Street, Richard have negative value this year, says publication

The publication Business Insider has used a formula to calculate Major League Baseball players' dollar value in 2013. Two Padres make the list of the 25 most overpaid. Relief pitcher Huston Street has a value of minus-$23.8 million this year, …

According to sources which cannot be confirmed as reliable, the Miami Marlins beat the San Diego Padres

Major League Baseball’s deal with the Fox Network includes some sort of provision that when Fox shows a game to a National audience, other games being played in that time slot can’t be shown on their normal regional television coverage. …

The Padres are back to .500 after beating the Marlins and close to 2 1/2 games behind division lead

The Padres got off to a good start on the 10-game road trip, beating the Miami Marlins 9-2 on Friday night in the first game of a four-game wrap-around series. Padres starter Edinson Volquez had a nice outing, walking only …

With so many fans and sports experts in media claiming the Padres need more starting pitching to compete, will the club see things the same way?

With the Padres splitting four games against the Los Angeles Dodgers and then losing two of three to the Philadelphia Phillies, leaving on a 10-game road trip back East could have started with a better home stand prior to departure. …

Social media suggests that the Padres fans are ready to see the club part ways with important pieces of the team

Four games with the Dodgers at Petco Park, and the Padres take the first two and drop the second two. Fan reaction? For two days they sang the praises of the club, and for two days they wanted half of …

Study compares resale ticket prices, winning percentage, competition quality

According to MarketWatch, a Texas company, TicketCity, has done a study of how much bang baseball fans get for their buck. The Padres rank 28th among 30 Major League Baseball teams. First, TicketCity considers the price of tickets bought from …

The Padres win their second straight over the beleaguered Los Angeles Dodgers and where does this end?

When the Padres dropped two of three in San Francisco, falling back to .500 and back into fourth place in the National League West, twitter and Facebook lit up with such negativity. The Padres come home and win the first …

For the second night, the Padres bull pen fails to hold a lead and the Giants prevail

Padres starter Eric Stults certainly pitched well enough to win, but the bull pen failed his outstanding effort, something that has been happening far too often this season. Wednesday, the Giants came back to win 4-2, and take the rubber …

The Padres didn't go down without a fight, but the Giants finally got to the Friars bull pen late

You knew it had to come to an end sometime. On Tuesday, the San Francisco Giants broke the Padres seven game winning streak with a 5-4 victory at AT&T Park. It was a well-played and close game throughout, with heroics …

It took a bunt in the thirteenth inning for the Padres to get by the Giants in extra innings

And then there was one. The Padres outlasted the San Francisco Giants 5-3 on Monday night in 13 innings, and coupled with a loss by the division-leading Arizona Diamondbacks, the Friars are only one game behind the Snakes. The Padres …

The Arizona Diamondbacks fell to the Padres again and the hottest team in baseball has won six straight

The Padres went up against the division-leading Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday with two possibilities if they won: Gaining on the division leaders and sweeping their second series in a row. Behind the pitching of Clayton Richard and the power bats …

Don't look now, but the Padres are playing .500 ball and gaining on the division leader

When the Padres opened the season at 5-15, there weren’t many who considered the club attaining an even record at any point in the season, much less before the All-Star break. But on Saturday night, the Padres did just that …

With Eric Stults on the mound, the Padres didn't need much offense to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks

Eric Stults did something on Friday night that no Padres pitcher has accomplished this season, which was to throw a complete game. Behind Stults, the Padres defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks, 2-1. Giving up the run on just two hits and …

Edinson Volquez threw well and the Braves fell to the Padres again amidst brooms and dustpans

The Atlanta Braves came to Petco Park as the best team in the National League while the Padres were limping along well below even on the season. Three games later, the tables have been turned as the scrappy Padres beat …

Andrew Cashner's pitching carries Padres on a low-offense win over the Braves

The Padres continue to hang on in close games as of late, even in games like the one on Tuesday evening where the prolific hitting seen lately took the night off. San Diego put up one run in each of …

The San Diego Padres have added giveaways to their schedule and some of it is interesting stuff

People like free stuff, even if the free stuff costs money. Proof lies inside of Petco Park on what had become the rare giveaway, everything from beach towels to pet scarves to tee-shirts to bobble-head dolls. During such giveaways, the …

The San Diego Padres had an early lead and barely held on to beat the Atlanta Braves

After coming home from a seven-game road trip where they won three and lost four, the Padres faced the National League Eastern Division-leading Atlanta Braves on Monday evening. The Padres offense was efficient in stranding no runners, and it turned …

While Toronto managed to salvage one game of the three-game series with San Diego, attention turns towards Los Angeles and the Dodgers

So what did Sunday night prove in the long run? Not a lot. While the Padres would have loved a sweep of the visiting Toronto Blue Jays, the extra innings took their toll and the Jays took the final game …

San Diego downs Toronto again, while we can easily belittle statistics in favor of asthetics

The Padres continue to do no wrong (or little wrong) in the last couple of games, battling the Toronto Blue Jays who have some stellar bats in their lineup. Robbie Erlin was called up and pitched well enough to earn …

In a game that started on May 31st and ended on June 1st, the Padres outlasted the Toronto Blue Jays in many several extra innings

The only planned marathon close to happening in San Diego is to take place on Monday, finishing near Petco Park, but on Friday night and into Saturday morning, an unplanned marathon took place between the Padres and the Toronto Blue …