https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/page/40/?d=21enhttps://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/nick-pivetta-cant-keep-getting-away-with-this-r2384/Maybe you’ve heard someone call Nick Pivetta a stuff monster. It’s an apt description. Over nine seasons in the majors, he has a 4.69 ERA and 4.31, but the Padres were happy to sign him for four years and $55 million because of the stuff. It's such good stuff! Pivetta’s got a four-seamer with a...2384Fri, 18 Apr 2025 13:51:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/randy-v%C3%A1squez-is-avoiding-the-barrel-and-finding-stability-r2382/It feels like there's a dash of cruelty in labeling a pitcher as the "worst" on a team that made a playoff run in 2024. But it fits rather inarguably in the case of Randy Vásquez. Vásquez's first year with the San Diego Padres saw him finish at the bottom of those who threw at least 50 inni...2382Thu, 17 Apr 2025 13:50:00 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/tatis-machado-power-padres-to-series-win-over-cubs-r2383/Fernando Tatis Jr. and Manny Machado each delivered two RBIs, and Nick Pivetta turned in six strong innings as the San Diego Padres beat the Chicago Cubs 4–2 on Wednesday. The win in the rubber match allowed the Padres to avoid losing their second series of the season, not to mention their secon...2383Thu, 17 Apr 2025 01:16:33 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/cubs-continue-to-be-padres-kryptonite-in-extra-inning-loss-r2381/The good news is that after today's game, the Padres won't have to play the Cubs again all season. On Tuesday, the Padres fell to the Cubs, 2-1, in 10 innings. The Padres are now 2-3 against the Cubs and 12-1 against all teams that aren't the Cubs.  The good news was that Randy Vásquez made...2381Wed, 16 Apr 2025 13:56:01 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/xander-bogaerts-infield-hit-king-r2379/Maybe you already knew this about Xander Bogaerts, but I didn’t. When I think of Xander Bogaerts, I think of a power hitter with 186 career home runs. The guy with one 30-homer season, three 20-homer seasons, and double-digit homers in every season stretching back to 2014. Bogaerts is more than...2379Tue, 15 Apr 2025 18:05:00 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/so-what-are-the-padres-going-to-do-in-center-field-r2380/You wouldn't know it by their historic start, but the Padres are kind of going through it on the health side these last couple of weeks.  It started when they lost Jackson Merrill to a hamstring injury. Jake Cronenworth followed with what turned out to be a rib fracture. They avoided furthe...2380Tue, 15 Apr 2025 16:00:03 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/fernando-tatis-jrs-new-stance-opens-new-pull-side-possibilities-r2373/Baseball Savant's new batting stance data gives us insight into more mechanics for hitters than ever before. So now, instead of simply noticing that the San Diego Padres right fielder dropped his hands, added more of a crouch, and opened up his stance,  we can put concrete numbers to what our ey...2373Tue, 15 Apr 2025 13:54:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/michael-kings-complete-game-shutout-revealed-a-new-level-of-efficiency-r2378/On Sunday, coming off two consecutive shutouts, the San Diego Padres sent their de facto ace to the mound aiming for a sweep of their division rivals. And while the assumption should have been that they'd complete the sweep with Michael King on the mound, his three previous starts had been labor...2378Mon, 14 Apr 2025 18:00:00 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/what-did-kyle-hart-do-differently-in-start-no-3-r2377/Kyle Hart's first start back stateside was varying levels of fine. He tossed five innings against Cleveland, allowing a pair of runs and working ar ound a lot of hard contact (57.1% hard-hit rate). Hart's second outing was downright bad, as he failed to make it out of the first inning against th...2377Mon, 14 Apr 2025 13:52:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/injuries-and-lack-of-depth-have-padres-walking-a-tightrope-r2375/After starting off a scorching 7-0, the Friars' fortunes came to a halt at a brisk Wrigley Field over the weekend. They lost two of three to the Chicago Cubs before heading back out west. While they were able to claim a pair from the West Sacramento Athletics, they didn't come through remotely u...2375Thu, 10 Apr 2025 16:01:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/trio-of-padres-stars-dealing-with-reportedly-minor-injuries-r2374/If you tuned in to watch the Padres beat the Athletics in Wednesday's series finale, you might have noticed a conspicuous lack of star power. That’s because Tuesday was particularly rough, physically. (It was also rough emotionally, as Dylan Cease soldiered through the worst start of his decorat...2374Thu, 10 Apr 2025 13:57:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/dont-call-it-a-changeup-jeremiah-estradas-chitter-changed-his-approach-r2370/A former prospect of the Chicago Cubs as far back as 2017, Jeremiah Estrada broke out in 2022 courtesy of a 1.30 ERA across three levels of the minor leagues. That performance earned him a cup of coffee and five big league innings before another dozen appearances in 2023. The latter year didn't...2370Wed, 09 Apr 2025 13:57:01 +0000