https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/page/15/?d=21enhttps://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/jake-cronenworth-is-becoming-more-impactful-but-padres-require-a-balancing-act-r3376/It'd be easy to look at the season of Jake Cronenworth and not walk away with anything of note. Such is life when you've missed two months of the year while residing on the concussion-related injured list. However, the early returns upon his, well, return are encouraging for a San Diego Padres t...3376Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:54:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/how-miguel-andujars-injury-alters-padres-trade-deadline-plans-r3381/Less than two weeks away from Major League Baseball's 2026 trade deadline, we still lack a clear picture as to how A.J. Preller and the San Diego Padres will operate. They're two games out of the National League's final wild card spot, with their performance on a given night featuring so much va...3381Thu, 23 Jul 2026 13:54:01 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/jackson-merrill-must-counter-pitchers-adjustment-that-has-exploited-his-primary-flaw-at-the-plate-r3375/Jackson Merrill can still punish a fastball left over the heart of the plate. What has changed this year is the cost of missing anywhere else. That difference separates the hitter who tormented right-handed pitching during his first two seasons from the one carrying a 66 wRC+ against righties th...3375Wed, 22 Jul 2026 23:00:03 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-three-biggest-positional-needs-ahead-of-the-mlb-trade-deadline-r3372/Hovering around .500, the San Diego Padres remain firmly in the National League wild-card race, but several holes throughout the roster have prevented them from living up to their preseason expectations.  While San Diego is still waiting for breakouts from their stars that would immediately...3372Wed, 22 Jul 2026 13:50:01 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/three-padres-who-will-make-or-break-san-diegos-trade-deadline-direction-r3370/Despite the fact that the San Diego Padres have come out of the All-Star Break in the same uneven fashion in which they entered it, they remain on the outskirts of the National League playoff picture. Entering the week, they're 2.5 games out of the last wild card spot and, as such, do not appear...3370Tue, 21 Jul 2026 13:55:01 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-week-in-review-sunday-fun-day-salvages-lost-weekend-r3366/San Diego Padres Weekly Snapshot Record last week: 1-2 (48-48) Runs scored last week: 26 Runs allowed last week: 15 (season run differential: minus-32)     Scores Monday: All-Star break Tuesday: American League 4, National League 0 We...3366Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:05:01 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-trade-deadline-plans-will-be-unfurled-by-michael-king-r3367/As a true .500 team entering the second half, the San Diego Padres are right on the buy/sell fence. They’re close enough to the playoffs where pushing their chips would be defensible, but so would a calculated retreat. And the player who sits atop the proverbial fence is Michael King.   Kin...3367Mon, 20 Jul 2026 13:52:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-rotation-cant-escape-their-fatal-flaw-in-second-half-r3365/To say that the San Diego Padres have a rotation issue would serve as a rather severe understatement. Nor would it be a stretch to declare their playoff hopes to be all but over, if it's not rectified in short order. Not that the Padres were ever supposed to be a team that could lean on the...3365Sat, 18 Jul 2026 15:02:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/making-sense-of-walker-buehlers-confusing-first-half-with-padres-r3347/Walker Buehler is having a confounding season on the mound, and if the San Diego Padres want to salvage any chance at a playoff run down the stretch, he’s going to have to figure out how to be more consistnet. Fresh off of a brief stint where he flashed signs of his old self in 2025, the veteran...3347Fri, 17 Jul 2026 13:51:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-week-in-review-a-good-way-to-enter-the-all-star-break-r3337/San Diego Padres Weekly Snapshot Record last week: 4-3 Runs scored last week: 31 Runs allowed last week: 32 (season run differential: minus-43)     Scores Game 90 (Monday): Diamondbacks 8, Padres 0 Game 91 (Tuesday): Padres 4, Diamondbacks 1...3337Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:07:01 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/yuki-matsui-is-the-padres-master-escape-artist-r3338/Yuki Matsui's 2.23 ERA tells a simple story: A left-handed reliever misses bats at an elite rate, strands nearly every baserunner he allows, and has become another dependable late-inning arm for the San Diego Padres. The good news? The results support that story. But they also raise one imp...3338Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:09:01 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/bradgley-rodriguezs-changeup-has-changed-everything-r3330/There is one number that follows Bradgley Rodriguez everywhere. Not a highlight, not a moment, but a data point: 41%. That is how often he throws his changeup. For a pitcher sitting 98.1 mph on the fastball, that alone makes the profile feel off-axis. Most pitchers with that kind of velocity lea...3330Thu, 09 Jul 2026 23:04:01 +0000