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Believe it or not, Opening Day was over a month ago and we're more than 20% of the way through the season. Now that the calendar has flipped to May, let's take a look at the monthly award winners from March/April, which include a 34-year-old journeyman infielder, a breakout ace,

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

It has been a long route back, but the Braves -- a team that, after they made their stunning run to win the 2021 World Series, looked like it was just getting started -- are back on top of the sport. Or atop the Power Rankings anyway, leading our list

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.

This page will be updated throughout the year with all the latest Padres injury news and transactions.

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

It's easy to forget sometimes that Padres No. 2 prospect Ethan Salas is still just 19 years old.

• Get tickets to a Minor League game He was the No. 1 international prospect in 2023 and a top 10 prospect in MLB in 2024. The lefty-hitting catcher appeared to be

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.

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.

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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

In the 22 seasons since Eric Gagne won the 2003 National League Cy Young Award, voters have essentially shunned relievers. Only one bullpen arm from 2009-25 even finished in the top three in either league. Emmanuel Clase did so in 2024, earning a third-place finish in the AL voting after

We just finished our expanded and updated Draft Top 150 Prospects list, so the Draft is very much on my mind, as you'll see from the questions below. Our first in-season mock draft will come out at the end of next week, so be on the lookout for that.

As the calendar gets ready to turn to May, the Draft buzz is starting to grow louder. And we’re leaning into it with an updated and expanded Draft Top 150. With two-plus months left before the 2026 Draft gets underway in Philadelphia, there’s a ton of movement on every team’s

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.

The first month of the Minor League season is in the books, and looking at each system's hottest hitter can be instructive. A year ago at this time, Konnor Griffin (Pirates) was showing why he had the highest ceiling in the 2024 Draft. Roman Anthony (Red Sox) and Moisés Ballesteros

SAN DIEGO -- On most nights, the Padres will take their chances with a bullpen like this one. This was not most nights. The Cubs broke open a close game late, scoring six runs against the San Diego ’pen, en route to an 8-3 victory on Tuesday. Here are some

SAN DIEGO -- Padres third baseman Manny Machado was out of the lineup on Tuesday for the team’s game against the Cubs at Petco Park -- a day after he dealt with a left calf cramp, which forced his early exit on Monday. He was back in the lineup on

Two years ago, Ethan Salas began the season as MLB’s No. 8 overall prospect. Then a 17-year-old wunderkind who commanded a $5.6 million signing bonus on the international market in January 2023, the hype train was in full force. It may have taken a bit longer than expected, but that

SAN DIEGO -- It seemed like it was business as usual for Mason Miller when he entered Monday night’s affair against the Cubs. Fresh off securing the Padres' franchise-record scoreless innings streak on Saturday, Miller had a four-run ninth-inning lead to work with coming off of a rest day. As