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• Padres offseason needs as GM Meetings are underway

Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images Lots to do this winter to try to get back to the postseason in 2025 The GM Meetings are underway in San Antonio to officially kick off offseason duties for every team in Major League Baseball. One of those teams were the Dodgers biggest challenger: the San Diego Padres. What needs to happen to put them back in position to contend again in 2025? Ruben Ni...2024
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• 2024 Padres Season Review: David Peralta, Donovan Solano, Brandon Lockridge and Tyler Wade

Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images Finishing up the season reviews with some of the key players that didn’t necessarily get a bunch of national attention this past season David Peralta: 0.4 fWAR, 91 G, .267 AVG, .335 OBP, .415 SLG, 115 wRC+, 35 R, 28 RBI, 8 HR Baseball Savant Positives From This Season Peralta came in on a minor league deal and was the best replacement...2024
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• Good Morning San Diego: Padres foe Dodgers win World Series

James Lang-Imagn Images Everything you need to know about MLB news and your San Diego Padres for Thursday, October 31, 2024. San Diego Padres News Padres’ Salas providing exciting spring preview in Fall League (MLB.com) Padres prospects poised for big things in ‘25 (MLB.com) 5 biggest questions facing the Padres this winter (MLB.com) Tom Krasovic: Padres must figure out if Xander Bogaert...2024
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• 2024 Padres Season Review: Xander Bogaerts

Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images Bogaerts finished his second season in San Diego where it all began Xander Bogaerts: 2 fWAR, 111 G, .264 AVG, .307 OBP, .381 SLG, 95 wRC+, 50 R, 44 RBI, 11 HR Baseball Savant Positives From This Season From the start, Bogaerts was a team guy. The Padres came to him and said they wanted to move him over to second base in just the secon...2024
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• Preller Discusses Padres’ Shortstop Situation
The Padres find themselves in an unfamiliar position. San Diego could be on the lookout for a shortstop despite their affinity for collecting players with experience at the position. Most of those players (i.e. Manny Machado, Fernando Tatis Jr., Xander Bogaerts, Jackson Merrill and Jake Cronenworth) moved off shortstop. Ha-Seong Kim will be a free agent when he…...2024
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• A jaw dropping end to a memorable Padres season

Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images A Padres offense that had exploded earlier in the series was shut down for the last two games of the NLDS We’re going to remember all the special moments from the Padres 2024 season but this ending is going to sting for a while. Up 2-1 in the series with an opportunity to clinch at home. Going 24 consecutive innings without scoring? If you would’ve tol...2024
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• 2024 Padres Season Review: David Peralta, Donovan Solano, Brandon Lockridge and Tyler Wade
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• Good Morning San Diego: Padres foe Dodgers win World Series
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• 2024 Padres Season Review: Xander Bogaerts
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• A Cubs fan’s guide to the postseason

Douglas DeFelice-USA TODAY Sports Here’s what to expect in the Wild Card round. Once again the Major League Baseball postseason is upon us and once again the Cubs will be watching from home like the rest of us. In what is becoming one of my least favorite annual traditions, I bring you this Cubs fan’s guide to each round of the postseason. If yesterday’s stunning doubleheader between the B...2024
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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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• MLB Playoffs: National League Preview

Mookie Betts and Shohei Ohtani helped lead the Dodgers to the top seed in the NL. Is this the season where they break through and return to the World Series. It took a controversial decision by MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred and a devastating hurricane but finally, we have a set National League postseason field for the 2024 Playoffs. How about that doubleheader, huh? After 162 games, six teams are...2024
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• Ha-Seong Kim’s season is over

Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images The Padres shortstop has been on the IL since August Maybe some have forgot about Ha-Seong Kim a little bit but his season is officially over. Mike Shildt announced the news before tonight’s game in Arizona. Kim has been on the IL since August 20 after hurting his shoulder diving back into first base. The 28-year-old may have played his final game ...2024
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• Move Xander Bogaerts back to shortstop? Here’s why the Padres could do it

Photo by Harry How/Getty Images Bogaerts has gotten comfortable at second but some things have changed around him It sure seemed like Xander Bogaerts moving to second base was going to be a long-term thing. The Padres went to him at the beginning of Spring Training to deliver the news with Ha-Seong Kim being the starting shortstop. Did Bogaerts want to move over? Highly doubt it. But that...2024
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• Jung Stays Cookin' - September 5, 2024
Josh Jung Jung went 3-4 with three hard hit balls on the day. Many were hoping for a continued breakout given his strong 2023. Unfortunately, injuries derailed him this year, and we're only getting a glimpse of what he can do. Jung is running a strong 38.6% LA Sweet Spot, which is super encouraging to see he can still square up the baseball. Combine that with a 43.6% Hard-Hit rate, and there is pl...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Joey Votto calls it quits

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images The most interesting man in baseball retires. The Mariners fire their manager. A look ahead to the stretch run and other news from around MLB. Good morning. Driving to the stadium right now. My Uber driver asked, "Are you a player?" I said, "No."— Joey Votto (@JoeyVotto) August 22, 2024 Longtime Reds first baseman Joey Votto an...2024
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• It's No Joke: The New-Look Cubs Are Ready to Win and Win Big in 2015
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2024
"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."

2023
"Xander Bogaerts then grounded sharply back to the mound that Strider flagged down and then threw to third to catch Machado."

2022
"11:21pm: The Padres are in agreement with Xander Bogaerts on an 11-year, $280MM deal, reports Jon Heyman of the New York Post (Twitter link)."

2021
"Home runs from Xander Bogaerts and Kyle Schwarber provided the run support for Nathan Eovaldi, who was stellar through 5 1/3 innings, as Boston defeated the New York Yankees, 6-2, in the American League Wild Card Game at Fenway Park on Tuesday."

2020
"Longtime teammate Xander Bogaerts is hopeful that Betts will consider a return to Boston, and is even ready to recruit him if it seems appropriate."

2019
"Drellich notes that there doesn’t appear to be anything currently in the works with Mookie Betts, Chris Sale, Xander Bogaerts or J."

2018
"Mookie Betts and Xander Bogaerts acknowledge tension in the Red Sox clubhouse last year."

2017
"Mookie Betts and Xander Bogaerts led a batting barrage and Eduardo Rodriguez pitched his best game in weeks, leading the Red Sox to an 11-1 rout over the Athletics on Tuesday night at Fenway Park."

2016
"The Red Sox, backed by a resilient pitching performance by Joe Kelly and some timely early hits from Xander Bogaerts and Jackie Bradley Jr."

2015
"Mookie Betts lifted a sacrifice fly to center field in the 19th inning off Esmil Rogers, sending Xander Bogaerts home with the deciding run as the Red Sox defeated the Yankees, 6-5, in the longest game played at the current Yankee Stadium."

2014
"Ramirez will likely be moved to an outfield position to make room for young prospect Xander Bogaerts at shortstop, per the ESPN report."

• Padres offseason needs as GM Meetings are underway
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• 2024 Padres Season Review: David Peralta, Donovan Solano, Brandon Lockridge and Tyler Wade
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• 2024 Padres Season Review: Xander Bogaerts
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• Preller Discusses Padres’ Shortstop Situation
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• A jaw dropping end to a memorable Padres season
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• A look at the Braves/Padres 2024 regular season series

Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images If the Braves can repeat what they did in Petco Park in July, they could be heading to Los Angeles for the weekend. The Atlanta Braves and the San Diego Padres have already faced each other seven times here in 2024 and depending on how this series goes, it’ll take either the perfect baseball number of nine games or possibly ten to decide which one of these...2024
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• A refresher on the Padres and how they got here
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• MLB Playoffs: National League Preview
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• Ha-Seong Kim’s season is over
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• Braves NL Wild Card Report: September 28

Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images The Braves came away with a big day on Friday, setting themselves in prime position for the playoffs The Atlanta Braves couldn’t have asked for a better day on Friday, getting a huge win over the Royals while taking a huge leap in the standings thanks to losses from the Mets and Diamondbacks. The Braves hold the tiebreaker over both squads, putting them i...2024
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• Good Morning San Diego: Padres foe Dodgers win World Series
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• A look at the Braves/Padres 2024 regular season series
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• A Cubs fan’s guide to the postseason
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• A refresher on the Padres and how they got here
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• Braves NL Wild Card Report: September 28
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• Braves NL Wild Card Report: September 22

Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images An Acuña is currently helping an NL East team get into the Postseason. It’s not Ronald and it’s not the Braves, though. For what feels like the umpteenth time in this NL Wild Card race for the Atlanta Braves, it was one step forward but two steps back. Atlanta got the job done against the Marlins but unfortunately, everybody else in the rac...2024
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• Braves NL Wild Card Report: September 19

Photo by Justin Edmonds/Getty Images The Braves stood pat with all four teams winning on Wednesday It was undoubtedly a big win for the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday evening, but they did nothing but come up scratch against their competition in the National League wild card race. Each of the three teams they trail had commanding wins of their own, though the road for the Diamondbacks and Met...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Joey Votto calls it quits
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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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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers @ San Diego Padres

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports The Brewers and Padres meet for the second time this season The Brewers finish up their weeklong West Coast road trip this weekend in San Diego. They’ll face the Padres, who have been hanging around the .500 mark. Even though they are at 38-40 so far this season, they are just a half-game back in the wild card race. Entering Wednesday’s games, they have a...2024
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• 2024 Padres Season Review: David Peralta, Donovan Solano, Brandon Lockridge and Tyler Wade
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• A jaw dropping end to a memorable Padres season
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• A Cubs fan’s guide to the postseason
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• A refresher on the Padres and how they got here
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• BCB After Dark: Dansby Swanson progress report

Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks you to grade Dansby Swanson’s time with the Cubs Welcome back to another week at BCB After Dark: the coolest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Please come in and join us. We still have a few tables available. There’s no cover charge. Bring your own beverage. BCB After Dark...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Joey Votto calls it quits
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• Padres first sweep of the season should be celebrated

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Who cares who the sweep was against. Wins are wins. If you didn’t hear, the Padres swept the A’s for their first sweep of the season this afternoon at Petco Park. Most of the fan base is celebrating this moment—and they should—but as there is in every fan base, there are going to be those who still want to be negative about what happened o...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 11

Photo by Brandon Sloter/Getty Images An excellent bounce-back game. The Cubs have started this season about as hot as I can remember any team since the 2016 team. The Opening Day loss was a close one, marred by Justin Steele’s injury. That hiccup in the sequencing on the pitching maybe cost them a win in that one. They got smoked in game two. In the nine games since then, they are 7-2 wit...2024
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• 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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• BCB After Dark: How is Lt. Dans doing?

David Banks-USA TODAY Sports The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks for your evaluation of Dansby Swanson after a year and a week. It’s another Wednesday evening at BCB After Dark: the grooviest gathering for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. The weather out there is miserable, but we’re so glad you made the effort to get here. If you have a coat or ...2024
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• Extra effort: Red Sox outlast Yanks in 19 innings
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• Extra effort: Red Sox outlast Yanks in 19 innings
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• Mookie's 6 RBIs power Sox's rout of A's
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• Mookie's six RBIs power rout of A's
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• Boston walks off on Bogaerts' blooper vs. Baltimore
It came down to a little flair from Xander Bogaerts just over the second baseman's head and into short right field, allowing the Red Sox to pull out a 3-2, walk-off win over the Orioles on Friday night at Fenway Park. It was the first career game-ending hit for Bogaerts, and it came against right-hander Tommy Hunter....2015
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• Fateful 8: Red Sox deal Orioles first loss
The Red Sox, backed by a resilient pitching performance by Joe Kelly and some timely early hits from Xander Bogaerts and Jackie Bradley Jr., handed the surging Baltimore Orioles their first loss of the season with a 4-2 decision on Wednesday night at Fenway Park. The Orioles came in at 7-0 -- a club record start to the season -- and had been the only remaining undefeated team in the Majors....2016
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• Red Sox claw back to ding O's perfect record
The Red Sox, backed by a resilient pitching performance by Joe Kelly and some timely early hits from Xander Bogaerts and Jackie Bradley Jr., handed the surging Baltimore Orioles their first loss of the season with a 4-2 decision on Wednesday night at Fenway Park. The Orioles came in at 7-0 -- a club record start to the season -- and had been the only remaining undefeated team in the Majors....2016
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• Extra effort: Red Sox outlast Yanks in 19 innings
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• Preseason Prep (and the Opener in Seoul) - March 21, 2024
Seoul Series Yu Darvish, SD Darvish lasted just 3.2 in his opening start against the Dodgers in Seoul, allowing 1 unearned run on 2 hits and 3 BB's, while recording 3 K's. While he was able to keep his ERA clean, it wasn't exactly a stellar performance as he threw only 42 of 72 pitches for strikes (58%) and only got 5 swinging strikes. At the same time, he was facing one of the best offenses in ...2024
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• 2024 Fantasy Baseball Sabermetric Notes: Shortstops
In our continuing series on the Sabermetric analysis that shapes our Player projections in our 2024 Player Projections Draft Advisor. Today we'll take a look at some of the indicators that are defining our 2024 Shortstop projections: CJ Abrams Abrams finished 2023 with 18HR/64RBI/83RS/.276BA/47 SB. It's encouraging to see his power emerge as the season's progressed, making him a terrific fantas...2024
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• Top 25 Fantasy Shortstops for 2021 – Week 13
Around Major League Baseball, there are a host of outstanding players at every position. But the deepest position is unquestionably shortstop. Need some convincing? Eleven of the top 50 players in the Razzball Player Rater rankings or shortstops. And these are not shortstops in the mold of Ozzie Smith or Omar Vizquel. These shortstops are in the mold of Cal Ripken Jr. and Alex Rodriguez, both the...2021
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• How Long Will It Take Cuban Phenom Yoan Moncada to Become MLB Star?
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• Hanley Ramirez, Pablo Sandoval Deals Tip of Iceberg for Latest Red Sox Reload
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• Padres offseason needs as GM Meetings are underway
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• Catching up on the MLB playoffs

Lon Horwedel-Imagn Images We’ve been focused on the Royals, but there are other series out there. Royals fans have been hyper-focused on Kansas City’s run through the post-season, but now that it’s over, we can take a step back and catch up with the other series this October. The playoffs have been a hit, with dramatic games, big stars, and exciting matchups. The TV ratings are way up with...2024
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• Freddie Freeman, Xander Bogaerts Leave NLDS Game 2 Due To Injuries
The Padres hit six home runs in what turned into a rout of a 10-2 victory in Game 2 of their NLDS matchup with the Dodgers, knotting the series 1-1 as the scene shifts to San Diego for Games 3 and 4 on Tuesday and Wednesday. Neither club emerged from Game 2 unscathed, however, as…...2024
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• A look at the Braves/Padres 2024 regular season series
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• A Cubs fan’s guide to the postseason
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• MLB Playoffs: National League Preview
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• Braves NL Wild Card Report: September 28
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• Good Morning San Diego: Padres’ Xander Bogaerts making slight changes

Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images Everything you need to know about MLB news and your San Diego Padres for Monday, September 24, 2024. San Diego Padres News Padres Daily: Fitting close; rotation equation; Suarez’s variety; Pro again; Arraez’s good day (San Diego Union-Tribune) Padres takeaways: Starting pitching vs. Dodgers, Xander Bogaerts readjusting at short (The Athletic) Padres must...2024
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• BCB After Dark: Dansby Swanson progress report
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• A Cubs fan’s guide to the postseason
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• Braves NL Wild Card Report: September 22
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• Outside The Confines: Them’s the breaks

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images The Braves lost their superstar for the season. The Yankees are soaring and the Dodgers are struggling. And other news from MLB and baseball. Good morning. Reigning National League Most Valuable Player Ronald Acuña Jr. is out for the season with a torn ACL in his left knee. He tore his right ACL back in 2021 and missed the rest of that season as well. Dan...2024
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers vs. San Diego Padres

Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports Brewers welcome Friars for three games Coming off consecutive road series victories in Cincinnati and Baltimore, the Milwaukee Brewers (10-4) will return home on Monday to begin a series with the San Diego Padres (8-9, pending Sunday evening’s results). The Padres are in an interesting spot as a franchise. After consecutive years of shocking the baseball wor...2024
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• 2024 NL West Preview: The Dodgers have loaded up for October

Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images Just like with Atlanta in the NL East, it’s all about what Los Angeles can do in October instead of the regular season. While the NL Central may be wide open, there are no such delusions of grandeur to be had in the NL West. That means that it’s probably going to be another long season in Denver for the Colorado Rockies, who are very likely going to spend a...2024
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• Preseason Prep (and the Opener in Seoul) - March 21, 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 3, White Sox 2: The bullpen takes, but bullpenning gives back

“It’s a shame if it’s being portrayed that we were on the cheap on this thing. That’s really interesting because, holy s—, that’s a quarter of a billion dollars we offered with a chance to be higher than what he’s getting.” | Quinn Harris/Getty Images Ten different voices can’t keep the South Siders from their fate, even on a “bullpenning” night at South Side Sox [Tonight carries on a tra...2023
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• Chaim Bloom Discusses Xander Bogaerts, Rafael Devers, Extensions
Xander Bogaerts signed with the Padres on the final day of the Winter Meetings, agreeing to a huge 11-year, $280MM deal. Despite speculation that the Red Sox had made a late bid to re-sign the shortstop, “that was definitely not what our impression was throughout the day and even the day before,” Sox chief baseball…...2022
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