https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/page/26/?d=21enhttps://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/grading-the-2025-san-diego-padres-infielders-r2684/Manny Machado: A- Machado had a good season in 2025. If I were grading just based on the first half of the season, he would receive an A grade. However, his numbers did dip in the second half of the season. Machado finished with 4.1 bWAR and led the team with 159 games played. He was also the...2684Wed, 08 Oct 2025 13:52:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/san-diego-padres-2025-reliever-of-the-year-r2675/The Padres’ 2025 season was built on the strength of their bullpen. Whether it was closing out tight games, bridging shaky starts, or racking up strikeouts in high-leverage moments, San Diego leaned heavily on its relief corps. Several arms turned in All-Star caliber performances, and the group...2675Tue, 07 Oct 2025 13:57:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/how-dansby-swanson-single-handedly-stopped-the-padres-offense-in-nlwc-r2683/As it became clear the Padres would be headed to Wrigley Field to take on the Chicago Cubs in the NL Wild Card series, it always felt like an uphill battle awaited San Diego. The Cubs have been one of the best home teams in baseball all season, and the Padres' offense has been wildly inconsisten...2683Mon, 06 Oct 2025 13:57:03 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/it-was-always-going-to-end-this-way-for-2025-san-diego-padres-r2682/The San Diego Padres saw their season come to an end on Thursday at Wrigley Field with a result that has to feel eerily familiar to anyone associated with last year's group. Steady pitching can't overcome a complete absence of run production, no matter how loaded the bullpen might be. And after...2682Fri, 03 Oct 2025 13:55:01 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/the-must-win-padres-matchup-against-the-cubs-by-the-numbers-r2681/Padres pitching dominated Cubs hitters on Wednesday, forcing a winner-take-all game three in Chicago. The starters are right-handers Jameson Taillon for Chicago and Yu Darvish for San Diego. In 2025, Taillon posted a 3.68 ERA, and Darvish a 5.38 as an injury-plagued season limited him to only 15...2681Thu, 02 Oct 2025 15:18:01 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/fernando-tatis-jrs-glove-compensating-for-bat-in-cubs-series-r2679/The San Diego Padres forced a decisive Game 3 against the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday afternoon, stealing a 3-0 win at Wrigley Field. It was another game where the offense had difficulty breaking through, going just 1-for-11 with runners in scoring position. Things would have been quite a bit narr...2679Thu, 02 Oct 2025 13:52:01 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-bullpen-stars-as-san-diego-forces-game-three-in-wrigley-r2680/When the Padres traded to acquire Mason Miller at the deadline, I was skeptical. Did this team really need another reliever, already boasting a record three All-Star relievers in 2025? Was it really worth sending the Athletics the third-ranked overall prospect in baseball?  As it turns out,...2680Thu, 02 Oct 2025 00:32:35 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/the-cubs-top-four-hitters-may-pose-an-insurmountable-hurdle-for-the-padres-r2673/The Padres have a problem that is very unusual in the postseason: a lineup constructed to display its Achilles' heel. The left-handed power and the switch-hitter of the Chicago Cubs present a strategic dilemma.  The Cubs' Core Strength: Busch, Hoerner, Happ, Tucker The four best Chicag...2673Wed, 01 Oct 2025 17:20:00 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/running-the-numbers-on-the-padres-cubs-game-two-matchup-r2678/Chicago will treat today as a tandem day on the mound: Andrew Kittredge will open, then Shota Imanaga will follow with a bulk outing. Kittredge worked a clean eighth yesterday. This season, he has held right-handed hitters to a .690 OPS and left-handed hitters to a .541 OPS while his season FIP...2678Wed, 01 Oct 2025 15:16:01 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-bats-predictably-quiet-in-wild-card-opener-vs-cubs-r2676/The San Diego Padres dropped Game 1 of their wild card series against the Chicago Cubs in a fashion that was likely visible from a mile away. With the 3-1 loss, the team now sits one loss away from heading home for the winter. It's a narrow margin of error, but such is the life of a wild card ba...2676Wed, 01 Oct 2025 13:50:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/playoff-slumber-padres-offense-goes-dark-against-cubs-in-game-1-r2677/Prior to this series against the Chicago Cubs, what did we all say was the most important thing for the San Diego Padres to do? Not get beat before the bullpen cavalry could arrive. Anyone want to guess what happened today? Nick Pivetta was mostly tremendous, save for two crucial...2677Tue, 30 Sep 2025 22:22:00 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/what-shape-might-the-padres-bullpen-take-in-cubs-series-r2671/In terms of the total body of work, no team in Major League Baseball has a better bullpen than the San Diego Padres. It's a group that sits atop the league in fWAR (7.6), ERA (3.06), and strand rate (77.3%), while ranking second in FIP (3.53) and third in strikeout rate (25.8%). With a playoff s...2671Tue, 30 Sep 2025 16:15:02 +0000