MILWAUKEE -- Matt Waldron was hit hard (and soft), and the Padres dropped their series opener against the Brewers on Tuesday night, 6-4. Here’s some instant reaction from American Family Field, with Waldron’s status with the Padres seemingly up in the air moving forward.

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SAN DIEGO -- Nick Castellanos spent a dozen years in the big leagues as an everyday player. When he signed with the Padres in February, he was essentially taking a new job entirely.

SAN DIEGO -- Scoreless and down to their final strike, the Padres pulled off a dramatic and improbable comeback on Sunday afternoon, earning a weekend split against the Cardinals at Petco Park.

SAN DIEGO -- The Padres’ bats remained cold and a rare Fernando Tatis Jr. error proved (very) costly in a 6-0 loss to the upstart Cardinals on Friday night. Here’s some analysis from Petco Park, where the Padres managed just one hit and have been held scoreless for the last

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SAN DIEGO -- The Padres scored a run on two hits in the first inning on Thursday. They wouldn’t put another runner into scoring position the rest of the night. Here’s some analysis from Petco Park, after San Diego’s 2-1 series-opening loss to the Cardinals.

SAN DIEGO -- Padres catcher Luis Campusano sustained a fractured left big toe on Tuesday when he fouled a ball off his foot. Two days later, he was placed on the 10-day IL ahead of the Padres’ series opener against St. Louis on Thursday night at Petco Park.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Michael King has been a stabilizing presence in a rotation hit hard by injuries. Through seven starts, he has a 2.95 ERA. When the Padres have needed him, King has mostly delivered. But … has King actually been good this season? “Not at all,” he says.

SAN FRANCISCO -- With the game on the line in the seventh inning Wednesday afternoon, Ty France was in the batting cage just down the dugout steps at Oracle Park, when field coordinator Vinny Lopez hurriedly rushed in. “He said, ‘Hey Ty, you’re hitting,’” France recalled in the aftermath of

SAN FRANCISCO -- The Padres bounced back from a series-opening loss with a pair of convincing wins in San Francisco -- including a 5-1 victory on Wednesday afternoon.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Fernando Tatis Jr. has been a force at (or near) the top of the Padres’ lineup for, essentially, his entire career. So, yes, it was highly notable that Tatis batted fifth during the Padres' 10-5 victory over the Giants on Tuesday night at Oracle Park -- the

SAN FRANCISCO -- The Padres’ offense has been waiting for a game like this one. They beat the Giants, 10-5, on a Tuesday night when everybody mashed. Their stars mashed. Their role players mashed. And their newest callup mashed.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Padres second baseman Jake Cronenworth was placed on the seven-day IL Tuesday after experiencing concussion symptoms related to a pitch he took off the jaw in Anaheim last month. In his place, the Padres recalled infielder Sung-Mun Song -- an obvious like-for-like replacement for Cronenworth on the

SAN FRANCISCO -- Jackson Merrill and Ramón Laureano homered. The rest of the Padres went hitless in a 3-2 series-opening loss to the Giants on Monday night at Oracle Park.

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SAN DIEGO -- Shortly after his check-swing infield single proved decisive in the Padres’ 4-3 victory over the White Sox on Sunday, Xander Bogaerts stood at his locker and alluded to all those line drives he’d hit straight at defenders. “They say it evens out,” Bogaerts said with a wry

The Padres plan to activate right-hander Griffin Canning to make his season debut on Sunday, ending his 10-plus-month rehab from a left Achilles tear.

On Monday, the Padres sat half a game back of the first-place Dodgers in the National League West. Since then, Los Angeles has lost four straight … … and the Padres still sit in second place, having gained no ground whatsoever.

SAN DIEGO -- The Padres announced on Saturday that the Seidler family has agreed to transfer control of the franchise to a new ownership group led by investors and philanthropic leaders Kwanza Jones and José E. Feliciano. The agreement is subject to approval by Major League Baseball and the league’s

SAN DIEGO -- For the first time this season, the Padres have lost three straight. Starter Germán Márquez was hit hard for seven runs on Friday night -- including six in the second inning -- and San Diego’s offense offered little in the way of a response.

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SAN DIEGO -- Here’s an early reason to believe in the Padres: Their superstars have largely struggled. And yet, they’re 19-11, one of the best records in baseball. Fernando Tatis Jr. still hasn’t homered. Jackson Merrill is striking out too much. Manny Machado, just as he was getting going, was

SAN DIEGO -- The Padres dropped Wednesday afternoon’s rubber match against the Cubs, 5-4 -- snapping a stretch in which they’d gone 6-0-1 across their last seven series. Here’s some analysis from Petco Park, after San Diego lost its first series since the final day of March:

SAN DIEGO -- Matt Waldron’s knuckleball is probably the Majors’ hardest pitch to catch. It also might be the hardest pitch for umpires to call. And it’s a pretty darn good example of what ABS is for in the first place.