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• San Diego stands tall over Braves

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images At least Acuña’s back? Well, the good news for the Atlanta Braves is that they’re done seeing the San Diego Padres — at least not unless they potentially see each other in the Postseason. Either way, the Braves are likely happy to be done with the Padres for this season because it certainly didn’t go well in San Diego and it barely went be...2025
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• Ronald Acuña Jr. returns and fires the Braves offense up despite Padres loss

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images The Braves may have lost but the energy Ronald Acuña Jr. will provide to the team is undeniable. Friday brought in a whole new energy to Truist Park. This wasn’t just any rematch between the Atlanta Braves and the San Diego Padres, but one that sparked a gleam of excitement as former 2023 NL MVP Ronald Acuña Jr. made his season debut with...2025
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• Good Morning San Diego: Manny Machado (and Eli White) come up clutch

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Everything you need to know about your San Diego Padres on the morning of May 23, 2025. El Capitán pic.twitter.com/mDRzuIgQvI— San Diego Padres (@Padres) May 24, 2025 What a weird way to end a losing streak but we’ll take it pic.twitter.com/r7ioS5eYyl— Talking Friars (@TalkingFriars) May 24, 2025 Articles to read Padres secur...2025
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• Braves News: Ronald returns with a bang, Orlando Arcia DFA’d, and more

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Friday. Despite the 2-1 loss the Atlanta Braves suffered against the San Diego Padres, Friday was a refreshing night at Truist Park. Ronald Acuña Jr. made his season debut, and appeared to be in midseason form. On the first major league pitch he’s seen in nearly a year, Acuña delivered a 467 foot home ru...2025
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• Game 45: Seattle Mariners at San Diego Padres

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Your game thread for May 18, 2025. Seattle Mariners at San Diego Padres, May 18, 2025, 1:10 p.m. PST Location: Petco Park, San Diego, CA Watch: Padres TV Listen: 97.3 The Fan Please remember our Game Day thread guidelines. Don’t troll in your comments; create conversation rather than destroying it Remember Gaslamp Ball is basically a non...2025
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• Game 42: Los Angeles Angels at San Diego Padres

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Your game thread for May 14, 2025. Los Angeles Angels at San Diego Padres, May 14, 2025, 6:40 p.m. PST Location: Petco Park, San Diego, CA Watch: Padres TV Listen: 97.3 The Fan Wednesday work. pic.twitter.com/lyZMwOKek9— San Diego Padres (@Padres) May 14, 2025 Today's Padres bullpen usage chart pic.twitter.com/ovv7qDuYpG— Talking F...2025
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• Padres battle weather and the bullpen slumps

Jake Cronenworth | Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Notes from week #6 The San Diego Padres swept the Pittsburgh Pirates then lost two of three to the New York Yankees amidst bad weather in both locations and a bullpen meltdown, the first in the first month and a half of the season. They also had a major overhaul of the lineup, getting Brandon Lockridge and Jackson Merril...2025
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• Good Morning San Diego: Fernando Tatis Jr. takes game two for Padres

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Everything you need to know about your San Diego Padres on the morning of May 4, 2025. Articles to read San Diego swipes win in Pittsburgh (Matt DeWalt, Gaslamp Ball) What to expect with the return of Padres Jackson Merrill and Jake Cronenworth (Thomas Conroy, Gaslamp Ball) Fernando Tatis Jr. plays a day after injury, runs Padres to win ov...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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• San Diego Padres need to rebound from the season’s first rough stretch

San Diego Padres snapping a four-game losing streak | Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images The return of injured starters could change the Friars’ fortunes. The first month of the 2025 major league baseball season was going as smoothly as you can imagine for the San Diego Padres. But what a difference a week makes. Last week, the Padres were atop the National West standings ...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 fans cannot panic over Dylan Cease’s struggles

San Diego Padres SP Dylan Cease | Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images The Padres top pitcher has been the lone blemish to the team’s hot start. The San Diego Padres have received high praise for their hot start to the 2025 season. The Friar Faithful has been cheering for Fernando Tatis Jr. making an offensive impact from the leadoff spot, dominating starting pitching, and s...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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• San Diego Padres leaning on Jose Iglesias to keep season on course

San Diego Padres Jose Iglesias | Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images The veteran is capable to contribute in Cronenworth’s absence. The 2025 season seemed to unravel (according to on social media) when Fernando Tatis Jr. and Jake Cronenworth were injured and had to leave the game on the same night. Each is a lightning bolt to the San Diego Padres offense, and losing both b...2025
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• Joe Musgrove’s value to the 2025 San Diego Padres

San Diego Padres Joe Musgrove mentoring the minor leaguers | Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images The sidelined hurler will be a valuable soundboard for struggling pitchers this season One of the low moments from the 2024 postseason was watching San Diego Padres Joe Musgrove leave Game 2 against the Atlanta Braves in the National League Wild Card Series. He exited in the four...2025
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• Good Morning San Diego: Not April Fools! Padres are 5-0

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Everything you need to know about your San Diego Padres on the morning of April 1, 2025. Articles to read Gavin Sheets breaks out, leads Padres to win (Matt DeWalt, Gaslamp Ball) Mixed feelings after hearing Jurickson Profar suspended for PEDs (me) San Diego Padres in a ‘win now’ mode (Cheri Bell, Gaslamp Ball) Padres beat Guardians to sta...2025
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"Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images 5 run second, 4 run third did the damage in Royals win After putting up just a single run the day before, and only four hits in each of the last two contests, the Royals offense exploded for a 10-4 win over the Padres on Sunday afternoon."

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"Ryan Flaherty, new Cubs bench coach | Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Ten 2023 coaches will return to join Craig Counsell."

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"Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images After 2024, many of the recent free agent deals include opt-outs."

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"The Toronto Raptors are trading Matt Thomas to the Utah Jazz for a future second-round pick, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski."

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"The Toronto Raptors have agreed to a three-year deal with EuroLeague guard Matt Thomas, Varlas Nikos of EuroHoops."

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"and Matt Thomas will work out for the Lakers on Sunday."

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"" Jordan Heck of Sporting News passed along comments Harrison made about the subject during a radio appearance with Lance Zierlein and Matt Thomas of Houston's SportsTalk 790: I tell you this, I'm a black man."

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• Xander Bogaerts delivers in the eighth, Padres come back to beat Yankees, 4-3

Xander Bogaerts | Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Manny Machado helps San Diego break through with two-run double off Luke Weaver Xander Bogaerts is no stranger to Yankee Stadium. He spent his entire career with the Boston Red Sox before joining the San Diego Padres as a free agent in the offseason prior to 2023. It makes sense then, that he would deliver a game-winning ...2025
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• Good Morning San Diego: Fernando Tatis Jr. takes game two for Padres
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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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• San Diego Padres need to rebound from the season’s first rough stretch
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• Good Morning San Diego: Padres not putting timetable on Jackson Merrill

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Everything you need to know about your San Diego Padres on the morning of April 19, 2025. Articles to read San Diego fails to capitalize on opportunities, falls in Houston (Matt DeWalt, Gaslamp Ball) Padres are hunting, not fishing (Cheri Bell, Gaslamp Ball) Padres minor league update week #3 (Cheri Bell, Gaslamp Ball) Fan Survey Results: ...2025
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• Fan Survey Results: Which Padre has been the best addition to this year’s team so far?

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images 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 give...2025
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• Padres fans cannot panic over Dylan Cease’s struggles
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• San Diego Padres leaning on Jose Iglesias to keep season on course
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• Good Morning San Diego: Jackson Merrill gets locked up!

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Everything you need to know about your San Diego Padres on the morning of April 2, 2025. Articles to read Michael King dominates Guardians, Padres win (Matt DeWalt, Gaslamp Ball) Joe Musgrove’s value to the 2025 San Diego Padres (Thomas Conroy, Gaslamp Ball) Padres’ Jackson Merrill agrees to nine-year, $135 million contract (Kevin Acee, Sa...2025
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• Padres beat Pirates, but lose Fernando Tatis Jr.
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• San Diego Padres need to rebound from the season’s first rough stretch
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• Fan Survey Results: Which Padre has been the best addition to this year’s team so far?
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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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• Padres fans cannot panic over Dylan Cease’s struggles
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• Padres 10, Cubs 4: Another bullpen meltdown
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• San Diego Padres leaning on Jose Iglesias to keep season on course
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• Fernando Tatis Jr. scores go-ahead run, hits two homers to lead Padres over Cubs

Fernando Tatis Jr. | Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images San Diego comes back from two-run deficit to stay perfect at Petco Park Manny Machado worked an 11-pitch walk with one out in the bottom of the sixth inning. The walk resulted in Chicago Cubs Manager Craig Counsell taking starting pitcher Jameson Taillon out of the game with his team leading, 3-1. By the time the innin...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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• 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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• Ronald Acuña Jr. returns and fires the Braves offense up despite Padres loss
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• Padres battle weather and the bullpen slumps
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• Xander Bogaerts delivers in the eighth, Padres come back to beat Yankees, 4-3
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• San Diego Padres need to rebound from the season’s first rough stretch
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• Xander Bogaerts homers, drives in three to lead Padres past Giants
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• Joe Musgrove’s value to the 2025 San Diego Padres
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• Gavin Sheets breaks out, leads Padres to win
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• Padres’ “Baltimore boys” impress on opening day
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• Padres fans should give John Seidler a chance

Matt Thomas, San Diego Padres The brother of Peter used to be a Dodgers fan and officially took over as San Diego’s chairman today In case you missed it today, John Seidler has officially taken over as Padres chairman. Eric Kutsenda, who served as the team’s interim chairman after Peter Seidler’s death, is now a Special Advisor to the Chairman, according to the Padres front office director...2025
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• Top pitching prospects Noah Schultz and Hagen Smith toss four innings of hitless ball as Chicago splits spring contests with Milwaukee

Hagen Smith shines in second spring appearance. | Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images You win some, you lose some as Sox go down 3-2 in Game 1, but come out victorious, 8-2, in Game 2 The Chicago White Sox dropped a tight 3-2 decision to the Milwaukee Brewers in Game 1. This contest was marked by missed opportunities and timely Brewers offense. Martín Pérez cruised through the firs...2025
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• Cubs officially announce 2024 coaching staff

Ryan Flaherty, new Cubs bench coach | Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Ten 2023 coaches will return to join Craig Counsell. The Chicago Cubs today announced manager Craig Counsell’s major league coaching staff for the 2024 season. Four new coaches are joining the staff: Ryan Flaherty as bench coach, Darren Holmes as bullpen coach, Mark Strittmatter as major league field c...2024
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• The 2024 Royals roster looks immensely better, but what about beyond?

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images After 2024, many of the recent free agent deals include opt-outs. Let’s get it out of the way early: the 2024 Kansas City Royals — as the roster stands right now — aren’t likely to make the playoffs. The recent flurry of free-agent additions has sparked the fanbase in ways we haven’t seen in quite some time. Fans are optimistic and whisper...2023
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• The Royals got a waiver for larger names on the new Nike jerseys

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images The Cubs (and all other teams) should do this, too. Something looks very good on the back of Michael Wacha’s Royals jersey, as shown above. As hinted in the headline, the Royals received a waiver from MLB to use the larger names on the back of their jerseys, comparable to previous years, instead of the tiny letters other teams use — for ex...2024
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• Nick Martinez and Ryan Weathers head to the bullpen as Joe Musgrove returns
Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Musgrove makes his first start of the year tonight in Arizona! The San Diego Padres got blown out last night but at least Joe Musgrove makes his 2023 debut tonight against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Him returning means that the rotation is going to look a little bit different. It started as a six-man rotation but now will be going to the tr...2023
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• Who to root for in October as a White Sox fan

Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images Our club has long been eliminated from postseason contention, but that doesn’t mean you should abstain from watching baseball in October October is one of my favorite months. Most people love it because of Halloween or pumpkin spice everything. But me, I’m here for one thing above all else: Postseason Baseball Unfortunately for White Sox fans, our team will not ...2023
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• Seahawks restructure Geno Smith’s contract, lower his cap hit

Photo by Jennifer Stewart/Getty Images The Seahawks have opened up some cap space ahead of free agency. A week after guaranteeing Geno Smith’s salary for the 2024 season, the Seattle Seahawks have restructured the starting quarterback’s contract. Smith, who was due a $9.6 million roster bonus by March 18, will have that money converted into a signing bonus. ESPN’s Field Yates reports that ...2024
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• Report: Manny Machado Asking For $400 Million From Padres
Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images It doesn’t seem like the two sides are close on an extension According to USA Today’s Bob Nightengale, Manny Machado and the San Diego Padres are $145 million apart in extension talks. He is reporting that the Padres offer was five more years worth $105 million on top of his current five year, $150 million contract after 2023 ($255 million...2023
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• Royals snap 4 game losing skid with 10-4 win over Padres

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images 5 run second, 4 run third did the damage in Royals win After putting up just a single run the day before, and only four hits in each of the last two contests, the Royals offense exploded for a 10-4 win over the Padres on Sunday afternoon. A five-run 2nd inning, followed by a four-run 3rd inning was enough for the Royals. Maikel Garcia go...2025
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• San Diego stands tall over Braves
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• Padres battle weather and the bullpen slumps
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• Padres beat Pirates, but lose Fernando Tatis Jr.
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• San Diego Padres need to rebound from the season’s first rough stretch
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• Xander Bogaerts homers, drives in three to lead Padres past Giants
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• Padres drop third game to Rays, suffer first sweep of season

Martin Maldonado tags out Jose Caballero. | Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images San Diego in the midst of a four-game losing streak The Tampa Bay Rays were looking to add to their 3-2 lead over the San Diego Padres with a sacrifice fly in the top of the seventh inning, but Fernando Tatis Jr. had other ideas. Yandy Diaz hit a fly ball to right field with one out and runners o...2025
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• Cubs roster move: Tom Cosgrove recalled, Ethan Roberts optioned

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images The Cubs have another lefty in the bullpen. The Cubs acquired lefthander Tom Cosgrove from the Padres about two weeks ago. Cosgrove had a pretty good year for San Diego in 2023, but last year he was awful. He’s pitched in three games for Triple-A Iowa, covering four innings, allowing three hits and a walk with seven strikeouts, and no runs...2025
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• Fan Survey Results: Which Padre has been the best addition to this year’s team so far?
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• Good Morning San Diego: Padres take series at home vs. Cubs

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Everything you need to know about your San Diego Padres on the morning of April 17, 2025. Articles to read Padres beat Cubs with offensive, defensive highlights from Manny Machado (Matt DeWalt, Gaslamp Ball) Padres fans cannot panic over Dylan Cease’s struggles (Thomas Conroy, Gaslamp Ball) How the Padres rounded out their starting rotatio...2025
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• Good Morning San Diego: Luis Campusano makes Cactus League debut

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Everything you need to know about your San Diego Padres on the morning of February 27, 2025. Articles to read Spring training update: Luis Campusano debuts, Forrest Wall homers in Padres win over White Sox (Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune) Padres, Yu Darvish working to have him be as good as he can for as long as he can (Kevin Acee, S...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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• Assorted thoughts on the Braves’ commitment to Jurickson Profar

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Did the Braves wiggle out of their comfort zone? Does it matter? I considered titling this post, “So Profar, So Good,” but, that seemed to make little sense at this juncture, and that was a headline-in-the-sand I’m not willing to cross at this point. Did the Atlanta Braves do well by signing Jurickson Profar to a three-year, $42 million de...2025
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• Previewing the outfield market for the Atlanta Braves

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images So far, we’ve taken a look at the starting pitching and shortstop markets for the Braves. Today, we’ll dive into the options for upgrading LF. The Atlanta Braves cleared up what was a pretty muddy OF/DH picture last week by trading Jorge Soler to the Angels for SP Griffin Canning. While it was surprising to see it done on the literal firs...2024
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• This may only be the start of bad news for Fanatics, Nike and MLB uniforms

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images MLB players are getting used to their new uniform templates from Nike and Fanatics and the reviews are already bad! In case y’all may have missed this due to not being interested in the minutiae of baseball uniform details, nearly every single MLB team will have a slightly altered look to their uniforms this season. The new look is mostly ...2024
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• The 2024 Royals roster looks immensely better, but what about beyond?
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• Could Ryan Flaherty be Bob Melvin’s successor?

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images AJ Preller hired Flaherty and didn’t allow him to interview for the Mets bench coach job Bob Nightengale wrote in his Sunday notebook today that “if the Padres don’t reach the postseason, Bob Melvin could take the fall with bench coach Ryan Flaherty a strong candidate to succeed him.” Oh yeah that'll fix things(via @BNightengale) pic.twi...2023
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• Outside The Confines: All that Jazz
Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Jazz Chisholm Jr. is on the cover of MLB The Show. Things are happening for the Rays. Giants fans are angry. And other news from around MLB. Good morning. It’s that time of year when video games top the MLB news. Marlins outfielder (I guess he’s an outfielder now) Jazz Chisholm Jr. was named the cover athlete for this year’s MLB The Show ...2023
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