MLB Standings Show Just How Deep a Hole the Phillies and Mets Are In NL East cellar-dwellers are nowhere near contention at this early stage. Sports Illustrated · Apr 23
Lucas Giolito’s Holdout Ends With a Humbling Whimper—and a Golden Opportunity The pitcher turned down a chance to earn $19 million this year and will instead earn a fraction of that. But the Padres represent a promising landing spot. Sports Illustrated · Apr 22
MLB Standings Suggest Surprising Division Could Be in for Historic Year All five teams have been hot out of the gates and exceeding projections. Sports Illustrated · Apr 21
What the Padres Sale Says About Other Small-Market Teams San Diego’s story could be a model for the rest of the league, if only those other teams wanted it to be. Sports Illustrated · Apr 21
‘Lab-Grown’ Pitches Are Making Hitting More Difficult Than Ever More pitchers are adding weapons to their arsenal, leaving hitters confused in an era already defined by high velocity and tunneling. Sports Illustrated · Apr 20
Five Things That Have Gone Wrong for the Mets During Their 11-Game Losing Streak New York is rapidly losing hope amid a disastrous slide. Sports Illustrated · Apr 20
How Braves Swept Phillies at Citizens Bank Park for First Time in 10 Years Kyle Schwarber gave the Phillies an early lead, but the Braves battled back, Philadelphia's bats went quiet and Atlanta emerged with a 4-2 victory Sunday. Sports Illustrated · Apr 19
Padres’ Jake Cronenworth Takes 96 MPH Fastball Off the Chin, Remains in Game Jake Cronenworth took a fastball off the chin in a terrifying moment during the Padres-Angels game. Sports Illustrated · Apr 19
Why the Padres Sold for $3.9 Billion—and Why It Won’t Reset MLB’s Market Several unique factors led to the Padres’ sale shattering the previous MLB record. Don’t expect their sale to reset the market. Sports Illustrated · Apr 18
Chelsea Co-Owner Closes on ‘Record-Shattering’ MLB Purchase Todd Boehly won’t be the only Chelsea co-owner to have a stake in Major League Baseball anymore. Sports Illustrated · Apr 18
Inside the Subtle Swing Change That Powered Mike Trout’s Historic Home Run Binge Trout was mired in a 2-for-33 slump. Two weeks later, he belted five home runs in four days at Yankee Stadium. Here's what changed. Sports Illustrated · Apr 18
Garret Anderson Exemplified the Immense Value of Extraordinary Consistency The late outfielder was remarkably dependable in almost every aspect, from his uncanny hitting ability to his even-keeled nature. Sports Illustrated · Apr 17
Garret Anderson Was Quietly One of the Greatest Angels Ever The understated Anderson, whose death was announced Friday, was by some measures the best hitter in Angels history, and leaves a legacy that speaks for itself. Sports Illustrated · Apr 17
The Padres are close to being sold for a record amount A deal being discussed would be the highest valuation ever for a MLB team sale. Axios · Apr 17
Sports Illustrated · Apr 17 New Padres Owner Has Some Enormous Shoes to Fill San Diego’s MLB franchise is reportedly being sold for a record sum to José Feliciano, a private equity mogul who has a mixed record with sports team ownership.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 17 Who Made NBC’s Kevin Kisner Apologize to CBS? NBC’s golf analyst did a mea culpa after ripping coverage of the Masters’ final round.
The Guardian - US · Apr 17 San Diego Padres reportedly set for MLB-record $3.9bn sale to Chelsea co-owner Clearlake Capital co-founder José E Feliciano and his wife Kwanza Jones are said to have the winning bid, which would end a contentious sale process
Sports Illustrated · Apr 17 Padres Sell to Chelsea Owner José E. Feliciano for MLB-Record $3.9 Billion The Seidler family is close to selling the San Diego Padres to José E. Feliciano for an MLB-record $3.9 billion.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 16 We Need a Name for What Padres' Jackson Merrill Did Last Night In Case It Happens Again San Diego's young star ended a game he previously saved with a spectacular catch.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 16 MLB Scores and Standings: New Teams Enjoy View from First Place Mets are plummeting, Reds are surging and Dodgers are as good as ever.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 15 MLB Scores and Standings: Mets and Red Sox Sinking, Padres and Tigers Getting Hot Here's where we stand after a Tuesday night full of one-run games.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 14 MLB Standings Reveal Some Surprising Struggles and First-Place Teams The Pirates off to a hot start while perceived contenders are limping out of the gates.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 13 Mike Breen Expresses Displeasure With NBA Playoffs TV Change As part of the NBA’s new media deals, local broadcasters are completely shut out of postseason games.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 11 Padres Fans Provided Goosebump-Worthy Moment Ahead of Gavin Sheets’s Walk-Off Homer “Holy Sheets” is right.
Sports Illustrated · Apr 10 Mason Miller Is the Closest Thing We Have to Unhittable The Padres closer is on an incredible run of dominance dating back to last year. A deeper look at what he’s done and how he’s done it boggles the mind.