https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/page/24/?d=21enhttps://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/san-diego-padres-arbitration-decisions-projections-jason-adam-r2706/The San Diego Padres' 2025 season ended too soon, but that just means extra prep time for the offseason. One of the linchpins of the amazing bullpen is Jason Adam, who is one of many players entering the offseason with one final year of arbitration eligibility.  Originally drafted in the fi...2706Fri, 31 Oct 2025 13:52:01 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/joe-musgrove-cannot-be-treated-as-the-answer-to-padres-rotation-depth-woes-r2705/Now more than one year removed from the last time he was seen on a mound in a professional baseball game, Joe Musgrove is set to be thrust right back into a high-leverage role in the San Diego Padres' rotation in 2026. The upcoming rotation problems the Padres are set to face has been well...2705Tue, 28 Oct 2025 13:50:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-need-for-backup-catcher-is-glaring-but-it-wont-make-or-break-their-offseason-r2704/Even with an executive as busy as A.J. Preller, few elements of the San Diego Padres organization have seen more turnover over the last handful of years than the one behind the plate.  In 2023, the team rolled out a group that consisted of, at various points, Gary Sánchez, Austin Nola, Luis...2704Mon, 27 Oct 2025 13:54:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/heres-why-i-am-opposed-to-the-automatic-ball-strike-challenge-system-r2674/Major League Baseball is implementing the challenge system in 2026. Many fans are happy, believing their team will no longer be screwed by bad umpires making horrible calls. It’s true that there have been bad umpires in the MLB, notably Angel Hernandez, who was known for having one of the larges...2674Sat, 25 Oct 2025 13:56:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/grading-the-2025-san-diego-padres-starting-pitchers-r2703/In terms of the whole pitching staff, the San Diego Padres boasted one of the top groups of arms in all of Major League Baseball in 2025. They ranked 11th in fWAR (16.6), third in ERA (3.64), and fourth in strikeout rate (23.8 percent). The collective also allowed the fifth-lowest rate of hard c...2703Fri, 24 Oct 2025 13:58:01 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-payroll-moves-could-put-2026-power-within-reach-r2692/The San Diego Padres’ 2026 financial outlook is the product of a carefully engineered correction after years of excess. The team's payroll reached a high of $256 million in 2023 and is projected to decrease to around $210 million in 2026, still ranking in the top 10 in the MLB, but more in line...2692Thu, 23 Oct 2025 16:14:01 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/san-diego-padres-arbitration-decisions-projections-adrian-morejon-r2699/Although the San Diego Padres' 2025 season didn’t end the way the team hoped, many players on the squad had excellent performances, especially in the team's historically-great bullpen. Included in these successes is Adrian Morejon, who enters this offseason with one final year of arbitration eli...2699Thu, 23 Oct 2025 13:59:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/tarik-skubal-hunter-greene-or-freddy-peralta-which-ace-should-the-padres-trade-for-this-offseason-r2702/When it comes to the state of the San Diego Padres' rotation, it's perhaps best to think of a classroom filled with insatiably curious students and a gym teacher cosplaying as a physics professor: there's lots of questions, and very few answers. Looking at the projected 2026 group, Nick Piv...2702Wed, 22 Oct 2025 13:59:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/grading-the-2025-san-diego-padres-outfielders-r2701/It's hard to know what to make of the San Diego Padres' group of outfielders in 2025. On one hand, it's a group that finished seventh in fWAR among outfield groups across the landscape of Major League Baseball. The team got a full season out of Fernando Tatis Jr., a breakout season out of Gavin...2701Tue, 21 Oct 2025 13:52:01 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-set-attendance-records-in-2025-and-now-san-diego-needs-to-live-up-to-fans-loyalty-r2691/The San Diego Padres may not have had a record-setting season on the field, but their fans had another season for the record books.  Petco Park sold 72 out of its 81 home games, a new record in 2025. In total, San Diego brought in 3,437,201 fans in 2025, breaking their record previously set...2691Mon, 20 Oct 2025 13:52:00 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/jackson-merrill-led-the-padres-when-it-mattered-most-r2700/After looking lifeless and losing elimination games in back-to-back seasons, is it time to question Manny Machado’s ability to be the leader of a World Series-contending team? In the third and final game of the Wild Card series against the Chicago Cubs, the San Diego Padres came out complet...2700Sun, 19 Oct 2025 14:37:54 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/the-future-of-yu-darvish-is-beginning-to-sound-ominous-r2698/The San Diego Padres have work to do in their starting rotation this winter. Dylan Cease is a free agent. So is Nestor Cortes Jr. (though his second-half dud of a tenure made a reunion pursuit unlikely, anyway). Michael King carries a mutual option, meaning he's a virtual certainty to opt out. W...2698Sat, 18 Oct 2025 13:54:02 +0000