SAN DIEGO -- Might be time to stop asking if the Padres will be buyers ahead of Monday’s Trade Deadline -- and time to start asking what, exactly, they’ll be buying. And when.

SAN DIEGO -- Rafael Devers is probably getting sick of this: It’s the top of the first inning of a game at Petco Park, and he’s facing Padres left-hander JP Sears. Devers launches one that looks like it’s destined for the right-field seats …

SAN DIEGO -- The Padres’ five-game winning streak came to an end with a 4-1 loss to the Giants on Thursday night at Petco Park. In the context of the National League Wild Card race, it’s a tough one to swallow. The Padres could’ve moved within a game of the

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SAN DIEGO -- There’s never a bad time for a five-game winning streak. But the timing of this one seems impeccable for the Padres.

SAN DIEGO -- The Padres reinforced their bullpen on Wednesday, activating right-hander Jeremiah Estrada ahead of their series finale against the Rockies. Estrada had missed nearly two months with right knee inflammation.

SAN DIEGO -- Padres manager Craig Stammen and infield instructor Ryan Goins were ejected from Tuesday’s 8-7 victory over the Rockies after a heated exchange with home plate umpire Jeremie Rehak in the bottom of the fourth inning. Shortstop Xander Bogaerts attempted to challenge a 1-0 sinker from Rockies right-hander

SAN DIEGO -- There’s no column in the standings for style points. The National League Wild Card race is as tight as it’s been all season, with six teams in the mix for the final spot, all separated by two games. The Padres are one of those teams. And with

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MIAMI -- Yes, the Padres are keenly aware of the stakes riding on every game they play these days. There’s no telling what direction general manager A.J. Preller might choose ahead of the Aug. 3 Trade Deadline. But performance will have a lot to do with that decision -- and

MIAMI -- Here’s the current state of the Padres’ pitching staff: They have two starters -- Michael King and Walker Buehler -- who take the ball every fifth day. They have Mason Miller at the back end of the bullpen. And then they have 10 other guys they’re asking to

MIAMI -- Jackson Merrill had three hits, Ty France drove in three runs, and the Padres beat the Marlins, 7-2, on Saturday afternoon. Here’s some instant reaction from loanDepot park:

MIAMI -- It’s hard to tell the magnitude of Luis Rengifo’s latest heroics -- a pinch-hit two-run home run that proved decisive in the Padres’ 4-2 victory over the Marlins on Friday at loanDepot park. That’ll come with time. But in the moment, it sure felt like the type of

MIAMI -- Help seems to be on the way for the Padres’ ailing rotation. But here’s the important question: Will it arrive in time?

MIAMI -- The Padres have signed first-round Draft pick Coleman Borthwick to a $3.8 million signing bonus, MLB Pipeline’s Jonathan Mayo reported on Friday. Borthwick, a right-hander out of South Walton High School in Florida, will forego his commitment to Auburn, inking a bonus slightly under the pick’s projected value

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ATLANTA -- More than two months remain in this topsy-turvy Padres season. But they know the deal. They have 10 days. The help the Padres desperately need to turn this into a contending roster is not coming -- unless they can prove otherwise before the Aug. 3 Trade Deadline.

ATLANTA -- The Padres can take plenty of positives from their 7-6 loss to the Braves on Wednesday night at Truist Park. Except ... this isn’t the time for that.

ATLANTA -- The Trade Deadline looms less than two weeks away, and the Padres remain squarely on the fence. They might buy. They might sell. They might engage in some combination of both. Or neither. As general manager A.J. Preller put it recently: “All those things are on the table,"

ATLANTA -- Remember all that time we spent wondering when Fernando Tatis Jr. would hit his first home run? Feels like ancient history. Tatis is hitting homers in bunches now. And on Tuesday night, he hit the longest home run in the Majors this season -- a Statcast-projected 474 feet

ATLANTA -- Xander Bogaerts doesn’t want to be hitting eighth. The Padres don’t want it either. In an ideal world, Bogaerts would be somewhere in the heart of their lineup, swinging like the five-time Silver Slugger Award winner that he is. But Bogaerts also can’t possibly argue with it. For

ATLANTA -- Manny Machado and Ty France went deep, but the Padres couldn’t muster much else offensively as they dropped their series opener in Atlanta, 3-2, on Monday night

ATLANTA -- The Padres placed infielder Miguel Andujar on the 10-day injured list with a fractured right wrist ahead of Monday’s series opener against the Braves. It’s another injury blow for a roster that has been hit hard this season. Andujar had mostly served in a part-time/DH role. But he

SAN DIEGO -- Nobody knows what the Padres are going to do at the Trade Deadline. Not even A.J. Preller. That’s not how this usually goes. Sure, Preller, the Padres’ longtime general manager, can seem mercurial. He stuns the baseball world regularly during trade season. But generally speaking, Preller typically

SAN DIEGO -- Two years ago, a young Mason Miller earned the win for the American League at the All-Star Game. He’d broken onto the scene as a rookie, and it was pretty clear then that he would be back -- probably several times. Sure enough, Miller is headed to