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SAN DIEGO — One frustration compounding into another – an apt summary of the 2023 Padres’ season to date, and also Ha-Seong Kim’s Friday night at Petco Park. San Diego’s spark-plug second baseman exited the Padres’ 7-5, 10-inning loss to the Mets after he jammed his toe kicking a water cooler. Frustrated that he had […]
It’s only 28 games into the career of 17-year-old Ethan Salas, but he’s already living up to the advance billing. On Thursday, the second-ranked Padres prospect added a couple more superlatives to his burgeoning resume. First, Salas extended his home run streak to three straight games for Single-A Lake Elsinore. And then he went yard […]
The 2023 SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game is set for Saturday, July 8, at 7 p.m. ET at Seattle’s T-Mobile Park, where 50 of the game’s top Minor Leaguers will take the field together for the 24th edition of baseball’s greatest prospect showcase. How to watchThe seven-inning game will air exclusively on Peacock and SiriusXM. MLB […]
When we decided what the mock Draft schedule would be earlier this spring, I got excited because I knew I’d get to use one of my favorite words for the whole draft projection process. So, without further ado, welcome to my penultimate mock of the first round of the 2023 Draft. Here’s where things stand […]
With a class booming with high-profile talent, the Draft is coming to the Emerald City. For three days beginning Sunday, the Major League Baseball Draft hits Seattle. Here is everything you need to know. Broadcast and Logistical Details For the third straight year, the Draft will be part of All-Star Week. Sunday’s action begins at […]
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 paid a steep price to sign Xander Bogaerts in December — and not just financially. Earlier that offseason, Bogaerts declined his qualifying offer from the Red Sox. […]
SAN DIEGO — Maybe — just maybe — this time it’s for real. The Padres have tantalized before this season. They’ve unleashed their starpower before, and they’ve looked like a team built for a deep October run. Seriously; they have — they simply haven’t done it very often, and when they have, they’ve generally followed […]
Machado’s go-ahead blast in the sixth inning of the Padres’ 5-3 victory over the Angels on Wednesday night moved him into sole possession of first place on the home run leaderboard at the downtown San Diego ballpark, which opened in 2004. It was Machado’s 66th home run at Petco Park, passing the mark set by […]
The Dodgers had mixed success in the first three years of the Draft, sandwiching lackluster efforts in 1965 and 1967 around finding three All-Stars (Charlie Hough, Bill Russell, Billy Grabarkewitz) and a Rookie of the Year (Ted Sizemore) in 1966. Los Angeles slid from a World Series championship to an eighth-place finish during that time, […]
The Draft is the best and most cost-effective way to procure and control talent. It’s virtually impossible to compete for postseason berths and World Series championships without identifying, selecting and signing future stars. With that in mind, we take a look at each team’s biggest Draft success in the last decade. Not surprisingly, 18 of […]