here's a pic yesterday, after they supposedly made-up, but you don't need a Rosetta Stone for ...2021
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• Orioles Show Resiliency in Clinching First AL East Title Since 1997
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• Stephen Kolek makes first MLB start, gets win
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• San Diego swipes win in Pittsburgh
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• Padres beat Pirates, but lose Fernando Tatis Jr.
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• Manny Machado is worth the price of admission
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• Elias Diaz hits second home run, Padres get two-game sweep of Giants

Elias Diaz and Manny Machado | Denis Poroy-Imagn Images Michael King allows just three hits to lead San Diego to win Jason Adam found himself in trouble in the top of the eighth inning against the San Francisco Giants, but help from Jason Heyward and a strikeout for the third out of the inning got him out of the eighth with the San Diego Padres leading 5-3. Robert Suarez came on in the top...2025
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• Padres’ spark plug returns team to winning ways
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• Eliaz Diaz hits second home run, Padres get two-game sweep of Giants

Elias Diaz and Manny Machado | Denis Poroy-Imagn Images Michael King allows just three hits to lead San Diego to win Jason Adam found himself in trouble in the top of the eighth inning against the San Francisco Giants, but help from Jason Heyward and a strikeout for the third out of the inning got him out of the eighth with the San Diego Padres leading 5-3. Robert Suarez came on in the top...2025
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• Xander Bogaerts homers, drives in three to lead Padres past Giants
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• Player of the Series: Chandler Simpson

Photo by Ryan Levy/MLB Photos via Getty Images Offensively or defensively, there is no stopping Chandler Simpson When a minor league prospect makes that jump to the big leagues, they often take time to adjust. There is a learning period in which they have to figure out how to translate their tools to that next level. However, there has been no adjustment period for Chandler Simpson as the ...2025
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• Padres end scoreless streak at 30 innings, but lose to Rays 4-1

Fernando Tatis Jr. | Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Fernando Tatis Jr. drives in Tyler Wade to help San Diego avoid third consecutive shutout Fernando Tatis Jr. put an end to a 30-inning scoreless streak for the San Diego Padres with a ground ball RBI-single into right field to score Tyler Wade from third base. The run in the bottom of the sixth inning cut the deficit to 3-1, but th...2025
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• Bright backstopping future: Teel (and Quero) help power White Sox 10-3 rout

For all you know, this was one of Kyle Teel’s three hits on Monday. Sure, it wasn’t, but for all you know it was. | David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Vargas and Rojas chip in, too, in 12-hit, five-walk effort There was a time last season where I happened to recap a win, and the win was a well-played game, and it was decisive enough to hit the ground and scoot out of a room rap...2025
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• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep-March 5, 2025
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• Padres underwhelming offseason gives way to promise of a new year

Manager Mike Shildt (left), Fernando Tatis Jr. (middle), General Manager A.J. Preller (right). | Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images San Diego enters camp on a positive note The lack of activity by the San Diego Padres made for a long offseason. The majority of moves the team made came in the form of minor league contract signings, adding players like Oscar Gonzalez, Yonatha...2025
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• Examining the Padres 2025 payroll

AJ Preller | Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports Not as bleak as we thought As spring training got started last week, Padres general manager AJ Preller had his first media availability for the new season. Within a few days the Padres had signed outfielder Jason Heyward, outfielder/first baseman Connor Joe, RHP Nick Pivetta and LHP Kyle Hart. There were also some minor league signings that don...2025
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• Xander Bogaerts needs to win over San Diego

Xander Bogaerts | Photo by Harry How/Getty Images Entering his third year, X is still unproven Xander Bogaerts joined the San Diego Padres as a free agent in the 2022-23 offseason, signing a contract for 11 years and $280 million, which included a no-trade clause. People around San Diego and baseball wondered if he was worth such a contract because no one predicted he would receive such a...2025
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• BCB 2025 Top 25 Cubs Prospects: 11 through 15

Cole Mathis | Ron Schloerb/Cape Cod Times / USA TODAY NETWORK Our overview of Cubs prospects continues with a catcher, two shortstops, a third baseman and a right-handed starter. It’s day three of our countdown of the top prospects of the Cubs system for 2025. Today we look at prospects 11 through 15. To be eligible for this list, you have to have fewer than 130 major league plate appeara...2025
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• San Diego Padres FanFest 2025: What we learned

Don Orsillo, Manny Machado, Jackson Merrill and Mark Grant at Fanfest 2025 | Photo by Cheri Bell The sky is not falling The San Diego Padres held their 2025 FanFest celebration February 2nd with an improvement over the 2023 version. With the signing of Xander Bogaerts and the trade for Juan Soto, excitement was high in 2023 and Petco Park had ten of thousands of people clogging the concour...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Bad blood

Photo by Harry How/Getty Images Bad blood reigns in the Dodgers/Padres series. The Tigers shocked the Guardians. And other news from around the playoffs. Good morning. I suppose it’s a good morning if you’re a Mets or Padres fan. I assume you know the scores of those games yesterday, so I’m not linking to any game recaps. I will link to the brouhaha that took place at Dodger Stadium durin...2024
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• Something new, something blue

Andy Abeyta/The Desert Sun / USA TODAY NETWORK The Royals are hot Under the category of “you learn something new every day,” this summer I spent a few days in Milwaukee. Having never stayed in Milwaukee before, I spent some time walking around the downtown area, sampling the local cuisine and beverages and came across this sign. Wow, how many of you knew that the American Le...2024
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• 2024 MLB Season Preview: San Diego Padres

Sergio Estrada-USA TODAY Sports After a supremely disappointing 2023 and an offseason full of cutting salary, the Padres will look to compete in 2024 with a pared-back roster The San Diego Padres entered the 2023 season with championship aspirations and a star-studded roster, but pulled off an epic faceplant and missed the postseason entirely. The offseason has been a sea change both on an...2024
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