https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/page/10/?d=21enhttps://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/how-the-seidler-family-revamped-padres-baseball%C2%A0-r3108/When Peter Seidler and Ron Fowler purchased the San Diego Padres in the middle of the 2012 season, the Padres were in a rough spot. The team had not made the playoffs since 2006 and was mired in their fourth losing season in five years. Outside of a 90-win campaign in 2010 that saw the Padres mi...3108Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:57:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-week-in-review-mason-miller-nears-team-scoreless-streak-record-r3095/San Diego Padres Weekly Snapshot Record last week: 5-1 Runs scored last week: 22 Runs allowed last week: 19 Standings     Scores Game 17 (Tuesday): Padres 4, Mariners 1 Game 18 (Wednesday): Padres 7, Mariners 6 Game 19 (Thursday): Pad...3095Mon, 20 Apr 2026 18:00:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-record-sale-price-merely-raises-the-bar-for-mlb-franchises-r3106/In isolation, the record-shattering sale of the San Diego Padres is a head-scratcher. Why would Jose E. Feliciano's group pay $3.9 billion for the franchise? That price is more than 60 percent higher than the $2.42 billion Steve Cohen paid for the New York Mets in 2020, and it's 25 percent more...3106Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:52:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/four-padres-facing-crucial-option-decisions-after-2026-r3098/While the 2026 season is barely three weeks old, it's never too early to look ahead to the San Diego Padres' next offseason. There are four Friars who are facing decisions on whether they should opt-out of their contracts or remain in San Diego for at least 2027. This on top of the six play...3098Sun, 19 Apr 2026 16:03:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/jos%C3%A9-e-feliciano-ushers-in-the-linkedin-ification-of-the-san-diego-padres-r3105/José E. Feliciano, the San Diego Padres’ next owner, isn’t an AI-generated billionaire. He only sounds like one.  “As I recently discussed at Bloomberg Invest, this inflection point will generate significant investment opportunities for disciplined investors…” read a recent LinkedIn post....3105Sat, 18 Apr 2026 16:31:00 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/jake-cronenworth-might-be-playing-his-way-onto-the-padres-bench-r3101/Jake Cronenworth had a lot to prove going into this season. After back-to-back All-Star campaigns in 2021 and 2022, Cronenworth has been a league-average player over the past three years. The San Diego Padres’ infielder has carried a 99 OPS+ from 2023-2025 while averaging less than 2.0 bWAR per...3101Fri, 17 Apr 2026 21:04:03 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-sale-reaching-its-final-steps-amidst-mlb-record-evaluation-r3102/At long last, the San Diego Padres' franchise sale saga appears to be nearing its end. The Seidler family has chosen its winning bidder, private-equity billionaire José E. Feliciano and his wife, Kwanza Jones. First on the news was Jared Diamond and Miriam Gottfried of the Wall Street Journal....3102Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:56:00 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/matt-waldron-cant-replace-nick-pivetta-but-he-can-save-his-padres-career-r3100/With Nick Pivetta facing an extended absence with a flexor strain in his elbow, the San Diego Padres will need to deploy their starting pitching volume earlier than they might have anticipated. Each of Griffin Canning and Matt Waldron were already on rehab assignment, but it’s the latter that’ll...3100Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:59:01 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/who-is-to-blame-for-joe-musgroves-setback-padres-pitcher-or-no-one-r3092/In discussing his current status following a spring training setback in his comeback from Tommy John surgery, San Diego Padres right-handed starter Joe Musgrove had this to say: "[I don't anticipate having to] build up all the way to six (innings) and 100 (pitches) before I’m back, but they...3092Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:04:01 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/gavin-sheets-grip-on-padres-first-base-job-is-loosening-r3097/There was a brief moment over the weekend where it looked like San Diego Padres first baseman Gavin Sheets was shaking off the early season rust and morphing back into the excelling, change-of-scenery bat that he’d been for much of 2025. After a solo home run early in the game, Sheets sent a thr...3097Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:59:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/april-showers-sap-padres-power-petco-park-fueling-friars-unlucky-bats-r3093/The San Diego Padres are on something of a roll. After starting the season 1-4, they’ve won 10 of their past 12 and own the second-best record in the National League. Usually, when a team is racking up wins with such ferocity, there is a bit of good fortune at play, but the Padres have gotten of...3093Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:35:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/can-padres-compensate-for-a-potential-long-term-nick-pivetta-absence-r3090/For all of the concerns that we might have had around the starting pitching for the San Diego Padres, the rotation has actually been quite solid in the early going. Their collective 1.3 fWAR ranks 12th among all starting staffs while also sitting in the top 12 in ERA (3.82) and strikeout rate (2...3090Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:58:01 +0000