Nate Mondou is a grinder. The eight-year pro vet has suited up for three different organizations since being selected by the Athletics in the 13th round of the 2016 Draft, but while the threads have changed over the years his mentality has not: grind every at-bat, every game and do

ANAHEIM -- The Padres need starting pitching. On that front, it figures to be an eventful couple of months. They'll spend plenty of time exploring the trade market. They'll also do everything possible to get Yu Darvish and Joe Musgrove healthy. But in the meantime -- in the very present

ANAHEIM -- The Padres are set to call up Adam Mazur -- their No. 5 prospect, according to MLB Pipeline -- to fill their rotation vacancy on Tuesday, manager Mike Shildt said. Mazur joined the club on Monday ahead of the series opener in Anaheim, where he’ll make his big

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Since signing Ethan Salas for $5.6 million out of Venezuela as the prize of the 2023 international signing period, the Padres have had no problem challenging him with aggressive assignments. It's been a challenge at times this year for the game’s No. 6 overall prospect in High-A Fort Wayne, where

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In an era that places a premium on platoon advantages, switch-hitters can be the most versatile members of a lineup -- even if they've become increasingly hard to find. Over the past four seasons, the number of switch-hitting batters in the Majors has slowly ticked down from 10.7 percent in

The patrons of Minor League Baseball are perhaps more accustomed to odd game delays than their Major League counterparts (see Tuesday’s bee incident), but Friday’s San Antonio Missions game still left many scratching their heads. In the top of the third inning, now-Marlins prospect Nathan Martorella was on second base

This story was excerpted from AJ Cassavell's Padres Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. This is all new for Graham Pauley. For one, he’s a rookie playing his first month in the big leagues. For another, he’s doing

It’s often said to not let a shooter on the basketball court see one go through the net, lest they heat up and find their rhythm. That might be an apt analogy for Leodalis De Vries, the No. 1 international prospect in the 2024 class, who excelled on the basketball

In recent years, the Padres have shown they are not afraid to push their top prospects. For the second straight season, they are starting a 17-year-old No. 1 international prospect at Single-A Lake Elsinore rather than in rookie ball, and in turn, challenging him from the moment he enters the

The Padres signed the top prospect of his international class. They brought him over stateside in his first professional spring, and his Minor League debut will come at a full-season level. Sound familiar?

SAN DIEGO -- For all the focus that goes into selecting a pitching rotation to open a baseball season, few teams will get through the year with the starting five intact. When Randy Vásquez (No. 12 SD prospect) started the Padres’ 5-2 loss to the Blue Jays on Saturday night

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It's nearly a month since the 2024 season opened in South Korea, so it's time to take a look at the campaign's early top rookie performers, also known as the April edition of MLB Pipeline's Rookie Hot List. Each month, MLB.com will look at which rookies performed best over the

MILWAUKEE -- The Jacksons are making an early strong impression. Jackson Chourio of the Brewers and the Padres’ Jackson Merrill, both 20-year-old rookies, made some history on Monday night. Chourio had two hits, including a two-run homer in the second inning, his third round-tripper of the year. Merrill had three

LOS ANGELES -- Two weeks into the season, the Padres are proving no deficit is too big for their offense to overcome. Jackson Merrill hit the go-ahead RBI single in the top of the 11th inning as the Padres rallied from a four-run deficit to storm back and beat the