SAN DIEGO -- The Padres rounded out their 2024 Draft class with 10 more selections on Tuesday, bringing their total to 22 overall -- five high schoolers and 17 college players; 13 position players, eight pitchers and one two-way player.

SAN DIEGO -- No team in baseball had more Day 2 Draft picks than the Padres, who selected 10 players on Monday afternoon. In addition to their eight scheduled selections in Rounds 3-10, San Diego received two comp picks after the fourth round when Josh Hader and Blake Snell turned

SAN DIEGO -- The Padres have had plenty of success lately drafting high school players. On Sunday, they stuck to the formula that’s been working for them. To the surprise of no one, San Diego selected a pair of high-upside high school pitchers in the first two rounds of the

Leo De Vries has perhaps never deserved his nickname of “El Mutante” more than on Friday night when he left the yard twice for the first multihomer game of his very young pro career. But that’s not where his otherworldly abilities end -- the 17-year-old homered from both the right

It took 36 games, but Leodalis De Vries connected on his first professional home run at age 17. MLB’s No. 78 prospect received an aggressive assignment to Single-A Lake Elsinore after signing with the Padres in January as the top-ranked international free agent. He racked up a four-RBI performance in

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. The Padres have never been shy about challenging Ethan Salas, their 18-year-old top prospect and MLB Pipeline's No. 5 prospect overall. The club put

Nate Mondou is a grinder. The eight-year pro vet has suited up for three different organizations since being selected by the Athletics in the 13th round of the 2016 Draft, but while the threads have changed over the years his mentality has not: grind every at-bat, every game and do

ANAHEIM -- The Padres need starting pitching. On that front, it figures to be an eventful couple of months. They'll spend plenty of time exploring the trade market. They'll also do everything possible to get Yu Darvish and Joe Musgrove healthy. But in the meantime -- in the very present

ANAHEIM -- The Padres are set to call up Adam Mazur -- their No. 5 prospect, according to MLB Pipeline -- to fill their rotation vacancy on Tuesday, manager Mike Shildt said. Mazur joined the club on Monday ahead of the series opener in Anaheim, where he’ll make his big

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Since signing Ethan Salas for $5.6 million out of Venezuela as the prize of the 2023 international signing period, the Padres have had no problem challenging him with aggressive assignments. It's been a challenge at times this year for the game’s No. 6 overall prospect in High-A Fort Wayne, where

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In an era that places a premium on platoon advantages, switch-hitters can be the most versatile members of a lineup -- even if they've become increasingly hard to find. Over the past four seasons, the number of switch-hitting batters in the Majors has slowly ticked down from 10.7 percent in

The patrons of Minor League Baseball are perhaps more accustomed to odd game delays than their Major League counterparts (see Tuesday’s bee incident), but Friday’s San Antonio Missions game still left many scratching their heads. In the top of the third inning, now-Marlins prospect Nathan Martorella was on second base

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. This is all new for Graham Pauley. For one, he’s a rookie playing his first month in the big leagues. For another, he’s doing

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

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