Josh Hader closes out Padres’ first three-game sweep of season SAN DIEGO — The Padres found relief Wednesday. Tribune News Service · Jul 6, 2023
Reds walk off on reeling Padres with 11th-inning home run CINCINNATI — With two hits and two fly ball outs, the Padres tied Friday's game in the ninth inning. It was the kind of manufacturing and kind of late rally they have not produced often this season. Tribune News Service · Jul 1, 2023
Fernando Tatis Jr.'s outfield assist helps Padres take series from Rays SAN DIEGO — The Padres continued to force the action and continued to win. Tribune News Service · Jun 19, 2023
Padres go up big early, take series opener from Guardians A video montage that played on the Petco Park video boards late in games the Padres trailed throughout their first four home stands featured myriad offensive highlights from last season and a compilation of television commentators praising the team's lineup. Tribune News Service · Jun 14, 2023
Ryan Weathers’ resilience, big hits by Manny Machado, Xander Bogaerts get Padres past Mets NEW YORK — Ryan Weathers walked a tightrope, Manny Machado dropped a double on the foul line and Xander Bogaerts yanked a ball into the second deck of seats beyond left field. Tribune News Service · Apr 12, 2023
Michael Wacha, Padres win with the runs they’re given ATLANTA — Michael Wacha and three relievers were good enough Saturday night that the Padres didn’t need the run Rougned Odor didn’t score nor the one that he did score. Tribune News Service · Apr 9, 2023
Padres get solid relief work, big game from Nelson Cruz in win over Braves ATLANTA — It was another three hours of lead changes and walks and big hits and big outs and an October night’s worth of tension in early-April game. Tribune News Service · Apr 8, 2023
Fantasy baseball: Bank on Juan Soto, Manny Machado and (a healthy) Fernando Tatis Jr. in your league When the San Diego Union-Tribune hired me in 2008, Petco Park was a fantasy wasteland. Tribune News Service · Mar 24, 2023
Fantasy Baseball Draft Review: Tout Wars SI Fantasy’s Jen Piacenti had the 12th pick in this experts league. Here’s how she made out. Sports Illustrated · Mar 6, 2023
Padres' Soto to make $23 million, Hader $14.1 million in '23; team agrees to terms with multiple arbitration-eligible players SAN DIEGO — To keep Juan Soto beyond the next two seasons, the Padres may eventually have to make him the highest-paid player in MLB history. Tribune News Service · Jan 13, 2023
Bryce Miller: Offseason for Padres, Dodgers, Giants makes NL West ‘wild’ in new ways SAN DIEGO — It’s interesting who did and didn’t put the “Wild Wild” in the NL West during free agency. The Padres made the big move. The Giants tried to make the big move … twice. The Dodgers nibbled around the edges. Tribune News Service · Dec 24, 2022
Breaking Down the Strange, Three-Way Sean Murphy Trade The Braves reeled in the top catcher on the trade market, but the Brewers pulled a magic trick in the process and left the A’s looking silly. Sports Illustrated · Dec 13, 2022
The Secret of Baseball’s ‘Treehugger’ Pitcher: Fast Showers, Reusable Water Bottles ... and Don’t Be Weird Reliever Brent Suter is one of the few professional athletes who speaks regularly about trying to combat climate change. Sports Illustrated · Dec 1, 2022
Everything You Need to Know About the Astros-Phillies World Series Houston is the much deeper team. Philadelphia is the Team of Destiny. Here’s your guide to the Fall Classic. Sports Illustrated · Oct 28, 2022
Sports Illustrated · Oct 24, 2022 Bryce Harper’s Legend Grows as He Sends the Phillies to the World Series His pennant-clinching home run goes on the short list of greatest homers hit by the greatest of players.
Sports Illustrated · Oct 20, 2022 The Padres Strike Back to Set Stage for Epic Postseason Series Things looked bleak in San Diego during the top of the second inning in yesterday’s NLCS Game 2 between the Padres and Phillies. San Diego had Blake Snell on the mound facing a Philadelphia lineup that was soft-contacting its way to a 2–0 series lead. Even the sun gods were…
Sports Illustrated · Oct 18, 2022 The NLCS Comes Down to Bryce Harper and Manny Machado The two superstars have been on parallel tracks for years. Now, they face off with a World Series appearance on the line
The Philadelphia Inquirer · Oct 17, 2022 NL Championship Series: Five subplots to Phillies vs. Padres Seventeen days ago, the Phillies got swept out of Chicago a few hours before the San Diego Padres lost for the fourth time in seven games. And in that moment, it was difficult to tell which team looked less like it actually wanted to make the playoffs.
Tribune News Service · Oct 16, 2022 Dragon slayers: Padres rally past Dodgers, reach NLCS for first time in 24 years SAN DIEGO — The day began with promise and a downtown that was buzzing.
Sports Illustrated · Oct 15, 2022 Padres Pull Out All the Stops to Stifle Dodgers San Diego pushed L.A. to the brink in NLDS Game 3 behind a masterful bullpen performance.
Los Angeles Times · Oct 15, 2022 Bill Plaschke: The unthinkable might happen. The 111-win Dodgers a single loss away from collapse It’s unimaginable. It’s unthinkable. It could never happen.
Sports Illustrated · Oct 13, 2022 San Diego Saved by the Unlikeliest of Pitches From an Unlikely Hero The Padres won a nailbiter of a Game 2 against the Dodgers thanks to a heroic effort from their bullpen—most notably, a 31-year-old rookie reliever.
Tribune News Service · Oct 13, 2022 Padres rally, draw even with Dodgers in NL Division Series LOS ANGELES — Literally speaking, the Padres did not have to win Wednesday night.
Tribune News Service · Oct 10, 2022 Bryce Miller: Amped-up Padres confident script can change versus Dodgers in NLDS If the Dodgers plan to turn their NL Division Series matchup with the Padres into a grainy rerun of their lopsided dominance of recent seasons, they could find themselves adjusting the foil-covered rabbit ears to sharpen the picture.
The Guardian - US · Oct 7, 2022 2022 MLB playoffs: ranking the title contenders from first to worst Will an expanded Wild Card round lead to an unexpected upset or will one of the established baseball juggernauts emerge as the World Series winners?