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• Padres minor league update: week 18

Trade deadline changes the prospect picture The San Diego Padres dipped into their prospect capital at the trade deadline to acquire significant pieces for the big league club. Starting with a system that evaluators didn’t rate highly to begin with (bottom five on every list), General Manager AJ Preller dealt 11 players from the minor league ranks, as well as three of the Padres’ 40-man roster pie...2025
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• Padres acquire a catcher; trade Bergert and Kolek

Freddy Fermin | Photo by Meg McLaughlin/The San Diego Union-Tribune via Getty Images Padres lose pitching depth for a catcher In their first trade of deadline day, the Padres added to their already excellent pitching ranks. Their bullpen is already the best in baseball based on ERA. Then they added a lockdown closer who throws 101 mph to the back end. Although not a front-of-the-rotation p...2025
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• Good Morning San Diego: Darvish dominates before deadline

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Everything you need to know about your San Diego Padres on the morning of July 31, 2025. HISTORIC. pic.twitter.com/ZelojjyJAS— San Diego Padres (@Padres) July 30, 2025 Articles to read Yu Darvish returns to form, Padres complete sweep of Mets (Matt DeWalt, Gaslamp Ball) Yu Darvish returns to form as Padres complete sweep of Mets (Kevin Acee, SD U...2025
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• Padres Minor League Update: Week 17

Affiliates back in action after All-Star break The biggest news to come from the Padres minor league affiliates was that catcher Ethan Salas will likely not play again during this season. Due to the delayed healing that has occurred with the stress reaction in his lower back, Salas will be brought along slowly and will probably see action in the Fall League. Salas, the Padres #2 prospect per MLB.c...2025
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• Padres minor league update: week 16

Padres draft brings more prospects into system The San Diego Padres minor league affiliates completed their first half and took a break while the major league teams celebrated their All-Stars. Starter Matt Waldron had another good outing in the last game for the Chihuahuas before the break. In 6 IP, Waldron allowed six hits but only two runs in 90 pitches. He has a 3.82 ERA with El Paso. Stephen ...2025
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• Padres Minor League Update: Week 15

Ethan Salas isn’t going to be ready this month. At the end of May, The Athletics’s Keith Law released his updated prospect rankings for the 2025 season. Catcher Ethan Salas, who had been placed on the injured list in April for a stress reaction in his low back, is ranked at 17. He is seven spots below fellow Padres prospect, shortstop Leodalis De Vries. In April it was thought that Salas would be ...2025
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• Padres Minor League Update: Week 14

Leo De Vries is going to the Futures Game It was a busy week with the Padres minor league affiliates. Fort Wayne TinCaps shortstop, Leodalis De Vries, was selected as the Padres representative in the All-Star Futures game that will be played during All-Star week in Atlanta. He is the only representative this year from the organization. San Antonio right-hander Henry Baez was named the Texas League...2025
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• Padres notes: two-win road trip as they cling to Wild Card spot

Manny Machado | Photo by Michael Mooney/MLB Photos via Getty Images Notes on Week 14 The San Diego Padres had a six-game road trip through Cincinnati and Philadelphia, losing four of the six games with a doubleheader on the last day in Philly due to the previous game being rained out. They were in and out of the Wild Card picture over the past week and ended up in a virtual tie with the St...2025
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• Padres past the halfway point with plenty of questions

San Diego Padres Matt Waldron | Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images The Friars have holes with their roster. The San Diego Padres reached the halfway point of the 2025 season this past weekend. It has been filled with plenty of highs and lows. Each month began with an extended winning streak, as the Padres opened the season with seven straight wins. Both May and June started with four-ga...2025
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• Padres have questions in July

AJ Preller | Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images AJ Preller is on the clock to improve the team This is not what Padres fans expected when the season began. The Padres are sitting with a 45-39 record, out of the Wild Card race by a game and the offense has been boring and underperforming for at least the past 45 games. For their last 42 games they are six games under .500 (18-24) and ran...2025
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• Padres Minor League Update: Week 13

Pitching prospects get in a groove After a very slow start to the season, El Paso has surged and is in second place in the Pacific Coast League, East Division. The San Antonio Missions are in a tie for first in the Texas League. South Division. Fort Wayne is a trailing fifth in the Midwest League, East Division. Lake Elsinore is third in the California League, South Division. El Paso Chihuahuas (...2025
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• Padres make mid-season adjustments

Ryan Bergert | Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images More injuries and a suspension It is the middle of the 2025 MLB season and the San Diego Padres have a 4-2 record in their latest home stand with an overall record of 44-36, 8 games over .500 and a half game back of the San Francisco Giants for the final Wild Card spot. They have completed their 26 games in 27 days stretch leading up to ...2025
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"To make room for Wade on the 40-man, right-hander Matt Waldron was transferred to the 60-day IL."

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"Jordan Wicks will start for the Cubs and Matt Waldron will go for San Diego."

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"The Padres announced a series of roster moves today, recalled left-hander José Castillo, right-hander Matt Waldron and infielder Matthew Batten."

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"Per announcements from both teams, the Padres have acquired right-hander Matt Waldron."

• Padres minor league update: week 18
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• Padres acquire a catcher; trade Bergert and Kolek
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• Good Morning San Diego: Darvish dominates before deadline
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• Padres Minor League Update: Week 17
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• Padres minor league update: week 16
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• Padres Minor League Update: Week 15
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• Padres past the halfway point with plenty of questions
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• Padres minor league update week 12

Logan Gillaspie starts his rehab The San Diego Padres minor league affiliates are approaching the half-way point in their seasons with the winner of the first half automatically making the playoffs at the end of the season. There is also a second half champion for each league’s division and they all play against each other for the championship for each league. There are also promotions occurring a...2025
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• Enough is enough for the Padres

Fernando Tatis Jr and Trainer Mark Rogow | Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images Notes on Padres Week 12 A lot of the news is bad. The Padres played to a 2-5 record over the past seven days and currently stand at 40-35. They are in third place in the NL West, six games behind the Dodgers and 1.5 games behind the Giants. Their last seven games versus division rivals didn’t go very well. Alt...2025
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• How do the Padres stay in contention?

Fernando Tatis Jr | Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images They aren't good enough right now The San Diego Padres are currently in third place in the NL West, 5 games back of the Dodgers with a 39-33 record. They have been struggling offensively since their fast start got them off to a 14-3 record. Over the past month the team has a .227 batting average, last in MLB. Their OBP, SLG and O...2025
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• Padres offense has to wake up

Notes from Padres week 11 The San Diego Padres completed their seven-game road trip with three games and a series win versus the Milwaukee Brewers, getting outstanding pitching from all three starters and the bullpen while scoring six runs over the three games. They arrived home, without an off day, and played three versus the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Padres won only one of those three games, the ...2025
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• Padres have playoff pitching, not the offense

Jason Adam | Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images This is not a sustainable situation The San Diego Padres remain ten games over .500 solely due to the 14-3 record they achieved at the start of the season. Since then they have played one game under .500 overall. There has been some ebb and flow with the pitching during this time but the primary cause for this result has been the offense. ...2025
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• Padres Minor League Update: Week 10

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Matt Waldron available, Omar Cruz building up The San Diego Padres minor league affiliates will be able to provide reinforcements to the pitching staff of the major league team when needed. Matt Waldron had his second start for El Paso after being activated from the IL on June 4. He pitched five innings and allowed six hits with two runs and five strik...2025
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• Padres get back to winning

Stephen Kolek | Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Notes from week nine The San Diego Padres broke their six-game losing streak with a home series win versus the Atlanta Braves and followed it with a series win against the Miami Marlins. The two losses occurred in the bullpen game against Atlanta and the game Kyle Hart started after being called back up from El Paso. Michael King was un...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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• Padres’ terrible, awful, no good, very bad week

Gavin Sheets | Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Notes from week #8 All numbers entering today (so before their win vs. Atlanta) The San Diego Padres were swept over two series versus the Seattle Mariners and Toronto Blue Jays. They scored three runs versus the Mariners and were shutout the first two games versus the Blue Jays. The last game of the Toronto series went into extra inning...2025
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• Padres minor league update week #7

Yu Darvish and Matt Waldron begin their rehab Fort Wayne shortstop Leo De Vries has gone cold in May while San Antonio catcher Brandon Valenzuela has taken advantage of the loss of Ethan Salas to show he shouldn’t be forgotten. San Diego Padres knuckleballer Matt Waldron has begun his rehab back from his right oblique injury with the Arizona Complex League Padres. Relievers Harry Gustin and Tyson...2025
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• Padres have an ‘invaluable’ 26th man

Tyler Wade | Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Tyler Wade wins on the margins The San Diego Padres broke spring camp with Brandon Lockridge and Yuli Gurriel as their last roster picks. Both Eguy Rosario and Tyler Wade were out of options and had to be placed on waivers. Both cleared waivers and accepted minor league contracts, both being assigned to Triple-A El Paso. The Padres were surprised th...2025
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• A refresher on the Padres and how they got here

Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Braves draw one of the best teams in baseball in the first round. There’s no rest for the wicked, no rest for the weary, and no rest for a team that had to play a hurricane-induced doubleheader to clinch a playoff spot in Game 162. About 24 hours after their brief celebration, the Braves will start fighting for their postseason...2024
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• Braves’ last stop before All-Star Break takes them to San Diego for three

Photo by Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Braves lost three of four to the Padres in Atlanta and will look to knock them down further in the Wild Card standings For the Braves, July has started much like the entirety of May and June: a whole lotta meh. The Braves are 5-5 in July so far, winning a series, losing a series, and splitting a four-game series against the ...2024
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• Good Morning San Diego: Padres snap losing streak vs. Phillies

Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports Everything you need to know about MLB news and your San Diego Padres for Thursday, June 20, 2024. San Diego Padres News Matt Waldron continues to pitch like Padres’ ace (San Diego Union Tribune) Padres beat Ranger Suarez, Phillies, avoid winless road trip (San Diego Union Tribune) Yankees Could Trade For Padres Gold Glove Winner To Fill Biggest Need (Sport...2024
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• Outside The Confines: To bee or not to bee

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports A hero emerges in Phoenix. Another injury for Mike Trout and another broadcast dispute. A look at home runs in college ball and other news from around baseball. Good morning. It’s good to be home. See you at 1:20. As you no doubt heard, Angels superstar Mike Trout is injured again. Will Leitch has five questions about Trout, his injury and the Angels. Ke...2024
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 2, 2024

Nick Turchiaro-USA TODAY Sports The Royals are undefeated in May 2024. Salvador Perez has been central to Kansas City’s resurgence this season: Salvador Perez is having some fun this year. The Royals’ captain began May much like he ended April, with another RBI and extending his career-best on-base streak to 21 games in the Royals’ 6-1 win over the Blue Jays on Wednesday at the Rogers Cen...2024
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• Padres send Jairo Iriarte, 10 others to minor league camp

Fort Wayne TinCaps Iriarte made a strong impression but had others in his way who were more big league ready After Sunday’s big win over the Mariners, the Padres sent 11 minor leaguers back to minor league camp after spending their first days of 2024 with the big league squad. We have re-assigned the following players to Minor League camp: RHPs Nick Hernandez, Jairo Iriarte, Adam Mazur,...2024
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• Good Morning San Diego: Padres option knuckleballer Matt Waldron
Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports Everything you need to know about MLB news and your San Diego Padres for Monday, June 26, 2023. San Diego Padres News Padres option knuckleballer Matt Waldron after debut (ESPN.com) Padres’ Matt Waldron becomes first knuckleball pitcher in MLB since 2021 (CBS Sports) MLB News Best moments from Game 2 of the London Series (MLB.com) Surging clubs closing in...2023
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• Padres Designate Nelson Cruz For Assignment
The Padres announced a series of roster moves today, recalled left-hander José Castillo, right-hander Matt Waldron and infielder Matthew Batten. In corresponding moves, right-hander Domingo Tapia was optioned to Triple-A El Paso, righty Michael Wacha was placed on the 15-day injured list (retroactive to July 2) with right shoulder inflammation and designated hitter Nelson Cruz…...2023
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• Cubs 5, Guardians 3: David Bote, star man

Allan Henry-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs infielder is making a bid for the Opening Day roster. MESA, Arizona — I keep telling you guys that David Bote has a real chance to make the Cubs this year, and he put another point on the board in his favor when he hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning against the Guardians Sunday. That gave the Cubs the lead and proved to be the winning blow in a ...2024
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• Padres Designate Jose Castillo For Assignment
The Padres have designated left-hander Jose Castillo for assignment and optioned righty Matt Waldron to Triple-A El Paso, per a team announcement. That pair of moves clears roster space for righty Robert Suarez, who has been formally reinstated from the 60-day injured list. Castillo, 27, posted a strong 3.23 ERA through his first 39 big…...2023
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• Padres Place Yu Darvish On Injured List
The Padres announced that right-hander Yu Darvish has been placed on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to August 26, due to right elbow inflammation. Righty Matt Waldron was recalled in a corresponding move. At this point, it’s unclear what kind of absence the club is expecting from Darvish. Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune…...2023
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• Padres Select Tyler Wade, Place Jake Cronenworth On IL
The Padres announced that infielder Jake Cronenworth has been placed on the 10-day injured list, retroactive to April 9, with a non-displaced right rib fracture. Infielder/outfielder Tyler Wade was selected to take his place on the roster. To make room for Wade on the 40-man, right-hander Matt Waldron was transferred to the 60-day IL. Cronenworth…...2025
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• Padres To Select Eduarniel Nunez
The Padres will call up reliever Eduarniel Núñez for tomorrow’s doubleheader in Philadelphia, reports Kevin Acee of The San Diego Union-Tribune. Matt Waldron is being optioned to Triple-A in a corresponding move. The Padres will be able to recall another player tomorrow as the 27th man for the twin bill. They’ll need to select Nuñez onto the…...2025
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• Padres Option Matt Waldron
The Padres optioned starter Matt Waldron to Triple-A El Paso. San Diego recalled reliever Logan Gillaspie to step into the bullpen before tonight’s series opener with the Mets. Waldron, MLB’s lone knuckleballer, has held a rotation spot all year. He has made 26 starts and is second on the team behind Dylan Cease with 142 2/3 innings. His…...2024
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• Padres calling up knuckleballer Matt Waldron to start Saturday vs. Nationals

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• Three questions A.J. Preller must answer before Opening Day

San Diego Padres closer Robert Suarez | Photo by Harry How/Getty Images The Padres have time to revamp the roster By making very few moves during the offseason, the San Diego Padres have dampened the hope of the Friar Faithful for the 2025 season. This reflects the current state of the franchise, and there is no point in debating the topic…or is there? The Padres 93-win 2024 season was dis...2025
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• Pitching rotation candidates for Padres

Matt Waldron | Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images A look at five players who could win a job The current pitching rotation for San Diego consists of Yu Darvish, Dylan Cease and Michael King. The fourth and fifth spots in the rotation are vacant and need to be filled prior to Opening Day. The Padres have several options on their 40-man roster and each has potential to make an impact as a sta...2025
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