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SAN DIEGO -- Some might’ve viewed the Padres’ 5-4 loss to the Rockies on Monday night as a letdown, a deflating defeat after an uplifting weekend series win over the rival Dodgers. Some. But not Mike Shildt. A quarter of the way into his first season as Padres manager, it’s

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SAN DIEGO -- Yes, the Dodgers remain National League West favorites, and more than a quarter of the way through the 2024 season, their lead atop the standings is comfortable enough. But if a divisional challenger is going to emerge this year … could it be these San Diego Padres?

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The Statcast era of baseball research has reached another milestone: bat speed is live on Baseball Savant. You can check out this page for more thorough details on what bat speed entails and how it’s calculated. But in the meantime, we’re kicking things off by breaking down the best of

Break out the caps and gowns. It’s time for a whole bunch of graduations and an updated Top 100 Prospects list. Young players who began the 2024 season on a Major League Opening Day roster with zero MLB service time exhausted their prospect status Sunday by way of the 45-day

Once again in 2024, baseball fans can watch Minor League Baseball games across all of MLB's digital platforms. MLB.TV and At Bat subscribers can watch their favorite team's Minor League affiliates in the app at no additional cost, while all MiLB games will be available on MiLB.TV, on the web

SAN DIEGO -- There’s no obvious explanation for this Padres’ offense to be struggling against left-handed pitching. If anything, it was built to do the opposite. It’s a group loaded with fearsome righty hitters -- veterans with track records of pulverizing left-handed pitching. Yet, a quarter of the way through

SAN DIEGO -- Welcome to San Diego, Luis Arraez. Welcome to the Padres-Dodgers rivalry. This was quite an introduction. Playing his first game in his new home ballpark, Arraez received a standing ovation early Friday night. A few hours later, he sent those fans home happy, lacing a walk-off single

The Padres announced the passing of former third baseman Sean Burroughs, 43, on Friday.

Remember Opening Week, when there was a mild freakout because Luis Arraez started the season 0-for-13 over his first two-plus games? Something must be wrong if a two-time defending batting champion goes hitless for that long, right? Settle down, social media. Since those first 13 hitless at-bats, Arraez is batting

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There has been no shortage of surprising developments in the 2024 season. Whether they are good or bad developments, or on the player or team-wide level, there are plenty of trends that have already shifted the arc of this season. With the help of each club's MLB.com beat writer, here

CHICAGO -- Dylan Cease didn’t have time to reflect on his White Sox tenure after being traded to the Padres in March. He had a lot to figure out logistically, including getting to South Korea to join his new teammates for the season-opening Seoul Series. Now that the tide has

Big league closers can come from all areas of the pitching world. Some are guys who have always been relievers, from college all the way up to the big leagues. Some were starters whose power stuff (and perhaps lack of command) were better suited for shorter stints coming out of

CHICAGO -- The emotional swing could be felt at Wrigley Field in the eighth inning Tuesday night. The Padres, after being shut out for seven-plus innings, not only broke through, but suddenly had a lead. And that perhaps made San Diego’s 3-2 walk-off loss to the Cubs at Wrigley Field

After a multi-season hiatus, Crooked Numbers returns with a heaping portion of Minor League Baseball on-field oddities and absurdities. This edition, covering the start of the season through the end of April, has a disproportionate number of items from the Triple-A level. As for why that is, who knows? Maybe

CHICAGO -- Despite being more than three years removed from his last season with the Cubs, Yu Darvish entered Monday with just one start at his former ballpark since he was traded to the Padres in December 2020. But fans on the North Side haven’t forgotten about their former ace.

CHICAGO -- Mike Shildt sorted through a few adjectives to describe closer Robert Suarez’s performance Monday night against the Cubs. “Colossal. Is that big enough? Huge, epic. I don’t know,” the Padres' manager said. "... I mean, that was tremendous.” Suarez came up clutch in San Diego’s series opener on

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PHOENIX -- Just as the Padres’ offense is beginning to fire on all cylinders, the starting rotation feels shaky. Before the Padres’ four-game winning streak was derailed in an 11-4 loss to the D-backs at Chase Field on Sunday afternoon, the club placed right-hander Joe Musgrove on the injured list