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ANAHEIM -- The 2026 Padres with a late lead and Mason Miller on the mound? Fernando Tatis Jr. said it best on Saturday night: “Game over.” Sure feels like it.

The NL Central is not exactly known for containing juggernauts top to bottom: Heck, 20 years ago, only one team, the 2006 Cardinals, finished over .500 … and they only won 83 games! But right now? Right now it looks like the best division in baseball. All five NL Central

ANAHEIM -- The Padres’ eight-game winning streak came to an end on Friday night. But they bounced back in resounding fashion -- by winning the final two games of their three-game weekend series against the Angels, including a tense 2-1 victory on Sunday afternoon.

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ANAHEIM -- Ramón Laureano and Fernando Tatis Jr. drove in a run apiece in the eighth and ninth innings, and that was enough for the Padres on Saturday night at Angel Stadium.

ANAHEIM -- Mason Miller might just be human. Might be.

ANAHEIM -- Jake Cronenworth is the Padres’ all-time hit-by-pitch leader, but he probably hasn’t taken many that were more painful than this one.

It's still too early to tell exactly how the 2026 season will play out, but every team has seen at least one key player or position group get off to a strong start. With the help of MLB.com's beat writers, here's one early-season development every club can have faith in.

Over the course of their eight-game winning streak, the Padres staged all manner of comebacks and dramatic late victories. But on Friday night at Angel Stadium, they dug too deep a hole against a pitcher who was simply too good. That winning streak would not reach nine.

It’s hard to imagine a more intimidating experience in baseball at the moment than batting against Mason Miller. The Padres’ fireballing closer has faced 30 batters this year, and precisely one of them has gotten a hit. (Luis Arraez, for the record.) Twenty-three of them have struck out. Miller hasn’t

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Padres No. 4 prospect Kash Mayfield has been nearly unhittable to start the 2026 season. San Diego's first-round selection in the 2024 MLB Draft took the mound in High-A Fort Wayne's 1-0 victory at Classic Auto Group Park over Lake County on Friday afternoon and worked five scoreless innings, allowing

SAN DIEGO -- Two weeks ago, as the Padres readied to leave Petco Park following a disappointing first homestand, new manager Craig Stammen made a vow. “We’re going to play better here at Petco,” Stammen said. “This was probably an outlier.”

SAN DIEGO -- Mason Miller’s remarkable scoreless streak is approaching franchise-record territory. Only Cla Meredith is left. Miller was as dominant as ever, striking out all three hitters he faced to finish the Padres’ 5-2 victory over the Mariners on Thursday night at Petco Park. He has now thrown 30

SAN DIEGO -- The Padres insist they should never be counted out of any game, and after a homestand like this one, it’s hard not to believe them.

SAN DIEGO -- Padres catcher Freddy Fermin exited Wednesday’s game against the Mariners after taking a foul ball off his mask, but the team is hopeful he avoided a concussion. Fermin, who was replaced behind the plate by Luis Campusano, was struck by a hard foul ball from Seattle leadoff

SAN DIEGO -- Padres right-hander Nick Pivetta will be out for “weeks and maybe months,” manager Craig Stammen said Wednesday, after an MRI revealed a flexor strain in his right elbow. The Padres’ plan is for Pivetta to rehab the injury and avoid surgery, with both Stammen and Pivetta expressing

Sometimes, the easiest way a rookie position player can impact the Major League club upon his first callup is by playing high-quality defense, and there’s evidence that prospects are more defensively ready in the bigs than they’ve ever been before. To wit, there have been 19 total rookies who have

SAN DIEGO -- The Padres have won six straight games and nine of their last 10. Their slow start already feels like ancient history. Here’s some reaction from Petco Park, after San Diego’s 4-1 series-opening victory over Seattle on Tuesday night.