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• Good Morning San Diego: Yu Darvish not with Padres as they drop fourth straight

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Everything you need to know about your San Diego Padres on the morning of May 21, 2025. Articles to read San Diego held scoreless in Toronto (Matt DeWalt, Gaslamp Ball) San Diego Padres need a left field upgrade—but no panic move (Thomas Conroy, Gaslamp Ball) Yu Darvish not ready to pitch yet, but he could be soon (Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune) ...2025
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• Good Morning San Diego: Padres outfielder heading to Japan

Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Everything you need to know about your San Diego Padres on the morning of May 20, 2025. Articles to read Padres release Oscar Gonzalez (Cheri Bell, Gaslamp Ball) Padres have become something bigger, better since they got their Manny (Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune) MLB power rankings: A forgettable weekend (Jeff Sanders, San Dieg...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 20, 2025

Nick Turchiaro-USA TODAY Sports Can the Royals patch the rotation together? Kris Bubic enjoys pitching near his hometown in northern California, writes Jaylon Thompson Bubic grew up in Cupertino, California, which is just an hour south of Oracle Park. For years, Bubic watched as the Giants made lifelong memories. Now, he gets a chance to create his own once in a place he has always loved....2025
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• Padres release Oscar Gonzalez

Oscar Gonzalez | Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Will sign with Nippon Baseball The San Diego Padres have given outfielder Oscar Gonzalez his unconditional release to allow him to pursue a job in Japan with the Nippon Professional Baseball organization, per Dennis Lin of The Athletic. After trading Connor Joe last week, the Padres are parting with another left-field option. They placed Oscar ...2025
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• Padres grant release to outfielder for opportunity in NPB

The Padres have placed outfielder Oscar Gonzalez on unconditional release waivers in order to allow him to pursue an opportunity in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball....2025
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• Padres’ Oscar Gonzalez Granted Release To Pursue Opportunity In NPB
The Padres have placed outfielder Oscar Gonzalez on unconditional release waivers in order to allow him to pursue an opportunity in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball, reports Dennis Lin of The Athletic. With Gonzalez being granted his release, San Diego is down to 37 players on its 40-man roster. More to come....2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 20, 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 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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• 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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• Padres’ spark plug returns team to winning ways

Luis Arraez and Manny Machado hug it out | Photo by Brandon Sloter/Getty Images Luis Arraez and Jason Heyward are back First baseman and occasional DH, Luis Arraez spent a week recovering from a significant concussion suffered in a collision at first base on April 20. For the first few days after the injury he had headaches and didn't want to see or talk to anyone. Quite the change for a p...2025
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• Padres minor league update week #4

Leo De Vries | Photo by Chris Bernacchi/Diamond Images via Getty Images Leo De Vries hits for the cycle with two home runs With the many injuries to the major league team, there has been a lot of movement to the minor league affiliates to backfill rosters. The many players remaining in Arizona for extended spring training/Arizona Complex League have been drawn on to help fill out the Tripl...2025
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• Padres held scoreless for second consecutive game

Xander Bogaerts | Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Xander Bogaerts strikes out twice with runners in scoring position For the second time in three days the San Diego Padres were kept off the scoreboard by an opposing starting pitcher. Shane Baz completed seven innings against the Padres and helped the Tampa Bay Rays earn a 1-0 win at Petco Park, Friday. Baz used a combination of fastb...2025
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• Padres minor league call-ups are doing the job to keep the boat afloat

San Diego Padres Oscar Gonzalez | Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images The Friars roster depth has been challenged with positive results. Injuries have forced the San Diego Padres to shuffle their roster. The minor league call-ups have done a terrific job of contributing and keeping the team atop the National League West division chase. The Padres are dealing with a host of injuries to ...2025
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• The San Diego Padres are down to their last man

Yuli Gurriel | Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images Luis Campusano is the last position player available Major league managers and players often say that it takes an entire 40-man roster to make it through a major league season. Little did manager Mike Shildt or any of the Padres leadership anticipate that would be true less than a month into the 2025 season. The rash of injuries to the po...2025
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"The Padres have placed outfielder Oscar Gonzalez on unconditional release waivers in order to allow him to pursue an opportunity in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball, reports Dennis Lin of The Athletic."

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"New York Yankees veteran outfielder Oscar Gonzalez, 26, assigned to the minors earlier Monday, suffered a right orbital fracture, the team announced, after fouling a ball off his face during an exhibition game in Mexico against the Diablos Rojos."

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"The Yankees have claimed outfielder Oscar Gonzalez off waivers from the Guardians, reports Jack Curry of YES Network."

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"Sciambi pretty much called the games as they unfolded on the field, only interjecting occasional asides, and his call of Oscar Gonzalez’ walkoff home run that won the series for Cleveland was, in my view, excellent [VIDEO]."

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"Consider Oscar Gonzalez, a star striker on the University of Illinois at Chicago's soccer team."

• Padres release Oscar Gonzalez
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• Padres minor league update week #7
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• Padres battle weather and the bullpen slumps
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• Rays 4, Padres 2: The sweep smell of success

Denis Poroy-Imagn Images The Rays closed out their series in San Diego with a sweep. The Padres are heavily considered to be one of the hottest teams in baseball this season, but between dropping two of three to the Detroit Tigers during the week, then losing the first two games of the series to the Rays, they’re not quite living up to the hype they were generating a couple weeks ago. Toda...2025
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• Padres minor league update week #4
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• The San Diego Padres are down to their last man
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• Padres Reacts Survey: Which injured Padres position player are you most concerned about?

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Half of the core six is on the shelf after the Padres got off to a hot start 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. It’s been a rough couple of weeks here for th...2025
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• Is it time for Padres to move on from Yuli Gurriel, other veterans?

Yuli Gurriel | David Banks-Imagn Images Return of key players could, should mean end of the line for San Diego bench pieces The core of the San Diego Padres from a position player standpoint, is Manny Machado, Fernando Tatis Jr., Xander Bogaerts and Jake Cronenworth. Jackson Merrill joined that group with his team-friendly contract extension earlier this year. First HR of the season for ...2025
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• Padres minor league update week #7
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• Padres beat Pirates, but lose Fernando Tatis Jr.
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• Padres minor league call-ups are doing the job to keep the boat afloat
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• Is it time for Padres to move on from Yuli Gurriel, other veterans?
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• San Diego fails to capitalize on opportunities, falls in Houston

Kyle Hart | Troy Taormina-Imagn Images Padres start roadtrip on the wrong side of the ledger The San Diego Padres have spent much of the season doing the little things that are needed to win baseball games. But that was not the case in their first game against the Houston Astros. In the top of the second inning with runners at the corners, the Padres attempted a double steal of second and ...2025
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• Randy Vasquez deals, Padres beat Athletics

Xander Bogaerts | Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images Xander Bogaerts records three hits to power San Diego offense The San Diego Padres needed a strong pitching performance from Randy Vasquez if they wanted to have a chance to win the final game of a three-game set against the Athletics in Sacramento, Wednesday. Vasquez provided exactly what the Padres needed with five strong innings, allowing ...2025
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• Ugly start for Dylan Cease leads to loss for Padres

Dylan Cease | Ed Szczepanski-Imagn Images Ace pitcher has worst start of his career against Athletics Things just seemed to go from bad to worse with each inning the San Diego Padres played against the Athletics in Sacramento, Tuesday night. Dylan Cease started the game and allowed six earned runs in the bottom of the first inning after San Diego opened the game with three runs in the top ...2025
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• Padres have a Yuli Gurriel and Jason Heyward problem

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Options are available for underperforming veterans Ten games into the 2025 MLB season is a very small sample size for any player. But a quick look at the early season stats show a glaring gap between Yuli Gurriel/Jason Heyward and the other eleven position players on the daily roster. Before the first game against the Atlanta Braves, the Padres optione...2025
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• San Diego Padres Minor League Update: Week 1

Photo by Rob Leiter/MLB Photos via Getty Images El Paso Chihuahuas have begun their season The Triple-A affiliate of the Padres, the El Paso Chihuahuas, began their 2025 season March 28, the day after the major league team got started. Many of the players seen during spring camp, often as the first replacements when the major league talent had gotten their needed at bats, will play for El ...2025
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• Padres roster taking shape

Gavin Sheets | Photo by Jeff Dean/Getty Images Gavin Sheets added to 40-man roster The San Diego Padres have until Wednesday of next week to finalize their 26-man roster for the beginning of the 2025 season. Outfielder/first baseman Gavin Sheets had an opt-out available to him with his minor league contract, and the spring production he has shown would absolutely guarantee he would be grab...2025
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• Padres battle weather and the bullpen slumps
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• San Diego Padres minor league preview

Boston Bateman aka Sasquatch | Photo by Marison Bilagody/MLB Photos via Getty Images El Paso Chihuahuas get going on Friday The Padres major league season is around the corner. Manny Machado, Fernando Tatis Jr. and their teammates play the first of 162 this Thursday. The following day the El Paso Chihuahuas, the Padres Triple-A affiliate, begin their season versus the Salt Lake Bees (Angel...2025
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• Eguy Rosario’s versatility should put him ahead of other Padres in bench competition

Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images There are a ton of options to fill out the rest of the bench. One stands out in early in spring Padres manager Mike Shildt loves how many options he has to fill out the roster. Before getting to those options, here are the 11/13 spots we know will be taken. Luis Arraez Jake Cronenworth Xander Bogaerts Manny Machado Tyler Wade Connor Joe Jason Heyward Jac...2025
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• Dodgers’ Dustin May Overcome With Emotion After Return From Near-Death Experience

Dustin May struck out Oscar Gonzalez to end the first inning of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Cactus League game Sunday afternoon and pointed to the sky. He then buried his face in his cap as he walked off the field. That moment was a long time coming for May. The right-hander hadn’t thrown in a …...2025
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• Good Morning San Diego: Padres continue Roki Sasaki pursuit

Photo by Eric Espada/Getty Images Everything you need to know about MLB news and your San Diego Padres for Monday, December 2, 2024. San Diego Padres News Padres continue to honor Seidler’s legacy with annual Holiday Giving Tour (MLB.com) Padres agree to contract with Wade, non-tender four others (MLB.com) Pair of prospects off to strong starts in winter league competition (MLB.com) MLB ...2024
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• 2023 MLB Season Preview: Cleveland Guardians
Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images The Guardians should once again have the best team in the AL Central — a bar so low, Jose Ramirez could probably jump over it. No division winner in baseball finished with fewer wins than the 92 the Cleveland Guardians posted in 2022, and no second-place team finished with fewer wins than the 81 wins the Chicago White Sox managed. That’s the AL Central, fo...2023
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• Play the kids
Photo by Graham Stokes/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The solution to the slow start Three games into the season may be too early to panic, but starting 0-3-0 with a -9 goal differential is about as disappointing of a start as the Columbus Blue Jackets could have had. There are any number of things that have gone wrong, but I have a simple solution: Play the kids. Thanks to a series of t...2022
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• González, Guardians walk off Yankees for 2-1 ALDS lead

Rookie Oscar Gonzalez had about as clutch of a moment as you can get....2022
• A Cubs fan’s guide to the 2022 MLB Division Series
Yu Darvish threw a masterful game against the NY Mets to help the Padres advance in the Wild Card Series. | Photo by Elsa/Getty Images It’s time to blow up baseball’s Death Stars One of the recurring themes on the Cuppa Cubbie Blue podcast this season has been the emergence of super-teams in MLB. There are a handful of teams that spend money, extend talented players and seem to have no end...2022
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• A few more thoughts about Marquee Sports Network’s Cubs game broadcasts
Marquee Sports Network The channel’s live game presentation still leaves much to be desired. Back in June, I wrote this article with some thoughts I had about Marquee Sports Network’s Cubs game broadcasts. It wasn’t pretty. I had hoped things might change, but little did. The game broadcasts are still borderline unwatchable. Before I continue, I want to tell you that in the 17 years Bleed ...2022
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• Guardians vs. Rays: Four crazy stats from Cleveland's marathon victory in Wild Card Series

The Guardians and Rays played 14 1/2 scoreless innings before Oscar Gonzalez broke a 0-0 tie...2022
• Yankees Claim Oscar Gonzalez From Guardians
The Yankees have claimed outfielder Oscar Gonzalez off waivers from the Guardians, reports Jack Curry of YES Network. There wasn’t any public indication that Gonzalez was removed from the Cleveland roster but they evidently tried to pass him through waivers without success. More to come....2023
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• Guardians Designate Yu Chang, Select Oscar Gonzalez
The Guardians announced a flurry of roster moves prior to tonight’s game, with left-hander Konnor Pilkington and outfielder Richie Palacios being recalled to the active roster. Outfielder Oscar Gonzalez has also had his contract selected, with Yu Chang being designated for assignment to make room for him on both the active and 40-man rosters. To…...2022
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• Guardians Option Franmil Reyes To Triple-A, Activate Oscar Gonzalez From 10-Day IL
The Guardians activated outfielder Oscar Gonzalez from the 10-day injured list, as Gonzalez returns to action after missing just over a month with an intercostal strain. To create roster space, Cleveland made the notable move of optioning the struggling Franmil Reyes to Triple-A Columbus. Reyes also spent time on the IL this season, missing about…...2022
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• 'Rolling': Guardians walk off Yanks, lead ALDS

Cleveland's Oscar Gonzalez bounced a two-out single up the middle with the bases loaded, plating two runs to cap a three-run, game-winning rally against the Yankees....2022
• Minor League Wrap: South Bend proves to River Bandits that crime does not pay, 6-1
Max Bain | Max Thoma/South Bend Cubs Myrtle Beach wins in a walkoff. South Bend just wins. The Cubs released right-handed pitcher Rowan Wick today. Outfielder Cristian More was promoted back to Myrtle Beach. He started this season with the Birds but was demoted to the complex league at the end of May. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs were raided and boarded by the Columbus Clippers (Guardians), ...2023
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• Padres’ Oscar Gonzalez Granted Release To Pursue Opportunity In NPB
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• AL Week 20 Strategy-August 5, 2023
In The Field OF Byron Buxton was placed on the 10-day IL on Friday and is going to be shut down for two weeks due to a right hamstring injury. Buxton has had issues with injuries this year which is not a surprise. He has also had trouble making contact (.207 AVG with 31% K). OF Matt Wallner is going to continue to be regular now that a spot has opened up. There was some concern that when 2B Jorg...2023
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• Comeback, Breakout, & Sleeper Outfielders by ADP
One of our staples within the Fantistics Draft Advisory product is our annual Comeback, Breakout, and Sleepers analysis. This is where we take a look at some of the players have fallen out of fantasy favor or have been looked less favorably by others (consensus). Although there inevitably is some conjecture involved, we base our projections on proven Sabermetric indicators (see our approximately 7...2023
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• Padres battle weather and the bullpen slumps
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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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• Padres minor league update week #4
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• Padres held scoreless for second consecutive game
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• Nick Pivetta dominates Tigers, Padres win

Nick Pivetta | Photo by Duane Burleson/Getty Images Elias Diaz two-run homer in the second gives San Diego enough offense to get past Detroit The San Diego Padres needed someone to step up after losing the first game to the Detroit Tigers to open their three-game series, Monday. The loss was the third for the Padres in their last four games. San Diego got a big pitching performance from st...2025
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• Padres 6, Rockies 0: My kingdom for an offense

Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images The Rockies held scoreless for the first time in a three-game series The Colorado Rockies couldn’t be getting out of San Diego soon enough. A difficult first two games left the team with some determination to muster any sort of offense after going scoreless through 18 innings. Unfortunately, all they could muster was two hits as they were shut out for ...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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• Minor League Wrap: South Bend proves to River Bandits that crime does not pay, 6-1
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