SAN DIEGO -- Jase Bowen and Samad Taylor were called up last week to provide a spark -- and that’s exactly what they’ve been for a Padres offense that has struggled lately.

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Whether it's promising prospects, star players or veterans enjoying surprising seasons, every team has something to bargain with at the 2026 Trade Deadline (6 p.m. ET, Aug. 3). With the help of MLB.com's beat writers, here is one trade chip for all 30 teams this season.

SAN DIEGO -- The Padres dropped Sunday’s series finale against the Mets, 7-3, as they failed to build on Saturday’s dramatic, come-from-behind victory. Here’s some instant reaction from Petco Park, after San Diego’s 11th defeat in the last 13 games:

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SAN DIEGO -- When the Padres promoted Samad Taylor last week, his mind went one place. “I got the call, and the first thing I thought was: Man, my grandma can come see me play,” Taylor recalled. Taylor had spent parts of three previous seasons in the big leagues with

Freddy Fermin delivered the unlikeliest homer of the Padres’ season to date, sending them to a much-needed 3-2 victory over the Mets at Petco Park.

SAN DIEGO -- The Padres’ losing streak hit six on Friday night, as they dropped a disheartening series opener to the Mets, 5-0.

SAN DIEGO -- Padres left fielder Ramón Laureano could miss the remainder of the season after undergoing surgery to repair a torn labrum in his right hip, manager Craig Stammen said on Friday. It’s a devastating blow for a Padres offense that has already struggled mightily this season. Laureano has

SAN DIEGO -- The Padres placed right-hander Jeremiah Estrada on the 15-day injured list with right knee inflammation on Friday, the latest in a series of recent injury blows for San Diego. The move comes on the same day that left fielder Ramón Laureano underwent surgery on his ailing right

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PHILADELPHIA -- This Padres loss felt like a meaningful one.

PHILADELPHIA -- The Padres completed a dismal 1-5 road trip with a 6-4 loss to the Phillies on Thursday afternoon.

Teams will have a little less time than expected to scout several of the top college players in the 2026 Draft. A rash of upsets in NCAA regional play last weekend eliminated seven of the 16 top national seeds, including No. 1 UCLA and No. 2 Georgia Tech. No Bruins

PHILADELPHIA -- Credit the Padres for scoring against Cristopher Sánchez, at least. No other team had done that since April 30. Still, San Diego dropped its eighth game in the last nine -- including all five against the Phillies in that span. Here’s some instant reaction after the Padres’ 3-2

PHILADELPHIA -- The Padres need more offense. Nick Castellanos -- whose job was to help provide it -- had not been doing so. Thus, the Nick Castellanos experiment in San Diego officially came to an end on Wednesday, when he was designated for assignment. In Philadelphia of all places.

Another month of the 2026 season is in the books, and as the weather has warmed up, so have the bats in the Minor Leagues. The 30 hitters below, our selection for hottest hitter in May for each organization, have been swinging the bat better than most. There are a

Another month of the 2026 season has come and gone, and it featured some standout performances along the way. Here are the monthly awards winners for May in the American and National Leagues.

PHILADELPHIA -- The Padres have dropped seven of eight, and four of those losses have come against the Phillies -- including Tuesday’s 3-2 defeat at Citizens Bank Park. Here’s some instant reaction, after another night in which San Diego went hitless (0-for-7) with runners in scoring position:

PHILADELPHIA -- Ramón Laureano landed on the 10-day injured list and Jase Bowen was promoted from Triple-A El Paso, as the Padres' outfield got a significant shakeup ahead of their series opener at Citizens Bank Park on Tuesday night. Laureano was placed on the IL with right hip inflammation, retroactive

Listed at 6-foot-5, 235 pounds as a freshman at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Alex McCoy certainly arrived on campus with the frame of a slugger. But after his first season in 2021 was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he hit only one homer in 27 games for