News
Padres sale won't be complete ahead of trade deadline, raising questions about team's status as buyers or sellers
4+ hour, 1+ min ago (466+ words) The sale of the Padres will not be approved by Major League Baseball in time for the Aug. 3 trade deadline and there’s no timeline right now for the completion of that process, commissioner Rob Manfred said on Tuesday. “I don’t…...
Should Stammen stay or go? How Padres fare after the All-Star Break is likely to settle rookie manager's fate
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (1046+ words) Craig Stammen didn’t actually map it out this way when he was convinced by general manager A.J. Preller this past offseason to take the job as manager of the Padres. He leapt out of the front office as a former…...
Musgrove, for first time, reveals extent of surgery that's sidelined him for almost two years. But, finally, the end to his rehab is in sight
1+ week, 6+ day ago (866+ words) Joe Musgrove hopes he’s finally on the way back from the reconstructive elbow surgery he underwent nearly 21 months ago. The right-hander recently met with Times of San Diego in the Padres clubhouse at Petco Park to explain for the first…...
Kevin O'Malley, one-time Padres part-owner and founder of equity firm, dies at 50
2+ week, 4+ hour ago (275+ words) Kevin O’Malley, who owned and operated minor league baseball teams in California, was a part-owner of the Padres for years and a son of former Los Angeles Dodgers president Peter O’Malley, died Tuesday. He was 50. He died from complications of…...
Patchwork of openers and fill-ins isn't enough to bridge gaps in Padres injury-riddled starting rotation
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1233+ words) We’re in the homestretch! Every dollar gets us closer to our $10,000 goal by June 30. The Padres’ starting pitching went from a huge problem to a five-alarm fire this weekend against the rival Dodgers at Petco Park. The Padres lost the…...
Young athletes take the field for baseball camp with extra special coach – Padre Jackson Merrill
2+ week, 5+ day ago (276+ words) Our summer crowdfunding campaign has begun! Every dollar powers reliable news in your neighobrhood. San Diegans deserve to know what’s going on in our communities. Pitch in to our crowdfunding campaign to help strengthen local news. “Because he’s a home…...
Outfielder Castellanos DFA'd by Padres, ending short stint in San Diego
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (444+ words) The Padres designated outfielder Nick Castellanos for assignment on Wednesday, one day after he received a video tribute in his return to Philadelphia. Castellanos was released by the Phillies in February just ahead of their first full-squad workout at spring…...
'Mom, what can we do?' Community steps up for Little League coach struck by recurring seizures
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (965+ words) Back in the spring of 1999, during finals week, longtime Lake Murray Little League coach and Patrick Henry High assistant Rich Lansner sprinted across the outfield during an over-the-line pickup baseball game at Hardy Elementary School. Lansner, then a San Diego…...
Fernando Tatis Jr. loses lawsuit over contract advance he signed as a teen, ordered to pay Big League Advance tens of millions
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (14+ words) Fernando Tatis to pay tens of millions in contract dispute Times of San Diego...
Manny Machado is enduring a slump of epic proportions
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (911+ words) By any stretch of the imagination for a player of his stature, Padres All-Star third baseman Manny Machado is in a horrendous slump. Despite a booming a two-run, first-inning homer into the far reaches of center field at Petco Park…...