Shohei Ohtani is just one home run away from history with 10 games left. The Los Angeles Dodgers star reached the first milestone of his season, completing his first 50-50 season in MLB by stealing his 50th and 51st bases against the Miami Marlins on Thursday. He then added his 49th home run of the […]
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Yu Darvish had his best outing since being sidelined for more than three months, and rookies Jackson Merrill and Jurickson Profar each hit a home run as the San Diego Padres beat the Houston Astros 3-1 on Monday night. The Padres took a 2 1/2 game lead, secured the top NL […]
Baseball fans have heard of “Shoeless” Joe Jackson. But have you heard of “Shoeless” Jose Altuve? In the ninth inning of the Astros-Padres game on Tuesday, Altuve appeared to foul a ball with his left foot. However, umpires ruled the ball never hit his foot and Altuve was subsequently ejected at first base. Altuve couldn’t […]
There are two weeks left in the Major League Baseball season and the Padres are not only in the race for the playoffs, they are also sitting front row at the Eras Tour and taking selfies with Taylor Swift. Statistical models suggest the Padres have at least a 95% chance of making the postseason with […]
Jose Altuve has found a new way to get ejected. (Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images) There’s a saying in baseball that says every day you see something new. On Tuesday, that was Jose Altuve’s foot. An already dramatic game between the Houston Astros and the San Diego Padres took a strange turn early in the […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Mike Shildt caused a bit of a stir Saturday when San Diego Padres manager Jackson Merrill started fifth in the lineup for just the third time this season. Merrill may be the team’s most valuable player this season, but despite some fans clamoring for him to move up in the order, the […]
The Padres and Dodgers are serious World Series threats thanks to all of their great deals. The NL West rivals top our list of the best acquisitions for 2024: 1. Braves acquire Chris Sale for Vaughn Grissom: Has anyone seen Sale return to his old greatness and even improve it? 2. Dodgers sign Shohei Ohtani […]
Which Major League Baseball teams will secure a spot in the MLB postseason in the 2024 MLB playoffs? Take a look at the MLB wild card standings for the National League and American League as the regular season draws to a close. In the National League, the San Diego Padres, Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves and […]
Which Major League Baseball teams will earn an MLB wild card spot in the 2024 MLB playoffs? Take a look at the MLB wild card standings for the National League and American League as the regular season draws to a close. In the National League, the San Diego Padres, Arizona Diamondbacks and Atlanta Braves have […]
San Diego — Sure, that’s coach-speak. It’s a cliché. And then it happens. It happens again and again. And suddenly what you might consider to be just words seems more like deeply ingrained behavior. Play all 27 outs. “You look at the way this team plays and we’re going to play all 27 outs and […]
