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• Matt Seidler guarantees Padres won’t relocate

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images The San Diego Padres aren’t going anywhere if Matt Seidler has anything to do with it. San Diego Padres fans may have had a bit of a scare earlier this week when reading Sheel Seidler’s complaint that relocation could be on the table for the franchise. However, Matt Seidler, one of late owner Peter’s brothers, wrote in a statement that suc...2025
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• Padres Finalize Coaching Staff
The Padres announced their 2025 coaching staff on Friday evening. The most notable development is that Brian Esposito has been named bench coach. San Diego operated without a bench coach during Mike Shildt’s first year at the helm. Esposito, 45, had already taken some of the traditional bench coach responsibilities. His prior title had been…...2024
• Steven Vogt and Pat Murphy win Manager of the Year awards

Photo by Nick Cammett/Getty Images Brian Snitker received four third-place votes and finished fifth in NL Manager of the Year voting for 2024. BBWAA Awards Week continued to roll on. One day after the Rookie of the Year Awards were announced, Tuesday evening was when the focus shifted towards the Manager of the Year Awards. Cleveland Guardians manager (and former Atlanta Braves player) Ste...2024
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• Matt Quatraro finishes second in AL Manager of the Year vote

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Cleveland’s Stephen Vogt takes home the award. Royals manager Matt Quatraro finished second in voting for American League Manager of the Year, with Cleveland skipper Stephen Vogt taking home the award in his first season. Quatraro improved the Royals by 30 wins in his second year at the helm, winning 86 games and earning the first post-season appearance ...2024
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• Good Morning San Diego: Padres’ Jackson Merrill named Rookie of the Year finalist

David Frerker-Imagn Images Everything you need to know about MLB news and your San Diego Padres for Thursday, November 14, 2024. San Diego Padres News Merrill an NL ROY finalist; Shildt up for MOY (MLB.com) Merrill’s strong Rookie of the Year argument (MLB.com) Padres Notes: Juan Soto’s Return, Roki Sasaki Advantage, Blockbuster Trade Proposals (Sports Illustrated) Manny Machado’s contra...2024
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• Good Morning San Diego: 3 Padres win Silver Slugger Award

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images Everything you need to know about MLB news and your San Diego Padres for Wednesday, November 13, 2024. San Diego Padres News Profar, Merrill pick up 1st Silver Sluggers; Machado wins 2nd (MLB.com) Merrill an NL ROY finalist; Shildt up for MOY (MLB.com) Merrill’s strong Rookie of the Year argument (MLB.com) Padres’ Jackson Merrill, Mike Shildt named finalist...2024
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• Braves News: Spencer Strider, Ronald Acuña Jr. updates, hot stove, and more

Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Tuesday. Atlanta Braves general manager Alex Anthopoulos said Tuesday that stars Spencer Strider and Ronald Acuña Jr. will likely not be ready for Opening Day. Alex A on Acuña, Strider: “Will not be ready Opening Day. We're planning on not having them on the Opening Day roster. How soon after t...2024
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• Braves News: Players Choice Award Finalists, Shortstop Market, More

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Some fun reads for Monday. While the most exciting time of the MLB season is still ahead of us on the field, a story of high interest continues off the field that has impacted many teams across baseball. The ongoing saga between MLB and Diamond Sports Group in regards to the broadcasting rights for teams has been a source of significant n...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Bad blood

Photo by Harry How/Getty Images Bad blood reigns in the Dodgers/Padres series. The Tigers shocked the Guardians. And other news from around the playoffs. Good morning. I suppose it’s a good morning if you’re a Mets or Padres fan. I assume you know the scores of those games yesterday, so I’m not linking to any game recaps. I will link to the brouhaha that took place at Dodger Stadium durin...2024
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• Joe Musgrove Won’t Pitch In NLDS
Padres right-hander Joe Musgrove exited his start in the Wild Card series due to tightness in his pitching elbow. Manager Mike Shildt informed reporters today that Musgrove won’t be on the club’s NLDS roster and won’t pitch in the series, though the skipper stopped short of speculating about the righty’s availability after this series. AJ…...2024
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• MLB Playoffs: Why the Padres are headed back to the postseason

Things came together for the Padres who are headed back to the postseason after a 93 win season. The San Diego Padres are going to the postseason for the first time since their run to the NLCS in 2022. Here are some reasons—in no particular order—why they bounced back from their most disappointing season in franchise history: Jackson Merrill’s impact Trent Grisham (.198 AVG, .666 OPS, 50 RBI) was...2024
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• Ha-Seong Kim To Undergo Season-Ending Shoulder Surgery
Padres manager Mike Shildt told reporters (including AJ Cassavell of MLB.com) this evening that shortstop Ha-Seong Kim’s season is over. Kim later told reporters (including Cassavell) that he’s undergoing season-ending shoulder surgery. The shortstop has been on the IL for over a month due to inflammation in his shoulder, and Shildt revealed yesterday that Kim…...2024
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• The NL Wild Card race has gotten extremely interesting

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images Don't look now but it's suddenly not such a sure thing that the Braves will be the top dogs in this year's Wild Card race. Late last month, I used this space to talk about a few storylines to keep an eye on for the second half of the 2024 Major League Baseball season. One of the main things I discussed was the Wild Card race for both leagues and how it wa...2024
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• 2024 Cubs: Know your enemy, NL West

Photo by Masterpress/Getty Images One team in this division did quite a bit this offseason The Dodgers have won 100 or more games in each of the last four full seasons (and probably would have in 2020 if there had been a full season then). They went out and signed two of the top free agents this offseason. So how much will they win this division by? The answer: “Who knows?” That’s why they...2024
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• 2024 MLB Season Preview: San Diego Padres

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

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images A.J. Preller is great at not fighting with his players The Padres have avoided arbitration with all of their arbitration eligible players, according to the team. We have avoided arbitration with 4 players, agreeing to terms with RHPs Enyel De Los Santos and Michael King, C Kyle Higashioka and LHP Adrian Morejon on 1-year contracts thro...2024
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"I am also confident Peter would have appreciated the exceptional leadership that has been displayed by his trusted business partner Eric Kutsenda (Chairman and interim Control Person) and his long-tenured leadership team at the Padres, including Erik Greupner (CEO), AJ Preller (President of Baseball Operations), Mike Shildt (Manager), and Tom Seidler (his brother and Padres EVP), along with every other dedicated member of the Padres team and organization."

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"Padres manager Mike Shildt told members of the media today that Xander Bogaerts will be moving from shortstop to second base, with Dennis Lin of The Athletic among those to relay the news."

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"The Padres are set to name former Cardinals skipper Mike Shildt their new manager, Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune reports."

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"Giants coach Antoan Richardson, whose ejection led to Alyssa Nakken's historic debut, has accused Padres coach Mike Shildt of yelling an expletive at him that "reeked undertones of racism."

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"Louis to a wild-card berth, Mike Shildt is out as Cardinals manager."

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"Manager Mike Shildt told Goold and other reporters…"

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"Cardinals righty Carlos Martinez is planning to work back from the injured list in a relief role, manager Mike Shildt told reporters including Mark Saxon of The Athletic (Twitter link)."

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"Tommy Pham's two-run single fueled a pivotal four-run fourth inning as the Cardinals rallied to give interim skipper Mike Shildt a win in his managerial debut."

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"Minor League managers Mike Shildt and Oliver Marmol have been added to the Cardinals' 2017 Major League coaching staff, the organization announced on Thursday."

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"“It’s a heck of a story,” said Mike Shildt, who was Harris’ manager last season at Double-A Springfield (Missouri)."

• Steven Vogt and Pat Murphy win Manager of the Year awards
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• Good Morning San Diego: Padres’ Jackson Merrill named Rookie of the Year finalist
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• Good Morning San Diego: 3 Padres win Silver Slugger Award
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• Bobby Witt Jr. named MVP finalist, Seth Lugo up for Cy Young

Denny Medley-Imagn Images Matt Quatraro is up for Manager of the Year Improving by 30 wins and making a surprise playoff appearance is earning the Royals some accolades. Bobby Witt Jr. has just enjoyed one of the best seasons in Royals history, and to no surprise, he has been named a finalist for the American League MVP award. Pitcher Seth Lugo has been named a Cy Young Award finalist in h...2024
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• Good Morning San Diego: Dodgers’ toughest postseason series came vs. Padres

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images Everything you need to know about MLB news and your San Diego Padres for Friday, November 8, 2024. San Diego Padres News Padres departing free agent: Jurickson Profar (San Diego Union-Tribune) Padres’ offseason shopping list will be daunting to fill without some Preller magic (Friars on Base) Dave Roberts: Dodgers’ NLDS Matchup With Padres ‘Was The World Se...2024
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• Good Morning San Diego: Padres manager Mike Shildt agrees to extension

Denis Poroy-Imagn Images Everything you need to know about MLB news and your San Diego Padres for Thursday, November 7, 2024. San Diego Padres News Padres, Shildt finalize 2-year extension through 2027 (MLB.com) Four Padres named Silver Slugger finalists (MLB.com) Kim, Peralta contract decisions kick off Padres’ roster planning (MLB.com) Kim opts out of contract with Padres; Peralta exer...2024
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• Shildt gets extension after Padres' playoff return
One year into his tenure with the Padres, Mike Shildt has been rewarded with a two-year contract extension that ties the manager to San Diego through 2027....2024
• Padres, manager Mike Shildt finalizing two-year contract extension, per report

The extension will lock Shildt in with the Padres through the 2027 season...2024
• Padres, Manager Mike Shildt Finalizing Contract Extension
The Padres are finalizing an extension with manager Mike Shildt that’ll keep him in San Diego through 2027, reports Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune. President of baseball operations A.J. Preller told reporters last month that the team would look to work out a new deal with their skipper, who signed a two-year contract…...2024
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• Padres Plan To Discuss Extension With Mike Shildt
Padres skipper Mike Shildt originally signed a two-year contract when hired to manage the club last offseason, but the club already has interest in keeping him around for a longer period. President of baseball operations A.J. Preller tells the Padres beat that the front office will sit down with Shildt and several members of the…...2024

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• MLB Playoffs: Why the Padres are headed back to the postseason
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• Padres raising season ticket prices again in 2025

Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images Erik Greupner wrote an email today to members giving them a heads up Today Padres season ticket holders learned they will be paying more for their same seats again next season. According to Annie Heilbrunn, this will be the fourth consecutive raise and Kevin Acee reports it will be a “3 percent weighted average across the board”. CEO Erik Greupner wrote...2024
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• The NL Wild Card race has gotten extremely interesting
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• Outside The Confines: The future is foretold by the Cards

Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images The Cardinals make two free agent signings. Yoshinobu Yamamoto has been posted. The Shohei Ohtani sweepstakes are mysterious. And other news from MLB. Good morning. I hope you are all ready for a great holiday weekend. Normally, when I hear that the Cardinals have a pitcher with the last name of “Gibson,” I get scared. But in this case, the Cardina...2023
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• Report: Some Padres wanted Ryan Flaherty over Mike Shildt

Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports Flaherty has long been a favorite’s of A.J. Preller’s Dennis Lin reported yesterday in The Athletic that some inside the San Diego Padres organization wanted Ryan Flaherty as the next manager of the team. That obviously did not happen. Dennis Lin in The Athletic While some might think that a few players might not be super happy about the...2023
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• Ryan Flaherty, Mike Shildt Receive Interviews For Padres’ Managerial Vacancy
The Padres recently gave manager Bob Melvin permission to pursue a job with the Giants, which quickly resulted in Melvin making the switch and signing a three-year deal. Now the Padres have their own managerial vacancy to deal with. It was immediately speculated that bench coach Ryan Flaherty and senior advisor Mike Shildt were the…...2023
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• Baseball history unpacked, July 19
Getty Images A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday to Phil Cavarretta and Yan Gomes, and much more. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and various narratives to follow as they unfold ...2023
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• Mike Shildt: Some Cardinals went to emergency room due to COVID-19
The Cardinals have not played a game since July 29, and their upcoming three-game series against the Pittsburgh Pirates has already been postponed as a result of the teamwide outbreak....2020
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• Cardinals manager Mike Shildt says COVID-19 outbreak has resulted in 'a few visits' to emergency room
Multiple Cardinals have experienced symptoms from the coronavirus...2020

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• 2024 Padres Season Review: Dylan Cease

Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images Cease’s first year in San Diego ended in a painful way 2024 Regular Season Statistics 4.8 fWAR, 33 G, 189.1 IP, 3.47 ERA, 1.067 WHIP, 224 K, 65 BB, 18 HR, 2 HBP Baseball Savant Positives From This Season When the Padres acquired Dylan Cease, we knew we were getting a guy who was going to make his starts (33) and rack up some strikeout...2024
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• It’s time for the Padres to go all out for the NL West

Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images They’ve gone this far and now have the opportunity to take it. Don’t let up now On November 21, 2023 Mike Shildt was introduced as Padres manager. He mentioned the team’s goal: to win the National League West. I’m not sure many fans were thinking that would actually come to fruition in Shildt’s first season as the manager but here we are. There’s a chance ...2024
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• Padres raising season ticket prices again in 2025
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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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• Padres agree to deals with all arbitration eligible players
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• Ryan Flaherty is going to be named Cubs bench coach

Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports He’s a former Cubs draft pick. One vacancy on the Cubs coaching staff has been filled, per Britt Ghiroli of The Athletic: Ryan Flaherty is expected to be named Cubs bench coach, sources tell The Athletic. Flaherty was a finalist for the Padres managerial job that went to Mike Shildt. Had previously served as Padres bench coach. Now will hold the same ro...2023
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• Outside The Confines: The future is foretold by the Cards
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• Royals Rumblings - News for November 22, 2023

At Defector ($), David Roth wonders if the Royals know something about shoulders, following the acquisitions of Kyle Wright and Nick Anderson, who are both recovering from shoulder injuries: As Michael Baumann writes at FanGraphs, there’s an equally legible subtext to the two most notable transactions of the offseason so far—Milwaukee’s decision to non-tender injured co-ace Brandon Woodruff and At...2023
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• Good Morning San Diego: ‘We’ve never seen a team’ like Padres, says Fernando Tatis Jr.
Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports Everything you need to know about MLB news and your San Diego Padres for Wednesday, March 15, 2023. San Diego Padres News Mike Shildt finds peace, satisfaction in role(s) with Padres, looks forward to another chance to manage (San Diego Union-Tribune) Padres News: Fernando Tatis Jr. Says We’ve Never Seen A Team Like The Friars (Sports Illustrated) Padres bro...2023
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• Giants coach: Shildt expletive 'reeked' of 'racism'

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• Shidlt out as Cards manager after wild-card run

Despite a 17-game winning streak in September that carried St. Louis to a wild-card berth, Mike Shildt is out as Cardinals manager....2021
• Cardinals Fire Manager Mike Shildt
The Cardinals have fired manager Mike Shildt, as first reported by Rob Rains of StLSportsPage (Twitter link). At a press conference announcing the news, St. Louis president of baseball operations John Mozeliak told reporters (including Jeff Passan of ESPN) the organization made the decision based on “philosophical differences” between Shildt and the front office about…...2021
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• Padres Expected To Interview Mike Shildt
Mike Shildt might not be out of a job for long, as The Athletic’s Dennis Lin and Brittany Ghiroli (Twitter link) report that the Padres are looking to interview Shildt for their managerial vacancy. After being fired by the Cardinals just three days ago, Shildt enters a market thin on dugout openings, as the Mets…...2021
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• Cardinals to name Carlos Marmol as manager after firing Mike Shildt
Marmol served as the St. Louis bench coach under Shildt last season...2021
• Cardinals expected to name Oliver Marmol as next manager on Monday
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• Cardinals Release Yairo Munoz
The Cardinals announced this morning that they’ve placed infielder Yairo Munoz on unconditional release waivers. The move leaves an opening on the 40-man roster. In an important detail, Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch adds that Munoz “left the team, flew home” without notifying the Cardinals. Manager Mike Shildt told Goold and other reporters…...2020
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• Padres Interview Ozzie Guillen In Managerial Search
The Padres interviewed Ozzie Guillén last week as part of their ongoing managerial search, report Dennis Lin and Ken Rosenthal of the Athletic (Twitter link). Guillén joins Brad Ausmus, Mike Shildt and Luis Rojas as known candidates for the position. Guillén’s sit-down with San Diego is his first known managerial interview since he was let…...2021
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• Matt Quatraro finishes second in AL Manager of the Year vote
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• Bobby Witt Jr. named MVP finalist, Seth Lugo up for Cy Young
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• Good Morning San Diego: Padres manager Mike Shildt agrees to extension
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• Shildt gets extension after Padres' playoff return
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• Braves News: Spencer Strider, Ronald Acuña Jr. updates, hot stove, and more
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• Good Morning San Diego: Padres must fix bats in offseason

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images Everything you need to know about MLB news and your San Diego Padres for Tuesday, October 15, 2024. San Diego Padres News 3 dream offseason moves the Padres can make to surpass Dodgers and win 2025 World Series (Fansided) What’s next for Padres? Probably another playoff run in 2025 (and beyond?) (NBC 7 San Diego) 2 Mike Shildt decisions that completely dera...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Bad blood
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• MLB Playoffs: Why the Padres are headed back to the postseason
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• It’s time for the Padres to go all out for the NL West
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• The NL Wild Card race has gotten extremely interesting
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• Padres interview Phil Nevin for manager vacancy

Kim Klement Neitzel-USA TODAY Sports So AJ Preller wasn’t putting the manager search on hold during the GM meetings... Dennis Lin and Kevin Acee have reported that the San Diego Padres interviewed Phil Nevin on Wednesday. Talks are scheduled to continue today. The Padres formally interviewed Phil Nevin for their managerial opening Wednesday, sources tell me and @Britt_Ghiroli. A.J. Prell...2023
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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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• Details On The Cardinals’ Firing Of Mike Shildt
The Cardinals surprised the baseball world when they parted ways with manager Mike Shildt on Thursday, and speculation has only grown about the situation in the subsequent days. President of baseball operations John Mozeliak cited “philosophical differences” as the reason for the firing, declining to discuss specifics and instead telling reporters (including The Athletic’s Katie...2021
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• Latest On Cardinals’ Managerial Opening
The speculation has already begun on who might replace Mike Shildt as the next manager of the St. Louis Cardinals. The popular internal candidates appear to be Oliver Marmol and Stubby Clapp, per Jon Morosi of the MLB Network (via Twitter). St. Louis usually likes to promote from within, and both Marmol and Clapp have…...2021
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• Cardinals fire Mike Shildt after shocking late-season playoff run

The St. Louis Cardinals have parted ways with manager Mike Shildt, the team announced on Thursday....2021