Padres drop another one to the Royals in spring training
The San Diego Padres battled but couldn't get past the Kansas City Royals in Cactus League play and dropped a 5-4 decision in Peoria
Jason Marquis was pretty sharp in his debut in 2013 for the Padres, but San Diego ultimately lost to the Kansas City Royals on Thursday, 5-4. After Padres starter Jason Marquis pitched two practically flawless innings, the Royals got a …
Padres drop a pair of split-squad games to the A's and the Rockies
The San Diego Padres lost two games in one day in Cactus League Play, losing 11-6 to the Oakland Athletics and 6-3 to the Colorado Rockies
In Arizona on Wednesday, the Padres split their squad and sent half to face the Oakland Athletics and kept the other half in Peoria to face the Colorado Rockies. San Diego dropped both games, 11-6 to Oakland and 6-3 to …
Padres beat Reds as Gyorko yanks another home run, 7-5
Jedd Gyorko hits his third home run of spring training and the Padres prevail 7-5 over the Reds
Jedd Gyorko had better knock it off or everyone is going to think that his power is commonplace. Gyorko lit up Cincinnati's Wilkin De La Rosa for his third home run of the pre-season to seal the deal and the …
Padres lose series to Mariners Sunday but rebound to take Monday's game from Brewers
While San Diego lost 'Vedder Cup Light' to Seattle, they even their Cactus league record at 2-2 with a victory over Milwaukee on Monday
Freddy Garcia was shelled in his first outing with the San Diego Padres, as the Seattle Mariners crushed the Friars 8-3 on Sunday afternoon in Peoria. The bottom of the first inning sealed the deal, and the Mariners won the …
Mariners beat Padres 8-6 to force rubber game
The Mariners homered three times to hold off the Padres 8-6 in Cactus League play on Saturday
Saturday’s game between the Seattle Mariners and the San Diego Padres in Peoria was a mostly contest of 2-run home runs. Unfortunately for the Padres, they could only manage one of those home runs while Seattle hit three of them …
Padres beat Mariners 9-3 in charity game opener to spring training
The San Diego Padres got off to a quick start and beat the Seattle Mariners on Friday afternoon in Peoria, Arizona to begin the spring training schedule in Cactus League play
Jedd Gyorko certainly made a fast impression on the Padres coaching staff on Friday afternoon in Peoria, belting a grand slam off of Seattle Mariners pitcher Hector Noesi as San Diego beat the Mariners 9-3 in the annual charity game …
Two more Padres implicated in Biogenesis scandal
Everth Cabrera and Fautino De Los Santos are two more Padres linked to documents from a clinic in Florida that allegedly dispensed performance enhancing drugs, joining suspended catcher Yasmani Grandal.
According to documents obtained by ESPN's Outside The Lines, San Diego Padres shortstop Everth Cabrera and relief pitcher Fautino De Los Santos are among five players appearing in documents obtained by the investigative series. The South Florida clinic, Biogenesis, was …
Padres catcher Yasmani Grandal holds "press conference" about suspension for banned substance
Grandal delivers a speech from a piece of paper in front of media in Peoria, Arizona after addressing teammates in clubhouse concerning 50-game suspension for failing MLB test for performance enhancing drugs
On Saturday, February 16th - the first day that the Padres were to have all players at their spring training facility in Peoria, Arizona - Yasmani Grandal addressed his teammates in a private meeting in the clubhouse concerning his 50-game …
Padres do little in off-season
The San Diego Padres have signed back their 4th place team from last season but have done little else to compete in 2013.
In 1981, Tracy Kidder wrote and published a Pulitzer Prize winning book, The Soul Of A New Machine, about a group of engineers - young and old - with the now-defunct Data General that raced to catch up with 32-bit …
Big changes at Padres flagship radio station
Dave & Jeff Show plus Josh and Charod are axed to make room for something entirely different that could be much of the same.
Monday morning, sports-talk radio fans of the flagship station of the San Diego Padres, XX1090, awoke to the voice of Lee "Hacksaw" Hamilton rather than the voices of Dave Palet and Jeff Dotseth. Palet and Dotseth, talk jocks of the …
Rangers receive Burns from Padres
Cory Burns goes to the Texas Rangers and the San Diego Padres will receive either a player to be named later or cash.
On Wednesday, the San Diego Padres announced that Cory Burns has been traded to the Texas Rangers in exchange for a player to be named later or else cash considerations. Burns was dropped from the Padres 40-man roster on November …
Buddy Black's future ensured by Padres ownership
Padres manager Buddy Black has his 2014 and 2015 options picked up by new ownership group.
On Monday, the San Diego Padres announced that they picked up the options on manager Buddy Black's contract. The original contract was extended back in 2010, to run through 2013 with club options for the 2014 and 2015 season. Now, …
Remember the Alamodome?
Padres and Rangers set to play a pair in the Alamodome, ghost of Davy Crockett to toss out the first pitch.
Baseball in the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas? Why not? After all, they've hosted football and basketball games, and the Padres AA affiliate, the San Antonio Missions have been a pretty good draw over the years. And so it shall …
Padres trade a pair with the Athletics
Andy Parrino and Andrew Werner go to Oakland in exchange for two other guys you've probably never heard of.
In a trade that seems to make little sense from some angles, the San Diego Padres announced on Friday that infielder Andy Parrino and left-handed pitcher Andrew Werner have been dealt to the Oakland Athletics in exchange for first baseman …
The BBWAA sucks
Why didn't Chase Headley get a second place vote, or even a third place nod?
Hey, you let baseball writers vote on something and you get what you get. Generally, they get it right, but they get it wrong as well. Buster Posey won the Most Valuable Player Award in the National League, that much …
A 2012 Silver Slugger Award for Chase Headley
Chase Headley becomes the 3rd San Diego Padres third baseman to ever win Silver Slugger Award.
Chase Headley (pictured) will need to make some more room on his trophy mantle, as Hillerich & Bradsby — the manufacturer of Louisville Slugger bats — announced on Thursday that Chase has been awarded a Silver Slugger Award as the …
Yasmani Grandal Suspended 50 Games
Padres starting catcher Yasmani Grandal suspended 50 games by MLB for testing positive for elevated testosterone levels.
On Wednesday, the Office of the Commissioner of Major League Baseball announced that Padres starting catcher Yasmani Grandal is effectively suspended for 50 games for violating the substance abuse policy as outlined in the latest collective bargaining agreement between the …
More Roster Moves for the Padres
In Trimming Their 40-man Roster, Padres Drop Two to Reinstate Five
The San Diego Padres continue to shape their 40-man roster to accommodate which players they want to protect and which players they'll dangle as being eligible for other teams in the upcoming Rule 5 Draft in December. Today the team …
Chase Headley Wins Gold Glove
Headley Wins First Rawlings Gold Glove
When Chase Headley came up, the Padres organization didn't think much of his skills at third base. In fact, after a small cup of coffee in 2007, he played in a little over half of the games in the 2008 …
Padres Make First Off-season Roster Moves
Ali Solis Claimed by the Pittsburgh Pirates After Being Dropped from the 40-man Roster
As noted prior to the end of the season, it was evident that the San Diego Padres would be undergoing some changes in order to protect valued prospects from being drafted in the Rule 5, coming up on the sixth …