https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/page/37/?d=21enhttps://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/the-rafael-devers-trade-could-spell-further-doom-for-san-diego-padres-r2460/Ahead of the 2025 season, the consensus was that the National League West is the best division in baseball. That has largely proven to be true. The Los Angeles Dodgers continue to win, despite having more than a dozen pitchers on the injured list at any given moment. The San Francisco Giant...2460Tue, 17 Jun 2025 13:52:01 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/before-the-padres-take-on-the-dodgers-lets-look-at-last-week-r2461/This past week, Padres and Dodgers fans all around the world sat down for one of my personal favorite series of the year as the Dodgers and Padres had a three-game series in San Diego. Before we watch the Padres open another set against the Dodgers, this time in Chavez Ravine and facing Shohei O...2461Mon, 16 Jun 2025 20:21:15 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/five-tools-one-name-leo-de-vries-the-best-shortstop-prospect-in-baseball-r2454/In January 2024, the Padres handed $4.2 million to a dynamic 17-year-old switch-hitting shortstop out of the Dominican Republic named Leo De Vries. A year and a half later, that investment looks like a bargain. De Vries, now 18, has become one of the brightest young stars in the minor leagu...2454Mon, 16 Jun 2025 15:12:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-week-in-review-a-week-of-what-ifs-in-the-west-r2458/Weekly Snapshot: Record Last Week: 2-4 (Overall: 39-31) Run Scored Last Week: 36 Runs Surrendered Last Week: 29 Standing: 3rd in NL West (3.0 GB 1st place LAD) *** Game 65 (6/09) | LAD 8, SD 7 Game 66 (6/10) | SD 11, LAD 1 Game 67 (6/11) | LAD 5, SD 2 Game 68 (6/13) | ARI 5,...2458Mon, 16 Jun 2025 12:49:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/catchers-are-mashing-the-baseball-in-2025-thats-right-catchers-r2456/Last Saturday, Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh hit two home runs, positioning himself atop the home run leaderboard in 2025 and taking over the top spot from superstar Aaron Judge. If I told you in 2018 that the player overtaking Judge for the league lead in homers was a catcher, you’d undoubt...2456Sun, 15 Jun 2025 16:14:01 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/what-needs-should-the-padres-prioritize-from-these-american-league-sellers-r2453/While we are still about a month and a half away from the trade deadline, it's starting to get late early for some teams across Major League Baseball. With the trade deadline set for July 31, we are roughly a month away from the hot stove reaching its inferno. However, there are a handful of tea...2453Sun, 15 Jun 2025 13:51:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/the-padres-desperately-need-to-address-their-weakest-position-at-the-trade-deadline-r2452/As of Friday, the Padres have the third-worst wRC+ for their catching position (64). That looks awful, but it's even worse when you factor in the league average 94. Elias Díaz, Martín Maldonado, and Luis Campusano have been massive disappointments at the plate. Díaz is slashing .216/.283/.3...2452Sat, 14 Jun 2025 15:11:01 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/did-fernando-tatis-jrs-mechanics-fall-out-of-whack-in-leading-to-this-spiral-r2451/A couple of weeks ago, I speculated that pitchers were adjusting to Fernando Tatis Jr. by incorporating more off-speed pitches. There wasn't a drastic change in his overall zone approach, but that pitch type was clearly something he was struggling with. That, in itself, was one possible explanat...2451Fri, 13 Jun 2025 13:55:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/the-ice-cold-padres-offense-needs-a-reboot-r2450/To start the season, it looked like the Padres' offense was poised for a dominant season. Fernando Tatis Jr. immediately emerged as an MVP candidate, Jackson Merrill was seemingly avoiding a sophomore slump, and the rest of the lineup was doing their jobs.  The offense peaked on May 10 when...2450Thu, 12 Jun 2025 13:55:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/nick-pivetta-is-a-four-seam-fanatic-r2449/The San Diego Padres have a new gem in their starting rotation, and his name is Nick Pivetta. Pivetta signed a four-year, $55 million contract with the Padres this past offseason, and the Padres have not looked back. He is currently San Diego’s best pitcher according to fWAR, and has an imp...2449Tue, 10 Jun 2025 18:51:30 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/do-the-san-diego-padres-have-a-dylan-cease-problem-r2448/The San Diego Padres find themselves in their current position largely on the strength of what they're able to do on the mound. While the offense has sputtered at times, it's the arms that have kept the team in the mix in the National League West. Imagine where they could be sitting if not for t...2448Tue, 10 Jun 2025 13:53:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/the-padres-are-contact-kings-albeit-on-the-opposing-pitchers-terms-r2447/The Padres are a winning team playing losing-team baseball, at least when it comes to their swing profile. As of early June, San Diego boasts some of the strangest plate discipline numbers in baseball. They have the second-highest chase rate in the league at 30.2% O-Swing%, meaning they swi...2447Mon, 09 Jun 2025 16:12:01 +0000