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• San Diego Padres cannot rush Yu Darvish back on the mound

San Diego Padres Yu Darvish | Photo by Rob Leiter/MLB Photos via Getty Images The veteran righthander too valuable for postseason run. Let us all take a deep breath. Injuries dampened the mood of the San Diego Padres after snapping their six-game losing streak. However, the team received good news on one of their mending starting pitchers. Yu Darvish has begun a rehab assignment with Trip...2025
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• Gavin Sheets tried, could not lift Padres over Blue Jays

Gavin Sheets | Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images San Diego losing streak reaches six games after second consecutive sweep The San Diego Padres went to extra innings against the Toronto Blue Jays in their final game of the three game series looking for a win to snap a five game losing streak. A hit with a runner in scoring position would be required to give the Padres a chance to do that....2025
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• Padres vs. Blue Jays odds, prediction: MLB best bets, picks for Thursday

Stephen Kolek will help lead the visiting Padres past the Blue Jays on Thursday afternoon, Stitches predicts....2025
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• Good Morning San Diego: Padres score once in Vedder Cup opener

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Everything you need to know about your San Diego Padres on the morning of May 17, 2025. Articles to read Mariners slug their way to win over Padres (Matt DeWalt, Gaslamp Ball) Mariners take opener against Stephen Kolek, Padres (Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune) Talking with … Padres newcomer Gavin Sheets (Annie Heilbrunn, San Diego Union-Tribune)...2025
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• Mariners slug their way to win over Padres

Jake Croneworth | Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Stephen Kolek allows three home runs, San Diego held scoreless until the ninth Stephen Kolek entered his third start of the season facing the Seattle Mariners at Petco Park looking to keep his scoreless innings streak intact. He was also trying improve to 3-0 on the season and he was trying to lead the San Diego Padres to a win. Howev...2025
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• Good Morning San Diego: Stephen Kolek facing team who made him available to Padres in Rule 5 draft

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Everything you need to know about your San Diego Padres on the morning of May 16, 2025. Articles to read San Diego Padres Nick Pivetta’s free agent signing has gone perfectly (Thomas Conroy, Gaslamp Ball) Padres are down and up; Darvish rehabs with El Paso (Cheri Bell, Gaslamp Ball) The education — and evolution — of Padres pitcher Stephen Kolek (Jeff...2025
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• Padres are down and up; Darvish rehabs with El Paso

Yu Darvish | Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Notes on Padres week #7 The San Diego Padres completed a nine-game road trip in Colorado, taking two of three from the Rockies while suffering an unexpected meltdown from their bullpen. They then came home to a three-game series with the Los Angeles Angels. Records good and bad Over the course of the three games from May 9 to May 11 the bu...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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• Minor league update week #6

Jackson Wolf | Photo by Mark Cunningham/MLB Photos via Getty Images Leo De Vries still hacking and Jackson Wolf is dominant The Padres #1 prospect, shortstop Leodalis De Vries continues to dominate High-A pitching during the first week of May. De Vries finished April with a .306/.378/.625 line with 19 RBI and 4 HR. He had his first cycle and was just named the Midwest League Player of the ...2025
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• San Diego Padres Stephen Kolek is worth keeping an eye on

San Diego Padres Stephen Kolek | Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images The Friars pitching prospect could be the missing piece for the starting rotation. A rainy weekend in Pittsburgh has put the San Diego Padres back on their winning ways. A three-game sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates was a great start to a three-city, nine-game road trip. But Sunday’s pitching performance by starter Stephen K...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 minor league update week #3

Fort Wayne and San Antonio off to good starts The San Diego Padres minor league affiliates have barely gotten started but several prospects have begun well and the two top prospects, Ethan Salas and Leodalis De Vries have begun slowly. That is to be expected considering the challenge given to both of them. They are the youngest players in both of their levels. It is to be seen whether they can adj...2025
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• How the Padres rounded out their starting rotation

Nick Pivetta | Photo by Brendon Baranov/MLB Photos via Getty Images Nick Pivetta and Kyle Hart step in Prior to the start of spring training, the Padres had their top three starters—Michael King, Dylan Cease and Yu Darvish—with Randy Vasquez and Matt Waldron available for the back end. Depth was an issue with only Henry Baez, Ryan Bergert, Omar Cruz and Jhony Brito listed on the 40-man ros...2025
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• San Diego Padres minor league update week #2

Padres affiliates Double-A through Single-A started their seasons The minor league season has completed the second week with all the Padres affiliates playing games. The light air of El Paso inflates the offense so those numbers will not look good for pitchers most of the time but attention to strikeouts is a good rule of thumb. Many of the top prospects are in Fort Wayne (High-A) and San ...2025
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• Padres show their preference before Opening Day

Brandon Lockridge | Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images Experience and leadership light the way The San Diego Padres made it clear during their last three days of spring training that they value veteran experience and leadership. With two of their most versatile players left off the 26-man roster, they showed that the value they place on experience is above all else. Catcher Martin Maldonado, who ha...2025
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"The Padres announced that they’ve optioned Stephen Kolek, Ron Marinaccio, Luis Campusano and Connor Joe to Triple-A El Paso."

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"com) San Diego Padres News & Notes: Tons of Signings, Catcher Problems, Arraez and Cronenworth Trades (KIII TV) Padres roster review: Tom Cosgrove (San Diego Union-Tribune) Peter Seidler’s brother, John, set to take control of Padres (San Diego Union-Tribune) Padres roster review: Stephen Kolek (San Diego Union-Tribune) MLB News World Series hero Buehler, Red Sox agree on 1-year deal (source) (MLB."

• Mariners slug their way to win over Padres
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• Good Morning San Diego: Stephen Kolek facing team who made him available to Padres in Rule 5 draft
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• Padres are down and up; Darvish rehabs with El Paso
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• Good Morning San Diego: Padres score 21 runs AND shut out Rockies in same night

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Everything you need to know about your San Diego Padres on the morning of May 11, 2025. Articles to read Stephen Kolek, Padres dominate Rockies (Matt DeWalt, Gaslamp Ball) San Diego Padres Xander Bogaerts breaking out at the right time (Thomas Conroy, Gaslamp Ball) Padres relentless in 21-0 rout of Rockies (Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune) Padres ...2025
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• Padres 21, Rockies 0: They only lost by three touchdowns...

John Leyba-Imagn Images It was not good, folks To say tonight was a tough game is putting it nicely. The San Diego Padres bludgeoned the Colorado Rockies by a score of three touchdowns to zero. Five home runs were hit (scoring nine runs)... only two Padre innings were scoreless... and the Rockies have officially allowed 8+ runs in six-straight games. That’s a franchise record, for those co...2025
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• Stephen Kolek, Padres dominate Rockies

Stephen Kolek | John Leyba-Imagn Images San Diego bats continue to pummel Colorado pitching Stephen Kolek made his second MLB start for the San Diego Padres against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field, Saturday. The result was a complete game shutout and a 21-0 Padres win. Kolek recorded outs against the first five Colorado hitters and did not surrender his first hit until Nick Martini rea...2025
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• Colorado Rockies game no. 39 thread: Stephen Kolek vs. Bradley Blalock

Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images Can the Rockies build on the momentum of last night’s comeback (loss)? The Colorado Rockies lost to the San Diego Padres last night 13-9, but they clawed their way back from a 12-2 deficit. Seven of the nine runs came in the eighth and ninth innings. Michael Toglia broke the scoreless streak against the Padres with a solo homer in the fourth inning, and then R...2025
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• Padres 13, Rockies 9: Late life, but not quite enough

Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images The offense fought back, but couldn’t quite complete the comeback against the Padres on Friday The Colorado Rockies offense showed more life on Friday than they’ve shown in what seems like ages, but unfortunately they couldn’t climb out of the early hole that the San Diego Padres had dug. Though there were positives, but San Diego simply would not be overcome...2025
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• Padres battle weather and the bullpen slumps
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• Minor league update week #6
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• Stephen Kolek makes first MLB start, gets win

Stephen Kolek | Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images Padres score early, sweep Pirates Stephen Kolek, who performed well as a starting pitcher in Spring Training, began the year in El Paso as a member of the San Diego Padres Triple-A affiliate. Kolek, like Michael King the year before, was transitioning to a starting role from the bullpen and finally got the call up to make his first MLB star...2025
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• How the Padres rounded out their starting rotation
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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 rotation could lose Yu Darvish

Yu Darvish | Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Veteran experiencing elbow inflammation San Diego Padres manager Mike Shildt admitted today that veteran starter Yu Darvish is experiencing elbow inflammation and is day-to-day with his ramp up to the start of the season. A tweet from San Diego Union-Tribune reporter Kevin Acee stated that Shildt acknowledged today during the...2025
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• Taking a look at the Padres bullpen depth

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Many talented pitchers vying for spots Every pitcher on the Padres spring training roster is on a throwing program. A slow buildup to Opening Day that carefully balances getting ready with managing health, as well as not exposing them to opponents too soon. The starters throw a lot on back fields, building up pitch counts and working...2025
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• Analyzing the Brewers’ potential wild card opponents

Allan Henry-Imagn Images With the Brewers currently sitting as the third seed in the NL, they’d take on the last wild card team in the field Coming off a big series win over the Diamondbacks and a series-opening win over the Phillies, the Brewers’ magic number now sits at two, meaning any combination of two Brewers wins and Cubs losses would clinch the NL Central division. After they surpa...2024
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• d’Arnaud’s dual dingers defeat drag (and Padres) in 6-3 win

Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images Travis d’Arnaud hit two absolute no-doubters (and also stole a base, somehow) on a day where a lot of fly balls died at the warning track. On an afternoon like many others during the 2024 season, when the fly balls had just enough ennui to morph into outs rather than homers, Travis d’Arnaud connected for two absolute moonshots, helping the Braves earn a 6-...2024
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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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• Padres Option Stephen Kolek, Connor Joe
The Padres announced that they’ve optioned Stephen Kolek, Ron Marinaccio, Luis Campusano and Connor Joe to Triple-A El Paso. None of those players will start the season on the major league roster. Kolek’s demotion is most notable, as it essentially finalizes the Opening Day rotation. Kyle Hart and Randy Vásquez will open the year as the respective fourth and fifth starters…...2025
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• A full-circle start for Stephen Kolek
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• Four-run ninth gives Royals walk off win against the Padres

Photo by Jeremy Chen/Getty Images Royals Devil Magic, spring training style. The Royals scored four runs in the bottom of the ninth to defeat the Padres 6-5 in the rain on Thursday afternoon. Daniel Lynch IV is engaged in a competition for a starting role this spring and has impressed in his outings so far. He had a quick 1-2-3 first inning, but rain into trouble in the second, giving up t...2025
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• Padres To Stretch Out Stephen Kolek As Starter
Padres manager Mike Shildt spoke to the media today and provided some updates on the club’s pitching plans. Per Dennis Lin of The Athletic, Shildt said that right-hander Stephen Kolek will be stretched out as a starter but fellow righty Bryan Hoeing will stay in a relief role this year. Kolek, 28 in April, worked…...2025
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• Padres 21, Rockies 0: They only lost by three touchdowns...
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• Padres build depth for 2025 season

Eguy Rosario | Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Many changes since the start of February Catcher The San Diego Padres have spent their spring camp looking for solutions to their depth issues for the coming season. It seems clear that the biggest need still remaining is catching depth. The team has to keep Brett Sullivan on the 26-man roster or make him available to waivers. That leave...2025
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• Good Morning San Diego: Padres free agency dormant, but change coming soon

Photo by Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images Everything you need to know about MLB news and your San Diego Padres for Tuesday, December 24, 2024. San Diego Padres News Dodgers Targeting Padres Star in Potential Blockbuster Free Agent Signing (Sports Illustrated) Every team’s best single-game performance of 2024 (MLB.com) Rickey Henderson, legendary leadoff hitter, passes away at 65 (MLB.com) He...2024
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• San Diego Padres cannot rush Yu Darvish back on the mound
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• Padres 21, Rockies 0: They only lost by three touchdowns...
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• Starter Spotlight: Peak Pivetta

5-4-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X ***Disclaimer: The starting pitcher was changed to Stephen Kolek, who was recalled to start today’s game. It’s his first MLB game this season but he had a 5.21 ERA and a 1.52 WHIP last season in 46.2 innings pitched. He has control issues that Pirates may want toContinue reading "Starter Spotlight: Peak Pivetta"...2025
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• Padres minor league update week #4
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