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More Off-Season Magic for San Diego Much of the San Diego Padres’ off-season has centered around the big names that bolster their talented roster. Even more telling of their tremendous trades is the depth they’ve added along the way. The Friars added Blake Snell, Yu Darvish, and Joe Musgrove to their pitching rotation, which broke […] READ MORE
Is a Contract Extension in Fernando Tatis Jr.’s Future? Rumors about an imminent contract extension for Fernando Tatis Jr. flew around baseball news sites last week. Now, different sources have confirmed that the alleged deal hasn’t even been talked about, let alone decided. Regardless, the San Diego Padres seem eager to ink Tatis with a […] READ MORE
Padres General Manager A.J. Preller Makes History with Major Trades San Diego Padres general manager A.J. Preller added 2020 NL Cy Young Award runner-up Yu Darvish and 2018 AL Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell through trades and signed stellar second base prospect Ha-Seong Kim all in the span of 24 hours. Just when you […] READ MORE
A.J. Preller, the San Diego Padres general manager, took a chance on Jayce Tingler to lead his ball club, and boy did it pay off. The 38-year old rookie manager was named a finalist for the National League (NL) Manager of the Year Award by the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) on Monday, Nov. […] READ MORE
San Diego Has Season of a Lifetime It seems like just yesterday, Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Player’s Union were going back and forth and back again about whether a season during the pandemic was even feasible. And now we’re heading into the World Series after a 16-team playoff run many weeks later. The […] READ MORE
Padres Face Dodgers in Game 1 of NLDS “Let’s see who’s better this time.” The twenty-one-year-old Fernando Tatis Jr. sounded rather confident during the pregame interview in Arlington, TX yesterday. His epic bat flips after two homers last week provide evidence that he can walk the walk too. But the real question is can the […] READ MORE
San Diego Padres Earn First Playoff Berth in 14 Years It finally happened–the moment that San Diego sports fans have all been desperately awaiting. For the first time in over a decade, the San Diego Padres are playoff bound. They are the No. 4 seed and will host the St. Louis Cardinals in their first […] READ MORE
San Diego Fills the Gaps In August, the San Diego Padres had several weaknesses that desperately needed fixing before the trade deadline on August 31st. They needed a frontline starting pitcher, a stronger catcher, and consistent relief pitching to boost their chances of making a serious playoff run. Now it’s September, and those three weak […] READ MORE
Padres Postpone Play The San Diego Padres and the Seattle Mariners, the team with the most Black players in all of Major League Baseball,voted not to play due to the shooting of Jacob Blake hours before game time on Wednesday evening. The Padres released the following statement after players and coaches cleared Petco Park’s infield. […] READ MORE
Padres Put a Flame Back In Baseball Over the last couple of decades, the San Diego Padres haven’t had much of a spark. We all remember Khalil Greene’s golden hair that flew from shortstop, the chords from ‘Hells Bells’ that echoed off Petco Park’s walls and homers that Tony Gwynn rocked. But outside of being a […] READ MORE