https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/page/39/?d=21enhttps://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/the-padres-starters-short-outings-are-putting-too-much-stress-on-the-relief-corps-or-are-they-r2529/Our eyes are the great deceivers. They're riddled with confirmation bias. Baseball might just prove this more than any other sight which they can observe. The latest example is my own subscribing to the idea that the San Diego Padres are driving their bullpen into the ground with short outings. ...2529Mon, 21 Jul 2025 19:18:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/17-starting-pitchers-who-could-be-available-at-the-mlb-trade-deadline-r2537/Once the All-Star Break is over, the baseball world turns its attention to the upcoming trade deadline that expires July 31 at 6:00 pm EST. The trade deadline already started with a bang when Rafael Devers was traded to the San Francisco Giants.  We likely won't see another blockbuster trad...2537Mon, 21 Jul 2025 13:55:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/the-padres-are-overperforming-in-2025-and-its-not-a-good-thing-r2528/Believe it or not, the Padres have overperformed so far this season. Despite sitting in the final NL Wild Card spot with a 52-44 record at the All-Star break (the following statistics were compiled before play resumed on Friday, although two games will not significantly impact the math), 2025 ha...2528Sun, 20 Jul 2025 13:59:01 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/its-now-or-never-for-the-padres-luis-campusano-r2532/To refer to a baseball player as a Quad-A, Quadruple-A, or AAAA type is indicative of a player who is too good for Triple-A baseball but can't hack it at the major league level. The San Diego Padres may have such a player in their organization at present in the form of Luis Campusano. Only possi...2532Sat, 19 Jul 2025 13:51:01 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-offensive-approach-in-dire-need-of-improvement-if-they-want-to-make-the-playoffs-r2526/It sort of boggles the mind, given how the first half progressed, but the San Diego Padres will begin the unofficial second half of the season in National League Wild Card contention. Winning two of their last three series (and managing a split in the other) afforded them such positioning by a h...2526Fri, 18 Jul 2025 18:11:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/wild-card-war-where-do-the-padres-line-up-in-the-second-half-race-to-october-r2527/The MLB All-Star break is wrapping up, and teams are preparing to take on the grueling second half of the MLB season. Despite being 96 games into the schedule, the National League wildcard race is still fluctuating every day. The Padres, at 52-44, sit in sixth place in the National League standi...2527Fri, 18 Jul 2025 13:54:00 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/breaking-down-david-morgans-quietly-dominant-curveball-r2521/It may not have an eye-popping vertical break or a huge sweeping tilt, but David Morgan’s curveball is getting the job done in 2025, and doing it relatively quietly. At first glance, it’s not the most intimidating pitch in his arsenal. Averaging 82.4 mph with modest spin and a few statistic...2521Thu, 17 Jul 2025 13:58:00 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/anatomy-of-an-at-bat-jason-adam-makes-the-most-out-of-a-terrible-matchup-in-the-all-star-game-r2530/Coming into the 2025 All-Star Game with five different representatives, San Diego was poised to make their mark on this year's mid-summer classic. Unexpectedly, the lone Padres highlight of the night came from the player who participated in just one at-bat.  Star reliever Jason Adam was giv...2530Thu, 17 Jul 2025 01:17:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/back-to-earth-in-july-was-xander-bogaerts-strong-june-anything-more-than-luck-r2518/Wherever they may be, it's clear that the baseball gods have chosen not to favor the San Diego Padres since the middle of May. After a blazing start to the year, they finished that month 13-13 before turning in a 13-15 June. As of this writing, they're off to a 4-3 start in July. It's been a goo...2518Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:51:01 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/yu-darvishs-stuff-remains-intact-as-he-makes-his-return-for-san-diego-padres-r2512/It took a few months of a rather murky timeline, but Yu Darvish finally made his 2025 debut for the San Diego Padres on Monday night. The 38-year-old fought elbow inflammation during the spring exhibition slate that cost him over half the year. The Padres were content to let Darvish largely hand...2512Thu, 10 Jul 2025 13:51:01 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/is-the-twins-ryan-jeffers-the-padres-cure-at-catcher-r2515/By virtue of Manny Machado's 2,000th hit, July 7th, 2025, is a day that will go down in Padres' history. It will also hopefully represent the day that the straw broke the camel's back with regard to San Diego's current catching situation. It's no secret that the tandem of Martin Maldonado a...2515Thu, 10 Jul 2025 01:10:01 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/did-sunday-night-show-fernando-tatis-jr-is-finally-ready-to-turn-a-corner-r2509/The San Diego Padres won a game and, subsequently, a series against the Texas Rangers on Sunday evening. That, in itself, is a positive given how things have gone for the last month-and-a-half. More important, though, was the role that Fernando Tatis Jr. played in the win.  We've discussed...2509Wed, 09 Jul 2025 13:54:01 +0000