Starting behind the plate for Double-A San Antonio on Tuesday night: Ethan Salas. Starting at shortstop for Double-A Wichita: Jose Salas. It marked the first time that the elder Salas brothers have matched up throughout their Minor League careers. Ethan (MLB's No. 94 prospect) and the Missions claimed an 8-3

MILWAUKEE -- Matt Waldron was hit hard (and soft), and the Padres dropped their series opener against the Brewers on Tuesday night, 6-4. Here’s some instant reaction from American Family Field, with Waldron’s status with the Padres seemingly up in the air moving forward.

The 2026 season is underway, and there's no better place to watch all the action than on PADRES.TV presented by UC San Diego Health.

Mason Miller has been virtually untouchable as the Padres’ closer this year, meaning he doesn’t really need much outside help to generate better results. But even the owner of a 0.96 ERA and a 55.9% strikeout rate will take it when available, like when Grogu stops by Padres practice to

A couple of weeks ago, we took a look at the hottest hitting prospect in each organization. Now it’s time to check in on the pitchers. While many of the game’s top young arms are still building up and expanding their pitch counts and innings, there have been more than

For many Top 100 talents, they travel on a prospect hype train. For Ethan Salas, it’s been closer to a hype roller coaster. Signed for $5.6 million in January 2023, the Padres prodigy ranked as high as No. 8 overall on MLB Pipeline’s preseason Top 100 rankings a year later

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

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SAN DIEGO -- Nick Castellanos spent a dozen years in the big leagues as an everyday player. When he signed with the Padres in February, he was essentially taking a new job entirely.

SAN DIEGO -- Scoreless and down to their final strike, the Padres pulled off a dramatic and improbable comeback on Sunday afternoon, earning a weekend split against the Cardinals at Petco Park.

No matter what its record is, every MLB team knows there's always room for improvement. With the help of MLB.com's beat writers, here's one thing each club is seeking to improve this season. All stats updated through Saturday's games

SAN DIEGO – The Padres’ Mason Miller was dealing, and unfortunately, it wasn’t one, two, three strikes and you’re out. Instead, there were scratchy moments in the final stages of the Padres’ 4-2 win over the Cardinals on Saturday at Petco Park. Miller notched his 12th save to lead the

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SAN DIEGO -- The Padres’ bats remained cold and a rare Fernando Tatis Jr. error proved (very) costly in a 6-0 loss to the upstart Cardinals on Friday night. Here’s some analysis from Petco Park, where the Padres managed just one hit and have been held scoreless for the last

SAN DIEGO -- The Padres scored a run on two hits in the first inning on Thursday. They wouldn’t put another runner into scoring position the rest of the night. Here’s some analysis from Petco Park, after San Diego’s 2-1 series-opening loss to the Cardinals.

SAN DIEGO -- Padres catcher Luis Campusano sustained a fractured left big toe on Tuesday when he fouled a ball off his foot. Two days later, he was placed on the 10-day IL ahead of the Padres’ series opener against St. Louis on Thursday night at Petco Park.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Michael King has been a stabilizing presence in a rotation hit hard by injuries. Through seven starts, he has a 2.95 ERA. When the Padres have needed him, King has mostly delivered. But … has King actually been good this season? “Not at all,” he says.

The 2026 Draft is taking longer to sort itself out than teams hoped. Shortstops Roch Cholowsky (UCLA) and Grady Emerson (Fort Worth Christian HS in Texas) have set themselves apart from the rest of the class. The second tier of prospects consists of catcher Vahn Lackey (Georgia Tech) and right-hander

Fernando Tatis Jr. is absolutely mashing the ball, by one important measure. He’s hitting the ball hard more often than Aaron Judge, or Shohei Ohtani, or Kyle Schwarber, or Yordan Alvarez, or almost anyone else you can think of. He's been making solid contact so often, in fact, that he’s

SAN FRANCISCO -- With the game on the line in the seventh inning Wednesday afternoon, Ty France was in the batting cage just down the dugout steps at Oracle Park, when field coordinator Vinny Lopez hurriedly rushed in. “He said, ‘Hey Ty, you’re hitting,’” France recalled in the aftermath of

SAN FRANCISCO -- The Padres bounced back from a series-opening loss with a pair of convincing wins in San Francisco -- including a 5-1 victory on Wednesday afternoon.

The saying goes that relievers are failed starters. If you believe that, revisit how much the Padres gave up for Mason Miller at last year’s Trade Deadline, and then look at Miller’s dominance to begin his first full season in San Diego. After that, look at the three-year, $69 million