https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/page/49/?d=21enhttps://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/should-jason-heyward-jump-on-the-torpedo-bat-bandwagon-r2365/I don't know if you know this, but baseball players are inherently followers. What works for one guy, might not work for another. But you can be darn sure they're going to try that thing that works for that other guy just in case. Which is why it's no surprise that seemingly overnight, the torpe...2365Fri, 04 Apr 2025 13:56:01 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/jackson-merrill-extension-locks-in-certainty-for-san-diego-padres-r2368/Not that Jackson Merrill's future was some looming question for the San Diego Padres, but with arbitration eligibility coming after 2026, the team had incentive to try to lock in some cost certainty with their emerging superstar. They have it now, with Merrill and the Padres agreeing to a nine-y...2368Thu, 03 Apr 2025 13:58:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/dylan-cease-has-a-whole-new-look-r2361/Over at FanGraphs, David Laurila recently ran an interview with Dylan Cease. It was a particular style of interview that Laurila has conducted quite a bit lately: he read Cease several lines from an amateur scouting report and asked Cease to repsond to them. I found it really fun; there were som...2361Wed, 02 Apr 2025 17:03:00 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/holy-sheets-get-swept-up-in-gavin-sheets-torrid-start-r2364/What are you scared of? Like, if you close your eyes and imagine your deepest fear, what do you see? For me, it’s probably heights, or clowns, I’m not really sure. For Cleveland Guardians’ RHP Luis L. Ortiz, the answer is obvious: a 6’3”, 235-pound left-handed DH from Lutherville, Maryland....2364Wed, 02 Apr 2025 16:06:01 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/breaking-jackson-merrill-agrees-to-nine-year-extension-with-padres-r2367/It's officially extension season across baseball. The Red Sox have locked down Garrett Crochet and the Blue Jays have locked down Alejandro Kirk. Now it's San Diego's turn. On Wednesday morning, Robert Murray of FanSided reported that Jackson Merrill has agreed to a nine-year, $135-million contr...2367Wed, 02 Apr 2025 13:23:00 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/keep-an-eye-on-jackson-merrills-plate-discipline-r2363/Examining plate discipline after four games isn't necessarily the best use of one's time. Baseball is a game of sample sizes and analyzing an approach requires far more than the opening series of the year. Which means that if we're talking about Jackson Merrill's plate discipline at this point,...2363Tue, 01 Apr 2025 13:56:00 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/can-the-padres-recreate-an-all-star-closer-in-the-aggregate-r2362/The Padres snuck past the Atlanta Braves and a dominant Spencer Schwellenbach in a 1-0 game on a chilly Saturday evening at Petco Park, marking their third consecutive win to open the year. In a game with unexpected heroes – Randy Vasquez delivering six scoreless innings, Wandy Peralta and Alek...2362Mon, 31 Mar 2025 16:12:00 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/how-elias-d%C3%ADaz-can-improve-his-framing-r2359/Elias Díaz was a solid framer in 2024. According to Baseball Savant, his two framing runs ranked 18th among all catchers. It was just the second time he’d been above average in his career, and a huge improvement over the combined -11 he put up in the two previous season. However, Díaz had a very...2359Mon, 31 Mar 2025 13:50:00 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/fernando-tatis-jr-the-leadoff-hitter-is-the-best-version-of-padres-superstar-r2360/Despite rumblings that the team could try to move pending free agent Luis Arráez during the past offseason, the three-time batting champion is still on the roster. His expected role in the lineup, however, has already started to shift. During each of the Padres' first two games, Mike Shildt elec...2360Sun, 30 Mar 2025 14:06:26 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/why-does-the-padres-hype-video-get-you-so-hyped-its-the-hugs-r2358/We need to talk about these hype videos. Every team now releases a hype video on Opening Day to get their fan base excited. They’ve got dramatic, oversaturated video clips and dramatic, over-compressed music. They’ve got quick cuts and showy edits. For some reason, they also have a lot of shots...2358Sat, 29 Mar 2025 13:50:00 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/fernando-tatis-jr-very-good-again-in-2025-or-a-return-to-superstardom-r2357/Given all that's transpired since it feels like a decade ago, but the San Diego Padres were must-watch television for even the most neutral observers in the not-too-distant past. A new aesthetic combined with an infusion of exciting talent and front-office aggression made them one of the more fa...2357Fri, 28 Mar 2025 13:38:40 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/the-padres-could-bounce-back-on-defense-in-2025-r2356/On the surface, the San Diego Padres were not a good defensive baseball team last season. They sat in the league's bottom third in Fielding Run Value (FRV), courtesy of a -12 mark under Statcast's comprehensive fielding metric. By that metric alone, they were the worst in the National League Wes...2356Thu, 27 Mar 2025 13:51:02 +0000