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• Padres Release Martín Maldonado, Outright Tyler Wade
The Padres announced that catcher Martín Maldonado has been released and infielder/outfielder Tyler Wade has been sent outright to Triple-A El Paso. Both players were designated for assignment last week in the wake of the Friars making multiple additions ahead of the trade deadline. Maldonado has carved out a big league career longer than a…...2025
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• Padres Designate Tyler Wade For Assignment
The Padres designated infielder/outfielder Tyler Wade for assignment and optioned reliever Ron Marinaccio before tonight’s game. San Diego had already designated Martín Maldonado and Trenton Brooks for assignment last night. Wade was the final roster casualty to accommodate newcomers Freddy Fermin, Ramón Laureano and Ryan O’Hearn. This is the second DFA of the season for Wade. He didn&...2025
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• The Freddy Fermin Trade We’ve All Been Waiting For

The Royals get two young pitchers with years of team control. The Padres get a reason to see less of Martín Maldonado and Elias Díaz....2025
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• Missed opportunities in the eighth cost Padres

Yu Darvish | Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images San Diego drops second game against Washington, 4-2 The San Diego Padres had runners at second and third with no outs to start the top of the eighth inning. Manny Machado struck out, Gavin Sheets hit a tapper on the infield that resulted in the runner at third, Fernando Tatis Jr., being tagged out and Xander Bogaerts lined out to right fie...2025
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• LXXVII - Royals at Padres

Kansas City Royals relief pitcher Carlos Estevez (53) celebrates after the Royals beat the San Diego Padres 6-5 | Denis Poroy-Imagn Images The Royals can get back above .500 with another win tonight. These Royals will always keep you guessing. This time last week we were crying about a five-game losing streak and a longer streak of mostly losing games. The Royals would have a players-only ...2025
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• Padres series preview: Which Royals lineup will show up?

Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images Was the offensive outburst in Texas a sign of things to come? The roller coaster Royals travel to sunny San Diego with fans uncertain of which team will show up - the limp lineup that went winless in the last homestand, or the home run-hitters that bashed their way to a sweep in Texas? Facing them is a Padres team that has made a lot of big moves recently to try to...2025
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• Jason Heyward to IL, Michael King with sore shoulder

Jason Heyward | Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images Alek Jacob optioned, Omar Cruz recalled Before Saturday’s game versus the Atlanta Braves, Michael King was scratched from his start with shoulder soreness. The Padres elected to piece together a bullpen game but had four of their bullpen arms off due to recent use. Per Manager Mike Shildt, King woke up and felt he had slept on his should...2025
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• San Diego Padres in a ‘win now’ mode

Nick Pivetta | Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Padres display a sense of urgency Every year when spring training comes to a close the words you hear from virtually every team viewing themselves in contention for the playoffs is that it is important to get off to a fast start. Considering the way the Padres played in the spring—a 12-17 record and leaking runs all over the place—gettin...2025
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• The ideal White Sox lineup for 2025

Yes, Minnie is our inspiration for the 2025 Sox. | David Banks/Getty Images Time to go with the flow of fandom In the entertainment industry, whether on stage or on a screen, you often hear of people, especially members of minority groups, saying they wish they could see more people who look like them. Bear that in mind, and also bear in mind that spectator sports are first and foremost en...2024
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• Senzel in, Maldonado and Mendick out, Sosa jerked around some more

Failed blue-chip prospect? Of course Nick Senzel is safe on the South Side! | Scott Taetsch/Getty Images Flurry of moves probably punctuated by something really ugly as the second half opens The White Sox had some news on Wednesday, broadly unsurprising. And definitely uninspiring: pic.twitter.com/ioNnLSt84D— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) July 17, 2024 The White Sox DFAd Danny Mendic...2024
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• A Game of Groans

Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images Much like the smash hit TV series about a quest for power, the 8th season of the White Sox rebuild is letting fans down. But even after a historically bad start, showrunner Jerry Reinsdorf appears keen to do nothing but watch it burn. Chaos is a Ladder Jerry Reinsdorf — the beleaguered owner of the Chicago White Sox — grimaced in disgust as he watched his team ...2024
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• White Sox shut out for fifth time in 14 games, 5-0

Bears safety Jonathan Owens throwing out the first pitch was the highlight of the day for Chicago fans. | Jamie Sabau/Getty Images While the Reds manage to get to Garrett Crochet If you like to watch Major League Baseball players slouch back to the dugout dragging their bats, then this was the game for you. Starters Garrett Crochet and Nick Lodolo each whiffed 10, something not previously...2024
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• White Sox 7, Guardians 5: Moncada falls, Kopech rises

Michael Kopech brought the heat in victory! | Dustin Bradford/Getty Images South Siders overcome Cleveland, and themselves, to earn their second win of the season The White Sox offense went from drought to deluge early in this one, as nine batters came to the plate in the first, scoring five runs on five hits and a walk. White Sox are up 5-0 in a game?! Did the rapture really happen and...2024
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• 2024 AL West preview: The tussle in Texas

Photo by Bailey Orr/Texas Rangers/Getty Images The defending champion Rangers and the relentless Astros dominate the division’s focus, but keep an eye on Seattle. The 2023 American League season came down to a Lone Star State Showdown in the Championship Series. Amazingly, the Houston Astros were back in the LCS for the seventh year in a row, one shy of the record held by the ‘90s Atlanta ...2024
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• South Side Sox Player of the Week (March 12-19): Chuckie Robinson

He might not even remain in the organization after next week, but Chuckie Robinson made his mark during his time with the White Sox. | Mitch Ransdell/South Side Sox In a short time with Chicago, the catcher has made his mark As Eloy Jiménez continues to pile up great numbers on offense this spring, an unlikely player stepped in during the Big Baby’s few days away from the diamond to snatc...2024
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• 2024 AL Central preview: The search for signs of life beyond Minnesota

Photo by Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Twins needed only 87 wins to take the division title in 2023. The ceiling probably won’t be much higher. In 2023, the AL Central was easily the worst division in baseball. It wasn’t in danger of going full 1994 AL West or anything, but at the All-Star break, the Cleveland Guardians were in first place at a dead-even 45-45. All four...2024
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"The Padres and catcher Martín Maldonado have agreed to a minor league deal with an invite to big league camp, reports Dennis Lin of The Athletic."

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"He retired the first ten hitters he faced, until Nick Loftin hit a weak chopper in front of the plate that White Sox catcher Martín Maldonado fielded and wildly threw past first baseman Gavin Sheets, allowing Loftin to second."

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"The White Sox are in agreement with catcher Martín Maldonado on a one-year contract with an option for 2025, reports Jon Heyman of the New York Post (on X)."

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"Astros catcher Martín Maldonado appeared in his 90th game of the season on Sunday."

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"Yankees-Astros: Martín Maldonado responds to Aaron Judge's jersey tug during home run trot"

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"With Robinson Chirinos and Martín Maldonado off to free agency, the Houston Astros began an offseason catching rebuild, signing Dustin Garneau as a backup."

• Padres Release Martín Maldonado, Outright Tyler Wade
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• Missed opportunities in the eighth cost Padres
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• Padres series preview: Which Royals lineup will show up?
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• Padres 13, Rockies 9: Late life, but not quite enough

Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images The offense fought back, but couldn’t quite complete the comeback against the Padres on Friday The Colorado Rockies offense showed more life on Friday than they’ve shown in what seems like ages, but unfortunately they couldn’t climb out of the early hole that the San Diego Padres had dug. Though there were positives, but San Diego simply would not be overcome...2025
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• San Diego Padres in a ‘win now’ mode
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• The White Sox WAH factor

The WAH when you first learn you’ve been born into a White Sox family. | tenor.com Some baseball teams rate a WOW factor. The South Siders would be better served by another measure: Wins Above Horrible Some baseball teams rate a WOW factor. The White Sox instead rate a WAH factor. WAH, a statistic reserved for teams with at least 121 losses, goes along with Baseball-Reference’s or FanGraph...2025
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• Padres reunite with Elías Díaz for first MLB free agent signing this offseason

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Elías Díaz will compete for the starting catching job We’ve been waiting for the Padres to sign a big league free agent and their first one of the winter is a reunion with catcher Elías Díaz on a one-year, $3.5 million deal with a mutual option for 2026. Former All-Star catcher Elías Díaz is in agreement on a one-year /$ 3.5MM deal...2025
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• Today in White Sox History: December 26

Martín Maldonado celebrates the first White Sox win of the season, last April 2. Chicago would win just 13 more games all year with catcher, signed on this day a year ago, in the lineup. | Melissa Tamez/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Another day, another horrible free agent signing by Chris Getz 1890 Harry Grabiner, first and longest general manager of the White Sox, was born in Chicago....2024
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• Is DeSoxification good for your soul?

Why is this man smiling? | clutchpoints.com Usually, but not always This is a piece about how players traded to or from the White Sox at the deadline have fared since, but first a word of caution: Web stuff hangs around forever, so be careful to date your work. I had gathered stats before the Houston series started, figuring half a month may be a small sample size, but not an unreasonable ...2024
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• Jason Heyward to IL, Michael King with sore shoulder
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• A Game of Groans
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• White Sox 7, Guardians 5: Moncada falls, Kopech rises
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• Royals 3, White Sox 0: It was boring, until it wasn’t

Oops. | Kyle Rivas/Getty Images Another abysmal offensive day does not go the South Siders’ way If you couldn’t gather in the gamethread, the energy that I have for this team is in the basement. Which is why I spent the first six innings of today’s game both watching the game and playing a video game with a friend. I looked up after an hour and fifteen minutes to realize that six innings ...2024
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• THE WHITE SOX HAVE WON A GAME

A White Sox winner?! | @CheesySox A 3-2 squeaker puts me officially at the top of the coverage standings for South Side Sox Friends, are you sitting down? You are? OK — good. The White Sox have won a game! Against a very talented Braves team. In April! Garrett Crochet was tough as nails throughout the game, and if you don’t believe me, just peek at the Pitching Ninja account. The fir...2024
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• 2024 AL West preview: The tussle in Texas
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• Six Pack of Stats: Twins 8, White Sox 6 (11 innings)

Martín Maldonado, feeling froggy. | Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports a season-high 41 games worse than .500 At least loss No. 67 — dropping the White Sox to a season-worst 41 games worse than .500 — was a fight. The Twins move to 8-0 on the season against the White Sox, and realistically are licking their chops in anticipation of leaving town 10-0 vs. Chicago. Big Swing/Top Play ...2024
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• Twins 6, White Sox 3: Losing ugly

Korey Lee has earned the full-time backstop spot | David Berding/Getty Images Eight straight losses at Target Field for Chicago; South Siders on pace for just 20 wins in 2024 Whew, friends. This season has been UGLY. Honestly, my brain is a bit overloaded with abysmal baseball, and I’m running out of different ways to say, “Man, this team stinks!” Yet, here we are again — another evening ...2024
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• White Sox shut out for fifth time in 14 games, 5-0
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• White Sox 7, Guardians 5: Moncada falls, Kopech rises
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• The institutional idiocy of dropping José Rodríguez

José Rodríguez in 2023, wondering why he was called up to the White Sox for a week to pinch-run in one game. | Melissa Tamez/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Scrap heap arms > speed-power middle infielder, got it, White Sox There are a lot of other things I need to be doing for South Side Sox late tonight (early a.m., actually), but Thursday’s move requires some follow-up. Oh, you thin...2024
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• White Sox split squad goes 1-for-2 vs. California

Hero of the game: Dominic Fletcher | John E. Moore III/Getty Images You win some, you lose some The White Sox split their split-squad day on Friday, losing to the Angels, 2-0, and stomping the A’s, 8-2. The first game started at 3:05 p.m. CT against the Angels. If you happened to be in California or have MLBtv, you could catch the game. The second game against the Athletics was only avai...2024
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• 2024 AL Central preview: The search for signs of life beyond Minnesota
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• Martin Maldonado Reaches Vesting Option Threshold
Astros catcher Martín Maldonado appeared in his 90th game of the season on Sunday. That marked a notable milestone for the veteran backstop, as he reached the vesting threshold in his contract in the process. Maldonado is now officially under contract for 2023. While reports had initially pegged the option value at $5MM, Chandler Rome of…...2022
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• White Sox To Sign Martin Maldonado

The White Sox are in agreement with catcher Martín Maldonado on a one-year contract with an option for 2025, reports Jon Heyman of the New York Post (on X). Robert Murray of FanSided (X link) first reported the sides were near a deal. Financial terms for the MVP Sports Group client are still unreported. Maldonado’s…...2023
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• Royals defeat White Sox 5-3, complete first four-game sweep since 2021

Photo by Kyle Rivas/Getty Images Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep! The Royals came back late against the White Sox to win 5-3 and complete the sweep of the White Sox. It was their first sweep of a four-game series since they beat the Tigers on April 23-26, 2021. Garrett Crochet has been one of the best starting pitchers in baseball over the first week and a half, and he continued his great star...2024
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• Yankees-Astros: Martín Maldonado responds to Aaron Judge's jersey tug during home run trot
Things are getting tense between these rivals in Houston...2021
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• A Game of Groans
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• White Sox shut out for fifth time in 14 games, 5-0
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• Crochet, White Sox drop heartbreaking opener, 1-0

Today is the day Garrett Crochet became President. | Quinn Harris/Getty Images Eight Ks, no walks from the southpaw well offset by 11 Ks, no walks from his offense When it’s said that one pitch can make or break a game, that doesn’t only refer to walk-off homers. In a stunning and heroic, but ultimately heartbreaking effort, Garrett Crochet defied expectations with a taut six innings of on...2024
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• Royals 3, White Sox 0: It was boring, until it wasn’t
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• Brewers drop series opener to Padres, 2-0

Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images Offense doesn’t do it’s part despite strong start from Chad Patrick Box Score The Milwaukee Brewers dropped their series opener to the San Diego Padres on Friday night, in a rough 2-0 loss that featured a strong start from Chad Patrick and little offense from the rest of the team. Patrick started his evening with a 1-2-3 inning, though that was due to a double pla...2025
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• Jason Heyward to IL, Michael King with sore shoulder
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• Padres 13, Rockies 9: Late life, but not quite enough
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• Good Morning San Diego: Yu Darvish starting today after rain yesterday

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Everything you need to know about your San Diego Padres on the morning of March 8, 2025. Articles to read Padres notes: Kyle Hart gets some work in, Yu Darvish pushed back on a rainy day (Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune) With Padres placing premium on defense, Martín Maldonado could stick behind plate (Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tr...2025
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• Padres reunite with Elías Díaz for first MLB free agent signing this offseason
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• Today in White Sox History: December 26
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• Time to rearrange the deck chairs again

White Sox GM Chris Getz hated last year’s team. I can’t imagine he feels much better about this one. | Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports This year’s Chicago White Sox team is historically pathetic, even by Reinsdorfian standards. Something has to change While Rob Colletti’s analysis yesterday showed why (if you didn’t already know) the problem with the White Sox starts at the top with cha...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for December 29, 2023

Zzzzzz... Folks, it’s a slow news day There wasn’t a single lick of news from an “official” source yesterday. That gives me a chance to feature some blogs Lesky is batting leadoff. He does a batting profile of Maikel Garcia, compares him to his MVP cousin, and looks at what he needs to improve: So why is a .272/.353/.358 hitting third baseman with -2 DRS who rates as a below-average base...2023
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• Astros series preview: Astroball keeps winning

Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images With the sign-stealing scandal behind them, the Astros just keep on winning. There are only two weeks left in the season, but the Royals and Astros will play each other for the first time this year, meeting again in Houston next weekend. The Astros continue to roll on as a juggernaut, with the third-best record in the American League, but holding onto a...2023
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• Gamethread: Phillies at Astros (World Series Game 6)
King Neptune hopes the Phillies have two more wins in them. | Harry How/Getty Images It’s do-or-die as the Phillies send their ace to the bump Up three games to two, the Houston Astros are looking to clinch the World Series at home tonight against the Philadelphia Phillies. In 2019 and 2021, the Astros had to watch both the Washington Nationals and Atlanta Braves celebrate World Series tit...2022
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• Six Pack of Stats: Astros 3, Phillies 2 (World Series Game 5)
The Astros held onto the win expectancy battle from the third inning onward, with the Phillies cutting it down to 51% after Jean Segura’s eighth-inning RBI single to trim Houston’s lead to one run. | FanGraphs Philadelphia’s eighth-inning rally died, putting Houston up in the Series three games to two The Houston Astros defeated the Philadelphia Phillies, 3-2, at Citizens Bank Park in Game...2022
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