https://padresmission.com/rss/9-padres-mission-news-analysis.xml/The article-only feed for the site.enhttps://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/why-the-padres-should-consider-permanently-moving-fernando-tatis-jr-to-second-base-r3703/In Fernando Tatis Jr., the San Diego Padres roster one of the premier right fielders in baseball. In some respects, he may even top the list. Plenty of that status comes from his offensive output, especially in the wake of a "re-breakout" in 2026. But it's his defense that has been his hallmark trai...https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/why-the-padres-should-consider-permanently-moving-fernando-tatis-jr-to-second-base-r3703/Tue, 10 Nov 2026 14:54:01 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/padres-minor-league/padres-arizona-fall-league-update-igor-gil-strikes-out-four-in-lone-appearance-r3707/Week 5 of the Arizona Fall League is in the books, with San Diego Padres prospects playing for the Peoria Javelinas in the showcase event. Each week, we will take a look back at how the Friars' prospects fared. This was an abbreviated week due to the weekend's festivities and Monday's slate bei...https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/padres-minor-league/padres-arizona-fall-league-update-igor-gil-strikes-out-four-in-lone-appearance-r3707/Mon, 09 Nov 2026 17:07:01 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-free-agency-wish-list-clay-holmes-fits-like-a-glove-in-san-diego-r3706/It doesn't need to be belabored—the San Diego Padres are in dire need of help in the rotation this offseason. Considering the (likely) departures of Michael King, Walker Buehler, Robbie Ray, and Casey Mize in free agency (to say nothing of the declining of Nick Pivetta's club option) the team is at...https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-free-agency-wish-list-clay-holmes-fits-like-a-glove-in-san-diego-r3706/Mon, 09 Nov 2026 14:52:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-free-agency-wish-list-freddy-peralta-is-better-equipped-to-replace-michael-king-than-most-r3691/Freddy Peralta’s look from the Tampa Bay Rays’ dugout said more than a thousand words when Brice Turang picked up Richie Palacios’ ground ball, threw to Jake Bauers’ glove to get the final out, and the Milwaukee Brewers jumped out of the dugout to celebrate the first World Series title in franchise...https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-free-agency-wish-list-freddy-peralta-is-better-equipped-to-replace-michael-king-than-most-r3691/Sun, 08 Nov 2026 17:08:01 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/which-padres-players-are-for-sale-in-potential-trades-for-starting-pitchers-r3700/It's a silly exercise to do at the beginning of November, but if the season were to begin tomorrow, the San Diego Padres rotation would read something like this: Joe Musgrove, Randy Vásquez, JP Sears, and some mixture of Kyle Hart, Jhony Brito, and Yu Darvish. To say that this group is the most impo...https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/which-padres-players-are-for-sale-in-potential-trades-for-starting-pitchers-r3700/Sat, 07 Nov 2026 16:01:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-offseason-trade-targets-spencer-torkelson-is-an-intriguing-yet-imperfect-replacement-if-ty-france-walks-r3699/https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-offseason-trade-targets-spencer-torkelson-is-an-intriguing-yet-imperfect-replacement-if-ty-france-walks-r3699/Fri, 06 Nov 2026 20:05:01 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-free-agency-wish-list-bringing-dustin-may-back-to-nl-west-should-be-a-priority-for-friars-r3696/Rebuilding the San Diego Padres’ starting rotation will be one of A.J. Preller’s major tasks this winter. Now that Michael King, Nick Pivetta, Walker Buehler, Robbie Ray, and Casey Mize have headed into free agency, Randy Vasquez is the only piece remaining from the starting rotation the Friars regu...https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-free-agency-wish-list-bringing-dustin-may-back-to-nl-west-should-be-a-priority-for-friars-r3696/Fri, 06 Nov 2026 14:51:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-must-readdress-high-leverage-innings-this-offseason-r3702/As far as individual components of the roster go, the San Diego Padres' bullpen remains in good shape. There are some departures that must be confronted, but if you were to throw this particular group on a field tomorrow, they could get you to the end of a game. Nevertheless, those departures d...https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-must-readdress-high-leverage-innings-this-offseason-r3702/Thu, 05 Nov 2026 20:01:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-free-agency-wish-list-ranking-the-top-4-international-free-agents-heading-to-mlb-r3698/With free agency officially having opened Monday, there are a few names San Diego Padres fans might be unfamiliar with that could be tied to the team over the next few weeks. They are the international free agents. This year, there are four primary candidates, with one clear-cut leader among th...https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-free-agency-wish-list-ranking-the-top-4-international-free-agents-heading-to-mlb-r3698/Thu, 05 Nov 2026 14:56:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-free-agency-wish-list-shota-imanaga-is-an-underrated-left-handed-option-for-friars-rotation-r3693/The San Diego Padres made an attempt to add a left-handed starter at the trade deadline, but their bet on Robbie Ray failed in his first full season back after Tommy John surgery in 2023. Ray had a 3.59 ERA in 182 1/3 innings for the San Francisco Giants in 2025, but, after arriving in San Diego, he...https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-free-agency-wish-list-shota-imanaga-is-an-underrated-left-handed-option-for-friars-rotation-r3693/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 14:58:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/will-the-padres-gamble-on-giving-adrian-morejon-the-qualifying-offer-pay-off-r3694/When taking a look at Adrian Morejon’s free-agent picture recently, I made a statement about San Diego Padres president of baseball operations A.J. Preller having a “nuclear option” to not allow the prized left-handed reliever leave town: to use the qualifying offer. Well, Preller turned the ke...https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/will-the-padres-gamble-on-giving-adrian-morejon-the-qualifying-offer-pay-off-r3694/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 20:04:01 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-free-agency-wish-list-brandon-lowe-is-worth-displacing-jake-cronenworth-r3690/The San Diego Padres would probably like to add some offense to the roster, even though the rotation will be their primary focus this offseason. Finding spots on the depth chart other than left field (and maybe designated hitter) to accomodate such additions, however, is a little tricky. The in...https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-free-agency-wish-list-brandon-lowe-is-worth-displacing-jake-cronenworth-r3690/Tue, 03 Nov 2026 14:56:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/padres-minor-league/padres-arizona-fall-league-update-justin-decriscio-has-a-grand-day-r3689/Week 4 of the Arizona Fall League is in the books, with San Diego Padres prospects playing for the Peoria Javelinas in the showcase event. Each week, we will take a look back at how the Friars' prospects fared. A six-game schedule for all teams got pared down to five games due to rain in the Ph...https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/padres-minor-league/padres-arizona-fall-league-update-justin-decriscio-has-a-grand-day-r3689/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 17:03:01 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/padres-minor-league/padres-rule-5-planning-debating-which-notable-prospects-need-40-man-roster-protection-r3688/As San Diego Padres fans know well, the Rule 5 draft is an easy way to find cheap talent. Remember 2016 when the Friars took three players, all of whom made it to the Opening Day roster? Usually there is a reason a player is left unprotected, most of them having to do with a flaw in their game....https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/padres-minor-league/padres-rule-5-planning-debating-which-notable-prospects-need-40-man-roster-protection-r3688/Mon, 02 Nov 2026 14:57:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-free-agency-wish-list-randy-arozarena-would-arm-friars-with-fearsome-lineup-r3687/While the San Diego Padres had one of MLB’s best offenses over the last two months of the regular season, there was a little bit of magic fairy dust built into that. All you have to do is look at the left field position. Beginning Aug. 1 and up through the end of the regular season, Dustin Harr...https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-free-agency-wish-list-randy-arozarena-would-arm-friars-with-fearsome-lineup-r3687/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 17:05:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-offseason-primer-state-of-the-roster-at-every-position-r3678/Within five days of the end of the World Series, all decisions regarding contract options—player, club or mutual—must be decided. Players who are set to become free agents have up until the end of that five-day period to exclusively negotiate with the team that they were with at the end of the regul...https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-offseason-primer-state-of-the-roster-at-every-position-r3678/Sat, 31 Oct 2026 16:04:01 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-free-agency-wish-list-four-rotation-arms-san-diego-should-pursue-r3677/The San Diego Padres should be pleased with how their 2026 season finished. After spending a good chunk of the year on the outside looking in at the playoff picture, the Friars turned things around after the All-Star break and wound up hosting a Wild Card Series. They thoroughly pummeled the Cu...https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-free-agency-wish-list-four-rotation-arms-san-diego-should-pursue-r3677/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 19:01:00 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-free-agent-case-jason-adams-departure-and-other-decisions-loom-for-bullpen-r3673/While we have covered four of the biggest free-agent decisions the San Diego Padres will have to make this offseason, there are plenty more players whose statuses vary at this point in time. For these 13 players, we are going to address them all one one lump sum. Don’t read too much into that;...https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-free-agent-case-jason-adams-departure-and-other-decisions-loom-for-bullpen-r3673/Fri, 30 Oct 2026 13:52:01 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/bradgley-rodriguezs-ridiculous-rookie-season-earned-its-place-in-padres-history-r3667/When the year began, Bradgley Rodriguez was ranked as the No. 6 prospect in the San Diego Padres’ minor league system by ESPN and MLB Pipeline, No. 9 by Baseball America, and No. 12 by The Athletic. After receiving his first invitation to major-league spring training and making the first seven appea...https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/bradgley-rodriguezs-ridiculous-rookie-season-earned-its-place-in-padres-history-r3667/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 19:03:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-free-agent-case-nick-pivetta-should-return-though-health-concerns-remain-r3672/The 2026 season couldn’t have been any more of a disaster for Nick Pivetta. A right elbow injury disrupted what should have been a big season for the San Diego Padres’ right-handed starter. Instead, he made a total of eight starts and lost control of his immediate future, which likely would have mea...https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-free-agent-case-nick-pivetta-should-return-though-health-concerns-remain-r3672/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 13:59:01 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-bullpen-is-facing-a-left-handed-crisis-this-offseason-r3659/Regardless of what curveballs the impending labor negotiations throw at Major League Baseball's organizations this winter, the work for the San Diego Padres will look quite similar to what last offseason did: address the depth on offense and assemble a starting staff from virtually nothing. Th...https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-bullpen-is-facing-a-left-handed-crisis-this-offseason-r3659/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 19:06:01 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-free-agent-case-keeping-ty-france-around-is-a-no-brainer-r3670/Of everything that sits in front of the San Diego Padres, there is one thing that seems like it could be announced any day: Ty France returning to the Padres for at least the 2027 season. The first baseman went from a borderline possibility to make the Padres’ Opening Day roster to the cleanup...https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-free-agent-case-keeping-ty-france-around-is-a-no-brainer-r3670/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 13:57:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-aj-preller-must-revisit-reliever-for-starter-trade-ideas-this-offseason-r3657/The San Diego Padres had the league's best bullpen in 2026. There's an argument to be made that they were always destined to have the league's best bullpen in 2026. While the prophecy itself did come true this season, it didn't prove to be a saving grace following the team's quick ouster in the Nati...https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-aj-preller-must-revisit-reliever-for-starter-trade-ideas-this-offseason-r3657/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 19:02:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-free-agent-case-michael-king-reestablished-his-value-likely-leading-to-an-exit-r3671/Is there a direct correlation to the San Diego Padres making three consecutive trips to the postseason (a franchise record) to the trade of a certain enigmatic right fielder? Maybe. One thing that you can certainly say is that right-handed starter Michael King has been a big part of however you...https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/padres-free-agent-case-michael-king-reestablished-his-value-likely-leading-to-an-exit-r3671/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 13:56:02 +0000https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/jackson-merrills-next-goal-involves-breaking-into-the-30-30-club-r3666/Jackson Merrill’s 2026 season is a complicated one to discuss. He recorded his first 25-25 season, combining terrific value on the basepaths with a powerful second half at the plate—not to mention his incredible defense in center field—to contribute 4.2 fWAR to the San Diego Padres' cause. Yet actua...https://padresmission.com/news-rumors/san-diego-padres/jackson-merrills-next-goal-involves-breaking-into-the-30-30-club-r3666/Mon, 26 Oct 2026 23:05:02 +0000