In the kind of twist that has been a hallmark of A.J. Preller’s tenure as general manager, the San Diego Padres on Thursday announced they had promoted special assistant and former reliever Craig Stammen to manager, filling the vacancy left…
Major League Baseball’s trade deadline brought plenty of chaos Thursday, with dozens of deals capping a frenetic 24 hours as teams sought to improve their rosters ahead of the postseason. Among the highlights: All-Star shortstop Carlos Correa is reuniting with…
By Tim Britton, Johnny Flores Jr. and Andy McCullough Every week, we ask a selected group of our baseball writers — local and national — to rank the teams from first to worst. Here are the collective results. If there’s…
Fernando Tatis Jr. is seeking to void the future-earnings contract he signed with Big League Advance as a minor leaguer via a complaint filed Monday in the Superior Court of California in San Diego. Tatis might be the most high-profile…
Padres starting pitchers turned a corner by running through the Rockies as if they weren’t there. It was Michael King’s turn to shut out Major League Baseball’s worst team on Sunday. King didn’t even need any other pitchers to help…
Great job by the Padres to lock up emerging superstar Jackson Merrill to a $135 million, nine-year deal. Back in 2022 — just before the Padres acquired Juan Soto for C.J. Abrams, Mackenzie Gore, James Wood and two other young…
The Dodgers and Cubs opened the MLB season last week in Japan, but with the rest of the league set to begin play on Thursday, it’s time for me to again go on record with predictions for the 2025 season…