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• Good Morning San Diego: Michael King doesn’t pitch in Saturday loss

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Everything you need to know about your San Diego Padres on the morning of May 24, 2025. Articles to read Padres offense lackluster in 7-1 loss to Braves (Matt DeWalt, Gaslamp Ball) San Diego Padres cannot rush Yu Darvish back on the mound (Thomas Conroy, Gaslamp Ball) Padres minor league update week #8 (Cheri Bell, Gaslamp Ball) Padres lose bullpen gam...2025
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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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• Padres’ terrible, awful, no good, very bad week

Gavin Sheets | Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Notes from week #8 All numbers entering today (so before their win vs. Atlanta) The San Diego Padres were swept over two series versus the Seattle Mariners and Toronto Blue Jays. They scored three runs versus the Mariners and were shutout the first two games versus the Blue Jays. The last game of the Toronto series went into extra inning...2025
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• Good Morning San Diego: Well, it’s not a good morning

Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images Everything you need to know about your San Diego Padres on the morning of May 22, 2025. Articles to read Padres embarrassed in blowout loss to Blue Jays (Matt DeWalt, Gaslamp Ball) Padres continue to fizzle in loss to Blue Jays (Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune) Tom Krasovic: Padres’ struggles in left field recall just how important Jurickson Profar w...2025
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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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• Marlins 8, Cubs 7: Losses don’t come much tougher than that

Sam Navarro-Imagn Images The Cubs had this game seemingly in hand. And then, suddenly, they didn’t. I had a happy recap all ready in my head about this game, wrapped around Ben Brown’s weird start, two stirring Cubs comebacks and some solid relief pitching... ... and then that solid relief pitching went “poof” with two out and nobody on base in the bottom of the ninth. Daniel Palencia reti...2025
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• San Diego Padres cannot rush Yu Darvish back on the mound
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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 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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• Braves News: Injury updates, AJ Smith-Shawver, another late win, more

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Saturday Well the Braves won yet another low-scoring extra-innings affair on Saturday. AJ Smith-Shawver twirled another gem and the bullpen did more than it’s job, but man the offense was a struggle after a promising first three innings. The crazy part is that the offense can’t even really be credited with the winning run...2025
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• Latest On Yu Darvish
Yu Darvish’s 2025 debut may be getting closer, as the veteran right-hander threw 48 pitches over three innings of a simulated-game situation on Thursday at the Padres’ Spring Training facility. Darvish has spent the entire season on the injured list after developing elbow inflammation during spring camp in mid-March, but despite the long layoff, Padres…...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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• 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 keep the boat afloat

Fernando Tatis Jr and Jose Iglesias | Photo by Brandon Sloter/Getty Images Notes from week #5 The San Diego Padres finished their fifth week of the season with a two-game sweep of the San Francisco Giants after being swept in three games by the Tampa Bay Rays. Their lowest point of this young season was concluded when first baseman Luis Arraez and left fielder Jason Heyward both returned f...2025
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• San Diego Padres bullpen is the season’s first-month MVP

San Diego Padres closer Robert Suarez | Photo by Monica Bradburn/MLB Photos via Getty Images Closer Robert Suarez has been dominant to close out games. The San Diego Padres bullpen has been unhittable in the season’s first month. Robert Suarez, Jason Adam, Jeremiah Estrada, Adrian Morejon, Wandy Peralta, and Alek Jacob combined to shut down opponents nightly. It is impressive how this unit...2025
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• Padres place Logan Gillaspie on IL, promote David Morgan

David Morgan | Photo by Marison Bilagody/MLB Photos via Getty Images Gillaspie is twelfth Padre to go on IL The San Diego Padres lost another player to the injured list. Reliever Logan Gillaspie left Saturday night’s game versus the Tampa Bay Rays after doubling over in pain during his outing. This will be the twelfth player lost from the roster due to injury. Gillaspie joins fellow pitche...2025
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• FanDuel: Are Yu Experienced
Happy Sunday DFSers, I hope you’ve had a fine weekend so far. I’m writing this article via hotel wifi, which is always an adventure. We’re finally getting in a vacation to visit some family for the first time in a year plus. Yesterday resulted in some DFS green screens as we drove down I-95 and I’m looking to add onto that vacation mojo today with a full Sunday slate. Today it looks like we’re...2021
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• Scott Miller's Starting 9: Fifty-Six Reasons to Pay Attention in Spring Training
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2025
"The top three are Kerry Wood (284), Mark Prior (274) and Yu Darvish (232)."

2024
"Javier Assad will start for the Cubs and old friend Yu Darvish will start for San Diego."

2023
"The Padres and right-hander Yu Darvish are in agreement on a six-year extension that’ll run through the 2028 season, AJ Cassavell and Mark Feinsand of MLB."

2022
"First, it was the trade that sent 2020 NL Cy Young runner-up Yu Darvish to the Padres for what felt like a bunch of teenagers who amounted to little more […] Cubs now boast a top 10 farm system in all of baseball - Cubbies Crib - Cubbies Crib - Chicago Cubs News, Rumors, and Fan Community"

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"Yu Darvish, Kris Bryant, Anthony Rizzo, Javier Baez, Craig Kimbrel and more."

2020
"Yu Darvish, who was shelled in Games 3 and 7 of the 2017 World Series while with the Dodgers, says the Astros should be stripped of their title and that players on the team shouldn't be talking right now."

2019
"After a bounce-back showing in the second half of the 2019 season, right-hander Yu Darvish could emerge as a winter trade chip for the Cubs."

2018
"The Chicago Cubs and free-agent ace pitcher Yu Darvish have agreed to a six-year, $126 million deal, a source confirmed to ESPN's Jesse Rogers."

2017
"With Cody Bellinger driving in runs and Yu Darvish and the bullpen preventing them, the Dodgers completed their three-game sweep of the National League Division Series presented by T-Mobile on Monday with a 3-1 victory over the D-backs at Chase Field to reach the NL Championship Series for the second consecutive year."

2016
"Yu Darvish struck out seven and allowed one run through five innings in his first start back from Tommy John elbow reconstruction surgery, and Adrian Beltre passed a milestone RBI mark, as the Rangers beat the Pirates, 5-2, Saturday night at Globe Life Park."

2015
"Rangers right-hander Yu Darvish underwent an MRI on Friday, which revealed that he has a sprained ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow."

2014
" Crasnick also tweeted that Peavy has a higher quality-start percentage (six innings, three earned runs or less) than a few high-profile starters: Peavy certainly isn't going to be Jon Lester or Yu Darvish moving forward, but this isn't some washed-up pitcher merely holding on to past glory."

• Padres minor league update week #7
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• Padres are down and up; Darvish rehabs with El Paso
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• Padres battle weather and the bullpen slumps
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• San Diego Padres Stephen Kolek is worth keeping an eye on
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• Padres keep the boat afloat
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• San Diego Padres bullpen is the season’s first-month MVP
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• Padres place Logan Gillaspie on IL, promote David Morgan
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• Padres weather a tough road trip

Luis Arraez | Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images Notes from week #4 With a week long road trip through Houston and Detroit, the Padres hit their breaking point with injuries and roster strength. Using all but one remaining position player available to them, the team played to a 2-4 record against two teams from last season’s playoffs and got shut out for the first time this season in the...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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• Padres are hunting, not fishing

Bogaerts and Tatis Jr | Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images Notes from week #3 All stats except their record are entering April 18 The San Diego Padres are 15-5, the best record in baseball. Top of the NL West and 0.5 games up on the Dodgers. They just lost their first home game after going 11 straight wins. There isn’t much to criticize, but the most impressive thing is how they keep do...2025
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• Padres’ terrible, awful, no good, very bad week
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• Padres minor league update week #7
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• San Diego Padres Stephen Kolek is worth keeping an eye on
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• Padres are hunting, not fishing
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• Fan Survey Results: Which Padre has been the best addition to this year’s team so far?

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Gaslamp Ball readers let their thoughts be known in this week’s poll! 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. Earlier this week Padres fans were give...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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• Padres fans cannot panic over Dylan Cease’s struggles

San Diego Padres SP Dylan Cease | Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images The Padres top pitcher has been the lone blemish to the team’s hot start. The San Diego Padres have received high praise for their hot start to the 2025 season. The Friar Faithful has been cheering for Fernando Tatis Jr. making an offensive impact from the leadoff spot, dominating starting pitching, and s...2025
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• Preseason Prep - March 22, 2025
Matt Shaw Shaw made his big league debut with the Cubs a couple days ago, and boy was it on a big stage. The Cubs rookie played third during their series in Japan. Shaw went 1-9 during that series, but that isn't really notable. What is notable is that Shaw is now creeping up draft boards, and with multi-positional eligibility between 2B, 3B, and SS, there is a ton of intrigue. He stole 31 bags a...2025
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• Cubs vs. Padres at Mesa preview, Friday 3/21, 3:05 CT

Photo by Marison Bilagody/MLB Photos via Getty Images Hey, look! The Cubs are back in Arizona! TOKYO — Friday notes... A REFRESHER: The Cubs stand 11-5-3 in Cactus League play as the schedule resumes today. That breaks down to 7-4-1 at Sloan Park and 4-1-2 away from home. Their run differential in spring games of +34 is tied for second among all teams (Giants, 1st, +52). And a reminder t...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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• hey nineteen

I've been having a rough go of it since my last post. I had a doctor visit a couple weeks ago, just a check-up and to get the ball rolling on scheduling my first colonoscopy. Damn it, I should have masked up. A few days later I got a scratchy throat, and next thing you know I'm dealing with flu-like symptoms. Seems I finally got the covid 19. At this point, I'm just dealing with a lingering cough,...2025
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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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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Intro to the season

Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images Just what exactly is Heroes and Goats? Here’s an overview. For those of you who have followed Heroes and Goats for one or more years, welcome back! To those of you who are new here, welcome. Hopefully, you’ll give this space a chance. There are a number of loyal followers of this section who come back year after year and engage with this material. Hopefully,...2025
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• Padres score late to beat Rangers

Luis Arraez | Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images Luis Arraez leads San Diego offense with three hits, including a home run Forrest Wall lined a ball into the outfield in the bottom of the seventh inning, driving in two runs to give the San Diego Padres their first lead of the game over the Texas Rangers en route to a 9-8 win. Wall was up to bat with the Padres trailing 7-6 with two outs and r...2025
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• San Diego Padres need a new ace; Michael King is the logical successor

San Diego Padres SP Michael King | Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Friars need to sign King to a long-term deal 2025 should be the season when the San Diego Padres anoint a new ace atop the starting rotation. The roster offers an ideal candidate: Michael King is emerging as the logical successor. In a perfect world, a front office may want their ace to have more exp...2025
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• Baseball history unpacked, February 10

Phil Wrigley and William Veeck Sr. | Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. A clean breast of things and other stories for the discerning reader. 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 n...2025
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• The Kyle Tucker trade by the numbers

Photo by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images This is a big swing by a normally cautious front office. On Friday Jed Hoyer completed what I consider to be the biggest trade during his time as Cubs President of Baseball Operations. The Cubs traded for elite outfielder Kyle Tucker in a deal that sent a slew of Cubs MLB-level talent, and one very promising prospect, to the Astros in r...2024
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• Tuesday Rockpile: Do the Rockies have a shot at signing Roki Sasaki?

Photo by Eric Espada/Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Tuesday, December 17, 2024 Anyone who watched the 2023 World Baseball Classic surely found themselves wowed by Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki. A 100+ mph fastball coupled with a killer splitter (as in one of the best in the world) can do that. At the time, Sasaki — a pitcher for the Chiba Lotte Marines — was only 21, so...2024
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• MLB’s 7 most desperate teams to win 2025 World Series

Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images For these seven teams, the stakes are higher than high. Every team wants to win the World Series. Yes, even the bad teams, the ones that don’t appear to be trying, want to win it all. They’d love nothing more than to luck into a Cinderella season and host a parade, but for some teams, hoisting the World Series trophy is more than an idle desire. It’s an obs...2024
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• Source: Cubs land Darvish for $126M deal
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• LA sweep? Yu got it! Dodgers return to NLCS
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• Dodgers zap Greinke, sweep way into NLCS
With Cody Bellinger driving in runs and Yu Darvish and the bullpen preventing them, the Dodgers completed their three-game sweep of the National League Division Series presented by T-Mobile on Monday with a 3-1 victory over the D-backs at Chase Field to reach the NL Championship Series presented by Camping World for the second consecutive year....2017
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• Yu quiets Cubs as LA takes 3-0 NLCS lead
Chris Taylor and Andre Ethier homered to back a gem from Yu Darvish Tuesday night at Wrigley Field as the Dodgers rolled to a 6-1 victory over the Cubs to take a commanding 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven National League Championship Series presented by Camping World....2017
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• Holy ow! Wrigley rout for LA; sweep tonight?
Chris Taylor and Andre Ethier homered to back a gem from Yu Darvish Tuesday night at Wrigley Field as the Dodgers rolled to a 6-1 victory over the Cubs to take a commanding 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven National League Championship Series presented by Camping World....2017
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• Gurriel suspended for first 5 games in 2018
Astros first baseman Yuli Gurriel has been suspended without pay for the first five games of the 2018 regular season by Major League Baseball, Commissioner Rob Manfred announced on Saturday afternoon before Game 4 of the World Series. Gurriel was seen making an inappropriate gesture toward Dodgers pitcher Yu Darvish in the second inning of Houston's 5-3 win in Game 3 of the World Series on Friday....2017
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• Gurriel suspended for first 5 games in 2018
Astros first baseman Yuli Gurriel has been suspended for five games during the 2018 regular season by Major League Baseball, Commissioner Rob Manfred announced on Saturday afternoon before Game 4 of the World Series. Gurriel was seen making an inappropriate gesture toward Dodgers pitcher Yu Darvish in the second inning of Houston's 5-3 win in Game 3 of the World Series on Friday....2017
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• Minute to win it! Astros take WS lead at home
The Astros pounded Dodgers starter Yu Darvish on Friday night, tagging him with a career-short start of 1 2/3 innings, and they made an early four-run lead stand up to win Game 3 of the World Series, 5-3, and remain unbeaten at Minute Maid Park in the postseason....2017
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• Preseason Prep - March 22, 2025
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• Fantasy Baseball Draft Prep-February 15, 2025
Welcome Back! Around the League Alex Bregman-Red Sox-3B Alex Bregman signed a three-year, $120 million deal with the Boston Red Sox, including opt-outs after the 2025 and 2026 seasons. He reportedly chose this higher average annual value contract over longer-term offers from the Tigers and Cubs. Bregman is expected to transition to second base, a position he last played in 2018. This is going t...2025
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• How these three teams can help you make late fantasy baseball push

There’s not much time left in the season, which means, if you’re still alive, you have to do whatever you can to gain an edge. If that means picking up a red-hot bat, like Brandon Belt and dropping an ice-cold Yu Darvish or Kyle Hendricks, so be it. You could also trying playing the matchups.......2021
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• How Yu Darvish's move to Cubs affects his fantasy value
Yu Darvish signed into a much more favorable situation when he came to terms with the Chicago Cubs on Saturday. But how much does the move affect Darvish's fantasy value? Tristan H. Cockroft explores how the move might affect the right-hander....2018
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• Texas Rangers on Pace for Historic Failure
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• San Diego Padres cannot rush Yu Darvish back on the mound
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Miami Marlins preview, Monday 5/19, 5:40 CT

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs open a six-game road trip at Marlins Park. Today’s roster move: Here Monday notes... RUN DIFFERENTIAL: The Cubs’ run differential stands at a season-high +70, 270 runs scored to 200 allowed. Their previous high was +69 after a 9-2 win at home over the Giants on May 5. The Cubs reached +70 only once all of last year, after a 3-0 win...2025
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• Good Morning San Diego: Padres travel to Toronto after getting swept

Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Everything you need to know about your San Diego Padres on the morning of May 19, 2025. Articles to read Padres drop third game to Mariners (Matt DeWalt, Gaslamp Ball) Jackson Merrill’s not in a slump (me) Padres notes: Searching in left field; Vedder Cup hole; Jackson Merrill, Yu Darvish updates (Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune) Tom Krasovic: Pa...2025
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• Padres battle weather and the bullpen slumps
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• San Diego Padres Stephen Kolek is worth keeping an eye on
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• Padres show sign of being a great team

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images Capitalizing against bad teams is what great teams have done in the past For years now Padres fans have been frustrated by the fact their team hasn’t dominated a couple of the worst teams in MLB: the Pittsburgh Pirates and Colorado Rockies. Usually they’ve been able to win games against one of the two—not both. Last year, they went 5-8 against Colorado. In...2025
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• Padres keep the boat afloat
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• San Diego Padres bullpen is the season’s first-month MVP
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• Padres place Logan Gillaspie on IL, promote David Morgan
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• Padres weather a tough road trip
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• Further thoughts on the MLB Tokyo Series, the Cubs, the Dodgers and Shohei Ohtani

Al Yellon The Cubs participated in the games, but they still have a long way to go in Japan. TOKYO — The window display you see above is in a random store in the Shibuya District in Tokyo. The Shibuya Crossing is one of the most famous spots in Tokyo; I wrote a bit about it the other day. But it’s not just in random stores in Shibuya where you see images of Shohei Ohtani. It’s literally e...2025
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• Good Morning San Diego: Luis Campusano makes Cactus League debut

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Everything you need to know about your San Diego Padres on the morning of February 27, 2025. Articles to read Spring training update: Luis Campusano debuts, Forrest Wall homers in Padres win over White Sox (Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune) Padres, Yu Darvish working to have him be as good as he can for as long as he can (Kevin Acee, S...2025
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• Three questions A.J. Preller must answer before Opening Day

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

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

Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images A fair number of respondents to the survey chose the Cubs. Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across Major League Baseball. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Chicago Cubs fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Now that the MLB non-tender deadline has passed, thoughts ...2024
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• Hey, Fox-TV! Why won’t you show the pitch timer on postseason broadcasts?

Fox Sports They’re the only channel that refuses to do this. During Game 2 of the NL Division Series between the Padres and Dodgers, Padres righthander Yu Darvish committed a pitch timer violation. Here it is. It happened on a 1-2 pitch to Freddie Freeman in the first inning. Now, there was absolutely no doubt about what happened because you can hear plate umpire John Libka loudly yell “T...2024
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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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• Yu Darvish Generating Trade Interest
While Kris Bryant has been the focal point of most Cubs trade speculation this winter, MLB Network’s Jon Heyman tweets that right-hander Yu Darvish’s name “seems out there in trade talks,” though he cautions that it could be little more than a matter of due diligence as the Cubs keep an open mind. Heyman adds…...2020
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• Yu Darvish has hilarious anti-Astros shirt
Yu Darvish continues to have a pretty savage response to the fallout from the Houston Astros cheating scandal. Reporters spotted a t-shirt in front of the Chicago Cubs pitcher’s locker on Friday with a hilarious series of anti-Astros messages on it. Darvish lost twice in the 2017 World Series to the Astros, including in Game 7. He posted a 21.60 ERA in that series, and we now know there’s reason t...2020
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• Mike Trout on Astros players not being penalized: ‘It’s sad to see’
MLB players are speaking out at nearly every turn as it relates to the Houston Astros’ cheating scandal. We’ve seen Chicago Cubs star Yu Darvish go after Astros players after it was deemed they stole signs during their championship season back in 2017. We’ve also seen Astros players push back against criticism while failing to really apologize for their misdeeds. The face of Major League Baseball,...2020
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