Baseball - San Diego Padres news

Follow @Padres_News_

• We need to appreciate how special of a human Jackson Merrill is

  03-04-2025 03:16 via gaslampball.com
  
  Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images What happened today doesn’t happen all the time Jackson Merrill was already loved in San Diego but it just went to another level (if that’s even possible). You’ve already heard about his 9-year, $135 million extension that was finalized this morning with the Padres but I want to stop and appreciate the guy that signed this deal.
  Before getting to the deal itself, he was already a great human being before this. His parents, who are teachers
  
  Read more

• Padres Option Kyle Hart

  25-04-2025 17:10 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The Padres have optioned left-hander Kyle Hart to Triple-A El Paso, according to the club’s transactions tracker at MLB.com. No corresponding move is listed but they will presumably bring up another pitcher before tonight’s game.
  The club took a flier on Hart this winter, signing him to a one-year deal with a $1.5MM guarantee. That was a bet on his performance in Korea last year. His previous track record in affiliated ball wasn’t great but he had good results with the KBO&rsqu
  
  Read more

• Good Morning San Diego: Padres send down Kyle Hart

  25-04-2025 15:00 via gaslampball.com
  
  Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images Everything you need to know about your San Diego Padres on the morning of April 25, 2025. @TalkingFriars
  Articles to read
  Padres minor league call-ups are doing the job to keep the boat afloat (Thomas Conroy, Gaslamp Ball)
  Padres weather a tough road trip (Cheri Bell, Gaslamp Ball)
  Padres believe the same reasons they started hot will keep them from getting too cold (Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune)
  Padres minors: Stephen Kolek rebounds in El Paso win (Je
  
  Read more

• Padres minor league call-ups are doing the job to keep the boat afloat

  24-04-2025 22:17 via gaslampball.com
  
  San Diego Padres Oscar Gonzalez| Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images The Friars roster depth has been challenged with positive results.Injuries have forced the San Diego Padres to shuffle their roster. The minor league call-ups have done a terrific job of contributing and keeping the team atop the National League West division chase.The Padres are dealing with a host of injuries to the lineup. Jackson Merrill, Brandon Lockridge, Luis Arraez, and Jason Heyward are all on the injury list. The res
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Padres weather a tough road trip

  24-04-2025 22:11 via gaslampball.com
  
  Luis Arraez | Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images Notes from week #4 With a week long road trip through Houston and Detroit, the Padres hit their breaking point with injuries and roster strength. Using all but one remaining position player available to them, the team played to a 2-4 record against two teams from last season’s playoffs and got shut out for the first time this season in their final game of the trip.
  Losing both Jason Heyward (knee inflammation) and Luis Arraez (concussion p
  
  Read more

• Good Morning San Diego: Padres keeping boat afloat with a few stars on IL

  24-04-2025 15:00 via gaslampball.com
  
  Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images Everything you need to know about your San Diego Padres on the morning of April 24, 2025. Articles to read
  San Diego offense goes quiet, Padres lose (Matt DeWalt, Gaslamp Ball)
  Padres lose to Tigers, limp home with second series loss of road trip (Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune)
  After Luis Arraez collision, Padres’ Mike Shildt supports safety measures at first base (Jayson Stark, The Athletic)
  ‘Keeping the boat afloat’: Three takeaways
  
  Read more

• San Diego offense goes quiet, Padres lose

  23-04-2025 21:35 via gaslampball.com
  
  Jose Iglesias | Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images Jose Iglesias leads Padres offense with the only two hits in the game for San Diego San Diego Padres starting pitcher Kyle Hart made two mistakes on two pitches. Both resulted in solo home runs and the Detroit Tigers beat the Padres 6-0 in the final game of their three-game series at Comerica Park, Wednesday.
  Hart made his first mistake of the game and allowed a solo home run to Gleyber Torres in the bottom of the first inning. Then worked into and out
  
  Read more

• Game 25: San Diego Padres at Detroit Tigers

  23-04-2025 18:10 via gaslampball.com
  
  Photo by Leslie Plaza Johnson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Your game thread for April 23, 2025. San Diego Padres at Detroit Tigers, April 23, 2025, 10:10 a.m. PST
  Location: Comerica Park, Detroit, MI
  Watch: Padres TV, MLB Network (out of market only)
  Listen: 97.3 The Fan
  The A lineup considering the guys available (catcher is based on who’s pitching) https://t.co/T9nyElHA8D— Talking Friars (@TalkingFriars) April 23, 2025
  Today's Padres bullpen usage chart pic.twitter.com/D07zQuqe
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Good Morning San Diego: Nick Pivetta shoves, Elias Diaz homers in Padres win

  23-04-2025 15:00 via gaslampball.com
  
  Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images Everything you need to know about your San Diego Padres on the morning of April 23, 2025. Articles to read
  Nick Pivetta dominates Tigers, Padres win (Matt DeWalt, Gaslamp Ball)
  The San Diego Padres are down to their last man (Cheri Bell, Gaslamp Ball)
  San Diego Padres Michael King needs to pitch at Cy Young level (Thomas Conroy, Gaslamp Ball)
  Nick Pivetta dominant again as Padres beat Tigers (Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune)
  As Padres battle injuries, Sheets steps
  
  Read more

• The San Diego Padres are down to their last man

  23-04-2025 06:56 via gaslampball.com
  
  Yuli Gurriel | Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images Luis Campusano is the last position player available Major league managers and players often say that it takes an entire 40-man roster to make it through a major league season. Little did manager Mike Shildt or any of the Padres leadership anticipate that would be true less than a month into the 2025 season.
  The rash of injuries to the position core has forced the organization to promote every available position player on the 40-man roster exce
  
  Read more

• San Diego Padres Michael King needs to pitch at Cy Young level

  23-04-2025 06:51 via gaslampball.com
  
  San Diego Padres Michael King | Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images The right-hander is on the verge of becoming a bona fide star pitcher.No major league starter is more important to their team’s success than San Diego Padres starter Michael King. In five starts, he is 3-0 with a 2.57 ERA. King has allowed eight runs on 20 hits in 28 IP. His strikeout-to-walk ratio is a phenomenal 31 Ks to 10 BBs, approximately one walk for every three strikeouts. To say he is on the brink of a breakout seaso
  
  Read more

• Nick Pivetta dominates Tigers, Padres win

  23-04-2025 04:33 via gaslampball.com
  
  Nick Pivetta | Photo by Duane Burleson/Getty Images Elias Diaz two-run homer in the second gives San Diego enough offense to get past Detroit The San Diego Padres needed someone to step up after losing the first game to the Detroit Tigers to open their three-game series, Monday. The loss was the third for the Padres in their last four games.
  San Diego got a big pitching performance from starter Nick Pivetta. He limited scoring opportunities for Detroit by limiting hits and base traffic. Pivetta
  
  Read more

• Game 24: San Diego Padres at Detroit Tigers

  22-04-2025 23:40 via gaslampball.com
  
  Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Your game thread for April 22, 2025. San Diego Padres at Detroit Tigers, April 22, 2025, 3:40 p.m. PST
  Location: Comerica Park, Detroit, MI
  Watch: Padres TV
  Listen: 97.3 The FanPlease remember our Game Day thread guidelines.Don’t troll in your comments; create conversation rather than destroying it
  Remember Gaslamp Ball is basically a non-profanity site
  Out of respect to broadcast partners who have paid to carry the game, no mentions of &l
  
  Read more

• Padres Reacts Survey: Which injured Padres position player are you most concerned about?

  22-04-2025 18:18 via gaslampball.com
  
  Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images Half of the core six is on the shelf after the Padres got off to a hot start Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in San Diego Padres fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.
  It’s been a rough couple of weeks here for the Padres, as they’ve lost Jackson Merrill (hamstring), Brandon Lockridge (hamstring), Jake Crone
  
  Read more

• Good Morning San Diego: Luis Arraez back in San Diego after landing on IL

  22-04-2025 15:00 via gaslampball.com
  
  Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images Everything you need to know about your San Diego Padres on the morning of April 22, 2025. Articles to read
  Randy Vasquez struggles, Padres lose to Tigers (Matt DeWalt, Gaslamp Ball)
  Padres drop series opener to Tigers as Randy Vásquez struggles (Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune)
  Padres pregame: Mason McCoy up as Luis Arraez hits concussion list (Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune)
  Padres’ Luis Arraez placed on 7-day IL after collision with Astr
  
  Read more

• Randy Vasquez struggles, Padres lose to Tigers

  22-04-2025 04:45 via gaslampball.com
  
  Gavin Sheets | Lon Horwedel-Imagn Images Mounting injuries hamper San Diego lineupThe San Diego Padres M.A.S.H. Unit rolled into Detroit to play the Tigers in the first of three games at Comerica Park, Monday.With injuries to Jackson Merrill, Jake Cronenworth, Jason Heyward and most recently, Luis Arraez, the starting lineup looked significantly different in Game 23 than it did on Opening Day. That did not stop the Padres from competing, but the Tigers took the win 6-4.
  Randy Vasquez started the
  
  Read more

• Game 23: San Diego Padres at Detroit Tigers

  21-04-2025 23:40 via gaslampball.com
  
  Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images Your game thread for April 21, 2025. San Diego Padres at Detroit Tigers, April 21, 2025, 3:40 p.m. PST
  Location: Comerica Park, Detroit, MI
  Watch: Padres TV, FS1 (Nationally)
  Listen: 97.3 The FanPlease remember our Game Day thread guidelines.Don’t troll in your comments; create conversation rather than destroying it
  Remember Gaslamp Ball is basically a non-profanity site
  Out of respect to broadcast partners who have paid to carry the game, no mentions o
  
  Read more

• Luis Arraez To Go On Concussion IL

  21-04-2025 21:30 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  April 21: Arraez is in concussion protocol and will go on the 7-day concussion IL, per Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune.
  April 20, 10:11PM: In what appears to be great news, Arraez returned to the Padres clubhouse postgame and was happily chatting with teammates, Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune reports.  Arraez will stay in Houston overnight for observation, but could rejoin the team in Detroit as early as tomorrow.
  7:23PM: During an in-game interview with ESPN’s Bu
  
  Read more

• Luis Arraez To Be Placed On Concussion IL

  21-04-2025 21:30 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  April 21: Arraez is in concussion protocol and will go on the 7-day concussion IL, per Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune.
  April 20, 10:11PM: In what appears to be great news, Arraez returned to the Padres clubhouse postgame and was happily chatting with teammates, Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune reports.  Arraez will stay in Houston overnight for observation, but could rejoin the team in Detroit as early as tomorrow.
  7:23PM: During an in-game interview with ESPN’s Bu
  
  Read more

• Good Morning San Diego: Luis Arraez out of Houston hospital after collision

  21-04-2025 15:00 via gaslampball.com
  
  Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images Everything you need to know about your San Diego Padres on the morning of April 21, 2025. Articles to read
  San Diego gets 3-2 win, avoids sweep in Houston (Matt DeWalt, Gaslamp Ball)
  The San Diego Padres have road issues (Cheri Bell, Gaslamp Ball)
  Is it time for Padres to move on from Yuli Gurriel, other veterans? (Matt DeWalt, Gaslamp Ball)
  Fernando Tatis Jr. leads Padres past Astros after Luis Arraez hospitalized following collision (Kevin Acee, San Diego Union
  
  Read more

• San Diego gets 3-2 win, avoids sweep in Houston

  21-04-2025 04:47 via gaslampball.com
  
  Fernando Tatis Jr. | Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images Fernando Tatis Jr. scores all three runs for Padres For the second time in two days, Fernando Tatis Jr. hit a solo home run to give the San Diego Padres a lead against the Houston Astros. His home run Sunday, put the Padres on top of the Astros 3-2 en route to a win.
  Tatis Jr. came up with two out in the bottom of the seventh inning and wasted no time, jumping on the first pitch from Houston relief pitcher Tayler Scott. Tatis Jr. hit a 427-fo
  
  Read more

• The San Diego Padres have road issues

  21-04-2025 03:04 via gaslampball.com
  
  Dylan Cease | Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images Some starting pitchers need to improve The San Diego Padres are terrific at home. Their 12-1 home record is the best in baseball. While it is not unusual to have less success on the road, the Padres have glaring issues with some of their starting pitchers in games away from Petco Park.
  The starting five of Michael King, Dylan Cease, Randy Vasquez, Nick Pivetta and Kyle Hart have a combined 1.57 ERA at home. They have 75 K’s and 19 BB, allo
  
  Read more

• Luis Arraez Carted Off Field After Collision At First Base

  21-04-2025 01:53 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  Padres designated hitter Luis Arraez suffered an apparent head or neck injury after a big collision with Astros second baseman Mauricio Dubon in tonight’s game.  Arraez was thrown out at first base while trying to bunt for a base hit, and ran headfirst into Dubon’s shoulder while the second baseman was covering the bag.  Arraez was down on the field and almost motionless for several minutes, and had to be carted off once his head and neck area was stabilized by a brace.&nbs
  
  Read more

• Game 22: San Diego Padres at Houston Astros

  21-04-2025 00:10 via gaslampball.com
  
  Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Your game thread for April 20, 2025. San Diego Padres at Houston Astros, April 20, 2025, 4:10 p.m. PST
  Location: Daikin Park, Houston, TX
  Watch: ESPN
  Listen: 97.3 The FanPlease remember our Game Day thread guidelines.Don’t troll in your comments; create conversation rather than destroying it
  Remember Gaslamp Ball is basically a non-profanity site
  Out of respect to broadcast partners who have paid to carry the game, no mentions of “al
  
  Read more

• Is it time for Padres to move on from Yuli Gurriel, other veterans?

  20-04-2025 16:42 via gaslampball.com
  
  Yuli Gurriel | David Banks-Imagn Images Return of key players could, should mean end of the line for San Diego bench pieces The core of the San Diego Padres from a position player standpoint, is Manny Machado, Fernando Tatis Jr., Xander Bogaerts and Jake Cronenworth. Jackson Merrill joined that group with his team-friendly contract extension earlier this year.
  First HR of the season for Jackson Merrill! pic.twitter.com/eOWO1YT064— Talking Friars (@TalkingFriars) April 2, 2025
  The fanbase i
  
  Read more

• Good Morning San Diego: Tirso Ornelas called up, makes MLB debut in Padres loss

  20-04-2025 15:00 via gaslampball.com
  
  Photo by Rob Leiter/MLB Photos via Getty Images Everything you need to know about your San Diego Padres on the morning of April 20, 2025. Articles to read
  Bullpen falters, Padres drop second game to Astros (Matt DeWalt, Gaslamp Ball)
  Padres call up Tijuana’s Tirso Ornelas as Jason Heyward heads to IL (Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune)
  Padres drop second straight to Astros (Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune)
  Padres prospect Tirso Ornelas gets first call-up as Jason Heyward lands on IL
  
  Read more

• Bullpen falters, Padres drop second game to Astros

  20-04-2025 04:32 via gaslampball.com
  
  Michael King | Thomas Shea-Imagn Images San Diego in danger of sweep in Houston The bullpen has been a strength for the San Diego Padres all season. However, the Houston Astros were able to scratch out a run in the bottom of the seventh inning off Jeremiah Estrada, which allowed them to earn a 3-2 win at Daikin Park in Houston, Saturday.
  The Padres enjoyed a 2-0 lead in the sixth inning, but Michael King allowed a two-run home run to Christian Walker in the bottom of the sixth that tied the game
  
  Read more

• Padres Place Jason Heyward On Injured List, Recall Tirso Ornelas

  20-04-2025 01:00 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The Padres announced this afternoon that they’ve placed Jason Heyward on the 10-day injured list due to inflammation in his left knee. They’ve recalled outfielder Tirso Ornelas to the major league roster to replace Heyward. Ornelas’s first game will be his MLB debut, and his expected call-up was first reported by Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union Tribune earlier this afternoon.
  Ornelas, 25, was signed by the Padres out of Tijuana, Mexico and made his pro debut in 2017. He&rsquo
  
  Read more

• Game 21: San Diego Padres at Houston Astros

  20-04-2025 00:10 via gaslampball.com
  
  Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images Your game thread for April 19, 2025. San Diego Padres at Houston Astros, April 19, 2025, 4:10 p.m. PST
  Location: Daikin Park, Houston, TX
  Watch: Padres TV and FS1 (Nationally)
  Listen: 97.3 The FanPlease remember our Game Day thread guidelines.Don’t troll in your comments; create conversation rather than destroying it
  Remember Gaslamp Ball is basically a non-profanity site
  Out of respect to broadcast partners who have paid to carry the game, no mentions
  
  Read more

• Good Morning San Diego: Padres not putting timetable on Jackson Merrill

  19-04-2025 15:00 via gaslampball.com
  
  Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Everything you need to know about your San Diego Padres on the morning of April 19, 2025. Articles to read
  San Diego fails to capitalize on opportunities, falls in Houston (Matt DeWalt, Gaslamp Ball)
  Padres are hunting, not fishing (Cheri Bell, Gaslamp Ball)
  Padres minor league update week #3 (Cheri Bell, Gaslamp Ball)
  Fan Survey Results: Which Padre has been the best addition to this year’s team so far? (me)
  Padres flood bases again but f
  
  Read more

Follow @Padres_News_ on Twitter!