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• Cubs vs. Padres Wednesday 4/10 game threads

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Wednesday’s game threads? All right here....2024
• Game #14: San Diego Padres vs. Chicago Cubs

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images A late 7:05 p.m. first pitch tonight for Joe Musgrove San Diego Padres vs. Chicago Cubs, April 9, 2024, 7:05 p.m. PT Location: Petco Park, San Diego, CA TV: TBS (nationally), Padres TV, DirecTV Ch. 694-3, AT&T U-Verse Ch. 781 or 1781, Cox Ch. 83, Spectrum Ch. 305 or 443 and FUBO Radio: 97.3 The Fan Please remember our Game Day thread guid...2024
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• Cubs vs. Padres Tuesday 4/9 game threads

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Looking for Tuesday’s game threads? You have come to the right place....2024
• The moments that paved the way for a Padres 8-0 comeback victory

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images There was a lot before Fernando Tatis Jr.’s home run that set up that moment Fernando Tatis Jr.’s home run last night was the highlight most fans are going to remember from the San Diego Padres wild 9-8 comeback victory over the Chicago Cubs and understandably so. It was the face of the franchise wearing Tony Gwynn cleats hitting what end...2024
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• Seahawks announce addition of new salary cap expert in front office change

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images For more than a decade Matt Thomas handled the salary cap for Seattle, but Wednesday the Hawks announced he had left the team. As the Seattle Seahawks move forward towards the 2024 NFL season, the changes just keep on coming. The biggest change of the offseason is, of course, the replacement of the most successful head coach in franchise history, Pete C...2024
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• Pre-Snap Reads 4/4: Will Riq Woolen bounce back next season?

Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images Read! In Today’s Links: more mock drafts, from a Seahawks perspective; how do we get extra draft picks?/do we need extra draft picks?; new admin in the building for the front office; how does Sam Howell compare with the current QB class? Rock and Roll. It’s Thursday, bb. Seahawks News Seahawks need more draft picks: Here's how to get them - Seaside Joe...2024
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• Good Morning San Diego: Dodgers vs. Padres Seoul Series starters revealed

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Everything you need to know about MLB news and your San Diego Padres for Tuesday, March 12, 2024. San Diego Padres News Dodgers, Padres set probables for season-opening Seoul Series (MLB.com) MLB News Díaz electric as ever in spring debut, strikes out side (MLB.com) Gerrit Cole needs MRI on pitching elbow (MLB.com) Pop quiz! How well doe...2024
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• Good Morning San Diego: Padres comeback falls short vs. Diamondbacks

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Everything you need to know about MLB news and your San Diego Padres for Wednesday, March 6, 2024. San Diego Padres News Grisham changing his mindset with fresh start in Bronx (MLB.com) Padres Sign Brad Miller To Minor League Deal (MLB Trade Rumors) Jordan Wicks allows one run in latest spring start for Cubs (MLB.com) Spring training upd...2024
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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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• Padres shutting down Yu Darvish for rest of 2023 season

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Darvish has a bone spur in his elbow San Diego Padres manager Bob Melvin told the media before tonight’s game against the Los Angeles Dodgers that they are shutting down Yu Darvish. The 37-year-old has a bone spur in his elbow and will be resting for a few weeks. Padres manager Bob Melvin says Yu Darvish will be shut down for the rest o...2023
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• Fernando Tatis Jr. reminded the world how entertaining he is

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Tatis did something last night you might not ever see again San Diego Padres superstar Fernando Tatis Jr. has done some incredible things in his career so far. He’s hit three home runs in a game. He’s thrown out runners at home from right field. He has double jumped in the air. Add stealing home to the list. When Juan Soto’s up at the plat...2023
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• Allen Americans Weekly Update - Roster Now Up to 10 with Addition of Myllari, Robidoux, Fournier, Farmer and Gagnon, 3ICE Update and More
It has been a busy week for the Allen Americans. Since my last update a week ago, the Americans have doubled the roster by announcing five more players for 2023-24. The flurry of announcements started on August 3rd with defenseman Kris Myllari, who was recently voted by his ECHL peers as the best defensive defenseman in the Western Conference. The Americans followed up Myllari's announcement...2023
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• Padres DFA David Dahl, option Adrian Morejon to Triple-A El Paso
Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Eguy Rosario is starting a rehab assignment tonight The San Diego Padres announced a few roster moves today ahead of their series opener against the Seattle Mariners: LHP Adrian Morejon has been reinstated from the 60-day IL and optioned to Triple-A El Paso, and INF Eguy Rosario will begin a rehab assignment with El Paso tonight. Additi...2023
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• Outside The Confines: Put down the microphone
Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images The future of baseball broadcasting is up in the air after a bankruptcy court ruling. Las Vegas is getting a raw deal with the A’s. A look at the trade deadline. And other news from around baseball. I’m not the first one to make this observation, but how awful to you have to be to get into an acrimonious lawsuit with MLB and make Rob Manfr...2023
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• Padres All-Star voting is open now!
Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Help get your favorite players to Seattle this summer It’s that time of year Padres fans! The Major League Baseball All-Star Ballot is open and you can vote up to five times per day using the link below! It’s time to #VotePadres and send the squad to Seattle this summer!Vote 5x per day, every day: https://t.co/gyd80CEbUT pic.twitter.com/...2023
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• Padres series preview: Having ownership spend money on a team looks fun
Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Fans are flocking to Padres games. For a long time, the Padres operated as a small market franchise. Aside from a spending spree in the late 1990s that led to a pennant, they were typically in the bottom half of MLB spending. As recently as 2019, they had a $63 million player payroll, less than the Royals. But once the ownership group head...2023
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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."

2019
"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."

• The moments that paved the way for a Padres 8-0 comeback victory
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• Seahawks announce addition of new salary cap expert in front office change
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• Pre-Snap Reads 4/4: Will Riq Woolen bounce back next season?
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• Trouble Out East

I can't say there are many similarities between the cities of Trois-Rivières, Quebec and St. John's, Newfoundland outside of both being next to bodies of water and both having ECHL teams. The first of those two similarities doesn't appear to be changing anytime soon as both the St. Lawrence River and the Atlantic Ocean seem to be quite watery. The second similarity, though, could make both of thes...2024
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• What are reasonable expectations for the Royals?

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images They look like a Major League team this year. Is that enough? Kansas City sports fans are in an interesting spot right now. The gap between the city’s best professional sports team and its worst team may be wider than any other city in the history of American professional sports. The Chiefs are the only NFL team that is Super Bowl or bust ...2024
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• Gamethread: White Sox at Giants

Yoán Moncada ponders life as the third baseman on a 100-loss team during yesterday’s 1-1 tie against the San Diego Padres. | Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images White Sox look to flex, with Flexen Happy Sunday and Happy Daylight Savings to all who celebrate an extra hour of sunshine and spring being right around the corner. Today, the Chicago White Sox take on the San Francisco Gian...2024
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• What does the Padres outfield depth look like right now?

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images There’s Fernando Tatis Jr. and Jackson Merrill and then there’s everybody else Eddie Rosario and David Peralta are among the outfield free agents who have come off the board on cheap deals that the Padres perhaps decided to pass on, which is questionable considering their outfield situation. Yes, Tommy Pham is still out there and he is go...2024
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• Royals vs. Reds Sunday game thread

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Wacha, Wacha! After a wild one yesterday, the Royals look to keep up the winning against the Reds this afternoon. Michael Wacha takes to the hill with several regulars behind him, including Bobby Witt Jr. We're back in Surprise this afternoon with Michael Wacha headed to the mound to take on the Reds. pic.twitter.com/BTGR93zZYQ— Kansas C...2024
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• Padres Reacts Survey Results: Fans think Jackson Merrill will start Opening Day

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images The fans are probably correct in their prediction 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. The Gaslamp Ball community was asked earlier this week is t...2024
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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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• Padres Reacts Survey Results: Fans weren’t satisfied with A.J. Preller’s offseason

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images The Padres still could use some additions but the season begins in a matter of days 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. The Gaslamp Ball communit...2024
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• Padres Reacts Survey: Do you approve of A.J. Preller’s offseason?

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images It doesn’t seem like any more moves are coming before the plane leaves tomorrow for Seoul, South Korea 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. The re...2024
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• Padres Reacts Survey Results: Fans think Jackson Merrill will start Opening Day
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• Seahawks restructure Geno Smith’s contract, lower his cap hit
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• Good Morning San Diego: Shohei Ohtani ‘very confident’ he’ll play Dodgers vs. Padres Opening Day

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Everything you need to know about MLB news and your San Diego Padres for Monday, February 5, 2024. San Diego Padres News Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani is ‘very confident’ he’ll be in Opening Day lineup vs. Padres as DH (CBS Sports) MLB News It’s Willie Mays Day! Icon honored by San Francisco on 2/4/24 (MLB.com) Here is our All-Time Prospect Tea...2024
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• What Padres fans can look forward to in 2024

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images 2023 is finally over and it’s a clean slate! Thank goodness 2023 is over. You don’t need me to tell you but there was a lot of bad things that happened for the Padres last year. Let’s try to forget about that and start over with a clean slate! Here are some of the things Padres fans can look forward to this year! A healthy Fernando Tatis J...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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• After finding a better floor, what’s next for the Royals?

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images The “worst case” looks better. But what’s the best-case? Fans of the Royals are certainly no stranger to the worst-case scenario. The nearly three decades without a playoff appearance — anchored toward the end by a historically bad 2005 season that saw the team lose a franchise-record 106 games — is a good frame of reference. 2005, of cour...2023
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• Padres Reacts Survey: Who should be the starting third baseman?

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Manny Machado is DHing so should there be an every day guy manning the hot corner until he is ready to return? 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...2024
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• Trouble Out East
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• What does the Padres outfield depth look like right now?
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• Seahawks restructure Geno Smith’s contract, lower his cap hit
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• What Padres fans can look forward to in 2024
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• Who to root for in October as a White Sox fan
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• Fernando Tatis Jr. reminded the world how entertaining he is
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• Saturday night’s win will be remembered regardless of how the Padres season turns out

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Last night felt like a playoff game at Petco Park The San Diego Padres suffered perhaps the worst loss of the season on Friday night, as the bullpen allowed eight runs in the final two innings to the Los Angeles Dodgers on a night that was supposed to end in Robert Suarez and Josh Hader getting the last six outs of the game. How would the...2023
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• Padres DFA David Dahl, option Adrian Morejon to Triple-A El Paso
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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?
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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
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• Seahawks restructure Geno Smith’s contract, lower his cap hit
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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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• Cub Tracks’ what has become of Yu?
Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news you can use, four days a week. The Cubs dropped this one and will have to win Sunday to pull ahead in the series. Welcome to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, steeped in wr...2023
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• The moments that paved the way for a Padres 8-0 comeback victory
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• Good Morning San Diego: Padres avoid sweep vs. Cardinals behind Kyle Higashioka heroics

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Everything you need to know about MLB news and your San Diego Padres for Thursday, April 4, 2024. San Diego Padres News Higashioka achieves rare feat to help Padres avoid sweep (MLB.com) MLB News Back in session: Judge blasts 1st HR of 2024 in wild win (MLB.com) Down to last out, O’s cap long day with walk-off winner (MLB.com) Bases load...2024
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• Padres Hall of Famer Larry Lucchino passes away

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Lucchino, who helped get the Padres a new ballpark, was 78 According to various reports, former San Diego Padres President Larry Lucchino has passed away at the age of 78. Lucchino was inducted into the Padres Hall of Fame in 2022 alongside Ted Leitner. Lucchino served as San Diego’s President and CEO from 1995 to 2001. He hired Kevin Tow...2024
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• Padres Reacts Survey: Who should be the starting third baseman?
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• Good Morning San Diego: Padres face Giants in American Opening Day

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Everything you need to know about MLB news and your San Diego Padres for Thursday, March 28, 2024. San Diego Padres News Q&A with Allison Luneborg on Padres player development (MiLB.com) Padres Announce Opening Series Details Presented by Sycuan Casino Resort (Friar Wire) MLB News 24 things we’re looking forward to in 2024 season (MLB.co...2024
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• Trouble Out East
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• Padres Reacts Survey Results: Fans weren’t satisfied with A.J. Preller’s offseason
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• Spring Training Game XIX

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Michael Wacha is on the bump The Royals’ bats are hot. Six Royals enter today’s game with OPS’ over 1.000, led by Salvador Perez and Bobby Witt Jr, who both have three homers so far. Salvy gets the day off today with Freddy Fermin behind the plate. Here are the lineups for today’s game against the defending National League champion Arizo...2024
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• Padres Reacts Survey: Do you approve of A.J. Preller’s offseason?
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• Good Morning San Diego: Dodgers vs. Padres Seoul Series starters revealed
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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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