SAN DIEGO -- It would be impossible to replace Juan Soto with one player, the Padres said all spring. It was going to take a total team effort to make up for the production they lost when they traded one of the sport's most fearsome hitters. And, sure, it’s still

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SAN DIEGO -- Stuart Fairchild is making a habit of jaw-dropping catches. His first victim of the season was Willy Adames. The second was his college buddy. His latest? Padres star Manny Machado, and this robbery snatched away a home run that looked eerily similar to a famous one you

SAN DIEGO -- Padres right-hander Luis Patiño underwent Tommy John surgery on Tuesday, the club said, putting an end to his 2024 season before it started. The hard-throwing 24-year-old was claimed off waivers in December, returning to the franchise with which he began his career. Patiño, who was a late

Pitchers are meant to be ahead of hitters. Sluggers need at-bats to get into the rhythm of the season, and that takes time. Or at least that’s how the popular belief goes. But some Minor League hitters are proving they don’t need time at all to come flying out of

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SAN DIEGO -- It’s not often that a manager willingly chooses to take a run off the board, but Padres skipper Mike Shildt did exactly that Tuesday night. His faith was promptly rewarded, courtesy of Manny Machado. With one out in the fifth inning of San Diego’s 6-4 victory over

SAN DIEGO -- The Padres desperately needed a starting pitcher to play the role of stopper on Tuesday night. They desperately needed someone to put a halt to their string of iffy starts -- early struggles from the rotation that consistently left the offense playing from behind. In short, the

Whenever a Draft list is updated for the first time since December, there are bound to be a lot of changes up and down the rankings. This year's new Draft Top 150 takes that to an extreme, speaking to the volatility and uncertainty of the class outside of the top

SAN DIEGO -- These two things can be true at once: The Padres' recent decision to move Jurickson Profar into the leadoff spot was entirely sensible. Through the season's first month, Profar has been their best on-base threat and their best hitter. Plus, his switch-hitting and his pesky at-bats play

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There's a longtime scout who likes to say, "The Draft is hard." The 2014 Draft was very hard. It's just one of three Drafts where the No. 1 overall pick finished his career without reaching the Majors, and the only one where neither of the top two selections made it.

SAN DIEGO -- There are no inflection points in April. The baseball calendar is too long for that. But after a week like this one, the Padres' resolve is about to be tested -- and sooner than they would’ve liked. That’s where things stand after Sunday's 8-6 loss to the

SAN DIEGO -- In general, right-handed hitters do not hit Dylan Cease very often -- and when they do, they certainly don’t hit him very hard. Which made Saturday night an anomaly. In his first five starts as a Padre, Cease had allowed only one hit to a right-handed batter.

SAN DIEGO -- Manny Machado’s first game after the birth of his son was also his first game at third base since last August. The Phillies wasted no time testing his dad strength. Machado was activated from the paternity list on Friday after his wife, Yainee, gave birth to the

There are a kajillion reasons to love baseball -- especially Minor League Baseball. The bobblehead, which has been greeted with an enthusiastic "Yes" from baseball fans at least since MLB put out a set featuring the likes of Roberto Clemente, Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays in 1960, combines many of

It’s often said to not let a shooter on the basketball court see one go through the net, lest they heat up and find their rhythm. That might be an apt analogy for Leodalis De Vries, the No. 1 international prospect in the 2024 class, who excelled on the basketball

DENVER -- The Padres managed to do something on Thursday afternoon that they hadn’t done in nearly 47 years. And they wish they hadn’t. For the first time since Sept. 15, 1977, San Diego blew a lead of five or more runs in the eighth inning of a game or

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DENVER -- Matt Waldron was conflicted. He had just thrown a pitch to Charlie Blackmon, the first batter he faced in the Padres’ 5-2 win over the Rockies at Coors Field on Wednesday night. But instead of being caught by Waldron’s catcher, Kyle Higashioka, the ball hit home plate umpire

Three years ago, Charlie Condon attracted zero interest from pro scouts or NCAA Division I baseball programs. He wound up at Georgia as a preferred walk-on and redshirted during his first season in Athens. Now he's the best prospect in the 2024 Draft and sits atop MLB Pipeline's updated and

In recent years, the Padres have shown they are not afraid to push their top prospects. For the second straight season, they are starting a 17-year-old No. 1 international prospect at Single-A Lake Elsinore rather than in rookie ball, and in turn, challenging him from the moment he enters the