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

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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

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

This story was excerpted from AJ Cassavell’s Padres Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. I’m back tomorrow! First, a major thank you to Shaun O'Neill and everyone else at MLB.com who filled in for me. If you're wondering

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

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

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

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

DENVER -- Earl Weaver’s “big bang” theory of baseball’s big inning went the Rockies’ way on Tuesday at Coors Field, when Colorado scored more runs in a five-run fourth frame than the Padres scored all night. The Padres came into the inning with a three-run lead and left trailing by

DENVER -- Start with a big dose of Dylan Cease on the mound, and you’ve already got the foundation for a gem of a pitching performance. Add Austin Gomber in his best form of the season, and the ingredients fell into place for a high-altitude Coors Field pitchers’ duel, of

SAN DIEGO -- The skies above Petco Park on Sunday afternoon were a blanket of baby blue. It was a cozy 66 degrees with the slightest of breezes. Or perhaps that was Xander Bogaerts exhaling. An X-hale, if you will. Bogaerts had a day to match the elements as the

The Padres signed the top prospect of his international class. They brought him over stateside in his first professional spring, and his Minor League debut will come at a full-season level. Sound familiar?

SAN DIEGO -- For all the focus that goes into selecting a pitching rotation to open a baseball season, few teams will get through the year with the starting five intact. When Randy Vásquez (No. 12 SD prospect) started the Padres’ 5-2 loss to the Blue Jays on Saturday night

SAN DIEGO -- Center fielder Jackson Merrill didn’t get what he wanted for his 21st birthday. There was only one thing on the rookie’s wish list: a Padres victory. “That’s all I want,” he said. “That’s all I’m asking for.” Alas, the series opener Friday night at Petco Park went

SAN DIEGO -- The Padres lost their season opener to the Dodgers after a hard-hit ball tore through first baseman Jake Cronenworth’s glove in the Seoul Series. “Never seen it before,” third baseman Tyler Wade said then. Well, now he and the Padres have seen it twice in less than

We've already seen several noteworthy callups in this young season. The biggest came when the Orioles promoted the best prospect in baseball, Jackson Holliday, on April 10. The Dodgers summoned fellow Top 100 prospect Andy Pages on Tuesday to bolster their outfield. When Justin Steele strained a hamstring on Opening

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MILWAUKEE – Michael King turned in a masterful performance on the mound at American Family Field on Wednesday afternoon. The Padres’ 28-year-old right-hander took a no-hitter into the seventh inning before giving up a two-out single, and he still had a shutout intact into the eighth before the Brewers finally

MILWAUKEE – The Padres have placed ace Yu Darvish on the 15-day IL with neck tightness. The move is retroactive to April 15. Darvish last pitched on Sunday against the Dodgers in Los Angeles, giving up four hits and three runs over five innings. He was scheduled to make his

MILWAUKEE -- Padres pitcher Dylan Cease was dealing on the mound, again. The right-hander continued a dominant stretch, pitching six strong innings in a 6-3 win over the Brewers on Tuesday night at American Family Field. Cease (2-1), who recorded his third consecutive quality start, gave up one run and

It's nearly a month since the 2024 season opened in South Korea, so it's time to take a look at the campaign's early top rookie performers, also known as the April edition of MLB Pipeline's Rookie Hot List. Each month, MLB.com will look at which rookies performed best over the