https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/page/4/?d=21enhttps://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-week-in-review-sweep-of-atlanta-then-dodgers-downer-r3295/San Diego Padres Weekly Snapshot Record last week: 4-2 Runs scored last week: 25 Runs allowed last week: 28 (season run differential: minus-13) Scores Game 77 (Monday): Padres 1, Atlanta 0 Game 78 (Tuesday): Padres 7, Atlanta 6 (10 innings) Game 79 (Wedn...3295Mon, 29 Jun 2026 16:08:01 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/after-one-start-jp-sears-has-reintroduced-himself-as-a-viable-padres-rotation-option-r3307/The San Diego Padres — sweep of Atlanta last week be damned — are a team with a rotation in shambles.  Aside from Michael King at its head, the remainder of the team's starting five is full up with questions ranging from concern to outright despair. Randy Vásquez has regressed mightily afte...3307Mon, 29 Jun 2026 13:54:01 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/reranking-padres-2025-trade-deadline-deals-one-year-later-r3301/A.J. Preller isn’t a mad scientist, at least not technically. His role as San Diego Padres’ president of baseball operations and general manager doesn’t require a STEM degree. But his roster machinations and the construction of his contract offers can only be cooked up in a lab. Exhibit A: The 2...3301Sat, 27 Jun 2026 15:02:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/randy-v%C3%A1squezs-command-woes-have-taken-on-a-new-form-r3299/3299Thu, 25 Jun 2026 13:56:01 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-are-stuck-between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place-with-germ%C3%A1n-m%C3%A1rquez-and-griffin-canning-r3297/As we hit the end of June, the San Diego Padres' rotation picture remains as clouded as ever.  Michael King is entrenched at the top of the starting five. We know that much. Randy Vásquez continues to provide decent-enough volume to stick around as part of the group despite increasingly ala...3297Wed, 24 Jun 2026 16:04:01 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/even-without-power-fernando-tatis-jr-is-finding-ways-to-help-padres-r3259/As Fernando Tatis Jr. and the San Diego Padres plummet further down the standings of the National League West, it becomes more difficult to find the positives in the offense given its responsibility for said plight. Tatis has played his own role within that as he and his fellow stalwarts in the...3259Tue, 23 Jun 2026 13:57:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-week-in-review-the-one-where-manny-machado-hit-a-big-homer-r3276/San Diego Padres Weekly Snapshot Record last week: 2-4 Runs scored last week: 24 Runs allowed last week: 24 (season run differential: minus-10)     Scores Game 71 (Monday): Cardinals 3, Padres 0 Game 72 (Tuesday): Cardinals 3, Padres 2 Gam...3276Mon, 22 Jun 2026 16:07:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-rotating-cast-of-offensive-saviors-has-landed-on-a-new-leading-man-r3288/In a season in which Manny Machado, Jackson Merrill, and Fernando Tatis Jr. are performing far below expectations, the San Diego Padres have had to rely on a motley crew of journeymen. Miguel Andujar was the Padres’ best hitter in March and April (just don’t ask about May and June). Gavin Sheets...3288Mon, 22 Jun 2026 13:54:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/gavin-sheets-found-and-subsequently-lost-the-blueprint-to-success-r3285/Gavin Sheets has always possessed one trait that can change a game in an instant: the ability to impact the game with one swing. His combination of size, strength, and barrel control allows him to turn pitches that other hitters might only put in play into hard, productive contact. When he finds...3285Sun, 21 Jun 2026 16:05:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/jackson-merrills-power-is-starting-to-manifest-courtesy-of-breaking-balls-r3281/Despite being clear of the health woes that plagued him in 2025, Jackson Merrill has not been immune to the struggles of the collective San Diego Padres offense. In fact, he's largely been a driver of such struggles.  As he approaches his first 300 plate appearances of the season, Merrill c...3281Sat, 20 Jun 2026 15:04:01 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/ty-frances-june-swoon-is-becoming-impossible-for-padres-to-ignore-r3269/From a distance, Ty France’s 2026 season does not look especially concerning. Through his first 154 plate appearances, the San Diego Padres first baseman owns a .245/.294/.434 slash line, has hit six home runs, and carries a 102 wRC+. Those are perfectly respectable numbers for a complementary h...3269Fri, 19 Jun 2026 13:54:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/overshadowed-by-mason-miller-adrian-morejon-is-an-entirely-different-force-to-reckon-with-r3266/The San Diego Padres have what is perhaps the most impressive pitcher in baseball in Mason Miller. At worst, they have its most impressive pitch in the form of his slider. But while his slider and obscene velocity compound to grab most of the narrative around the stability of the team's relief c...3266Thu, 18 Jun 2026 13:52:02 +0000