https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/page/45/?d=21enhttps://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/the-2025-padres-are-neither-their-offensive-highs-nor-their-recent-offensive-lows-r2420/The San Diego Padres are a bad offensive baseball team right now. Some might say they're bad and offensive at present, given how the past week has gone.  It started last weekend against Seattle. The Padres were swept at home and managed to score just one run in each of the three games. It g...2420Sun, 25 May 2025 14:14:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/what-does-savants-new-data-on-the-padres-offense-mean-r2419/We are almost two months into the MLB season, and the confusing Padres’ offense has not become any easier to figure out. On one hand, the lineup has done enough to get the Padres to a 27-21 record entering the final week of May. On the other hand, the offense has relied heavily on a solid pitchi...2419Sat, 24 May 2025 13:50:01 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/the-padres-bullpen-ranks-among-mlbs-best-when-it-matters-most-r2418/The San Diego Padres' strong start to the 2025 season owes a significant debt to a bullpen that has been far more effective than it is dominant. Through the first two months of the season, the Padres' relievers rank just 11th in FIP (Fielding Independent Pitching), a metric that takes away...2418Fri, 23 May 2025 13:54:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-roster-construction-exposed-as-slide-continues-r2417/If you hadn't watched the San Diego Padres prior to the last five days, you'd assume their contemporaries in the run production game were, like, the Pittsburgh Pirates or Chicago White Sox. And while they do technically remain a middle-tier offensive team in most regards, with the exception of w...2417Thu, 22 May 2025 13:50:00 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/where-did-the-padres-power-go-r2416/If you asked most Padres fans which recent Padres team was the most fun to watch throughout the season, chances are a lot of them will say the 2024 team.  What’s not to love about that team? They made it to the NLDS, they got career years out of players like Jurickson Profar and Kyle Higas...2416Wed, 21 May 2025 16:10:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/navigating-the-san-diego-padres-catcher-quandary-r2415/If the San Diego Padres have any hope of sustaining their hot start to the season, it's likely going to have to come in the form of some kind of offensive supplementation.  We know what the team looks like when the top hitters are, well, hitting. Fernando Tatis Jr, Jackson Merrill, Manny Ma...2415Wed, 21 May 2025 13:56:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/gavin-sheets-is-mashing-but-is-he-trustworthy-r2414/Somewhat predictably, the San Diego Padres' approach to constructing the roster has come through as something of a mixed bag. Such is the case when you supplement your upper-tier offensive talent with a host of non-roster invitees and past-their-prime-but-recognizable names. In some cases, the t...2414Tue, 20 May 2025 13:57:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/the-padres-defense-isnt-holding-up-its-end-of-the-bargain-r2413/When it comes to the issues with analyzing defense in baseball, take your pick. There are a number of things that are frustrating in attempting to analyze it before the eyes of any hard data. Defensive metrics need the largest sample size of any element in baseball before they begin to stab...2413Mon, 19 May 2025 13:59:01 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/michael-king-is-earning-his-crown-in-the-padres-rotation-r2412/Michael King’s transition from reliever to full-time starting pitcher in 2024 was a success, but his 2025 campaign has elevated him to new heights. Through nine starts, King boasts a 4-1 record with a 2.32 ERA and a sub-1.00 WHIP, both of which currently rank third in the National League, along...2412Sun, 18 May 2025 18:33:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/exactly-a-month-between-games-hasnt-slowed-jackson-merrill-r2410/2410Fri, 16 May 2025 15:16:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-bullets-kolek-vs-seattle-brito-done-and-darvish-close-r2411/The San Diego Padres resume their homestand on Friday night, welcoming in the Seattle Mariners. Unlike their last pair of matchups, which saw them take on two last-place teams, the weekend tilt vs. the M's represents a series between two legitimate contenders. Seattle sits atop the American Leag...2411Fri, 16 May 2025 13:50:01 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/can-randy-v%C3%A1squez-keep-getting-away-with-this-r2408/The strength of the 2025 San Diego Padres resides on the mound. Pitching is the reason they've been able to compensate for a lack of offensive depth, and it's also the reason they were able to stave off a slide in the wake of injuries that threatened to expose that lack of depth.  Randy Vás...2408Wed, 14 May 2025 13:58:02 +0000