https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/page/42/?d=21enhttps://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/four-padres-pitching-prospects-who-could-spend-time-in-san-diego-this-season-r2466/Injuries to a pitching staff are common. Teams win or lose by picking the correct player to be the next man up. Our main pitching options are on the injured list: Joe Musgrove will miss the season recovering from Tommy John surgery, Yu Darvish got moved to the 60-day injured list, and Michael Ki...2466Fri, 20 Jun 2025 13:56:01 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/is-it-time-for-the-padres-to-give-tirso-ornelas-a-full-time-run-in-left-field-r2463/The San Diego Padres are in peril. Despite some mild recovery from a late-May offensive swoon, they're struggling to lay down wins with any level of consistency. While there are certainly a number of different viable explanations, the absence of production coming out of left field is one of the...2463Thu, 19 Jun 2025 13:51:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/what-will-the-padres-rotation-look-like-when-its-healthy-and-is-that-a-possibility-r2455/The San Diego Padres have struggled to find a sense of security in their starting rotation in the early months of the 2025 season. Injuries to key starters have prevented San Diego from working with a full-strength rotation. Currently, San Diego is fielding a starting rotation of Dylan Ceas...2455Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:17:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/should-the-san-diego-padres-buy-from-these-national-league-sellers-r2457/With the July 31st trade deadline looming on the horizon, urgency will begin to mount for many Major League Baseball teams. While some clubs are firmly entrenched in playoff contention and will be looking to bolster their rosters, there is a distinct group already facing the reality of a lost se...2457Wed, 18 Jun 2025 13:57:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/if-the-padres-want-to-keep-pace-in-the-division-they-need-to-do-something-about-left-field-catcher-r2462/The San Diego Padres have evident production holes at the left field and catcher positions. With the trade deadline approaching, the team will need to address the lack of production through trades. Approaching the halfway point of the season, the Padres have had four players play a signific...2462Tue, 17 Jun 2025 16:15:02 +0000https://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 +0000