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These San Diego Padres do not have time for side quests or individual storylines this late into the season. The Manny Machado-led machine is still marching towards the franchise’s first World Series title after dispatching the Atlanta Braves in the MLB National League Wild Card best-of-three round. Fernando Tatis Jr. loves the Padres’ energy, and […]

The Atlanta Braves will take on the San Diego Padres in the Wild Card round, beginning Tuesday at 8:30pm est. Both teams enter the postseason red hot, earning the top two National League Wild Card berths. With plenty of storylines to delve into, we offer our Padres-Braves Wild Card series predictions. The Padres finished an […]

The San Diego Padres entered the All-Star break one game above .500, seven games back of first place in the NL West, and sat outside the MLB playoff picture. Fast forward to today, a day after the Padres clinched a playoff berth and kept their hopes of a miracle division title alive, you may ask […]

The San Diego Padres are on the verge of completing a remarkable one-year turnaround, with many fans believing they are equipped for a deep postseason run. Their dependable bullpen is getting much love, and for good reason, but this team is still heavily reliant on its established stars. Manny Machado, in particular, continues to elevate […]

The San Diego Padres had plenty to be happy about thanks to Fernando Tatis Jr. and Manny Machado’s epic night versus the Houston Astros. Starting pitcher Dylan Cease cruised into the ninth inning with some outstanding work. Machado, Tatis Jr., and Donovan Solano hit back-to-back-to-back consecutive homers in the eighth inning for the Padres to […]

In the midst of a very strong season, San Diego Padres star Manny Machado made a little Padres history. His two-run home run in the sixth inning of Tuesday’s game against the Seattle Mariners gave Machado 164 homers in a San Diego uniform, breaking the franchise record previously held by Nate Colbert. A look at […]

Even at 36 years old and in his 15th season, Pittsburgh Pirates reliever Aroldis Chapman is still an elite arm. During Wednesday’s game against the San Diego Padres, Chapman made history and may have completed the most impressive feat of his illustrious career. In the eighth inning, Chapman was facing Padres third baseman Manny Machado […]

The San Diego Padres are on a roll as the Major League schedule reaches the final two months of the season. After losing their first game after the All-Star break, the Padres have won 9 of their next 10 games and have climbed within 4.5 games of the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers in the National […]

No matter one’s opinion of the San Diego Padres, it cannot be said that the team isn’t exciting. They’ve been both surprising and disappointing at various moments. For the better part of two seasons, that has left them in the league’s awkward middle class. After lighting up Major League Baseball the past two years with […]

The injury bug has hit the San Diego Padres extremely hard this season. Joe Musgrove and Yu Darvish are currently on the Injured List. Xander Bogaerts is out for the foreseeable future, and the Padres are now two games under .500 in the middle of June. Manny Machado has also been nursing an injury as […]

The San Diego Padres just can’t catch a break these days. Not only did they see their losing skid continue after losing to the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday, but they also saw star third baseman Manny Machado leave the contest with an injury. Machado suffered an apparent hip injury while trying to reach first […]

The San Diego Padres rivalry with the Los Angeles Dodgers can officially add a new chapter to the book. The Padres took two of three in Los Angeles in a drama-filled weekend. On Saturday, the two sides got into it with Dodgers catcher Will Smith firing back at Jurickson Profar and calling him “irrelevant.” However, […]

Is there a better nickname for any position in sports than “the hot corner?” Third base has long been one of the most fun positions in the game to debate because there’s no hiding from a subpar glove, but you’ve also got to mash to justify your spot. So, let’s take a look at the […]

For the first time in league history, MLB is headed to South Korea. The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres will kick off the 2024 season with the MLB World Tour Seoul Series 2024, where the two teams are playing a handful of exhibition games before facing each other in the first regular-season games […]

Despite having a star-studded roster, the San Diego Padres failed to live up to expectations in 2023, missing the playoffs altogether with a disappointing 82-80 record. But, Fernando Tatis Jr and Manny Machado remain confident this team can make some noise in the NL West in 2024. Via MLB Network: “I still believe that we […]

The San Diego Padres finished last season with an above .500 record, third place in the NL West, but something appeared to be missing for much of the season. The Padres closed with eight wins in their final ten games, and now star third baseman Manny Machado’s spring training injury admission is fueling hopes of […]

The San Diego Padres want to put last season firmly in the rearview mirror as they start a new era of baseball in southern California. The health of third baseman Manny Machado is paramount in turning the page and the Padres issued an encouraging update on the six-time All-Star on Wednesday ahead of their first […]

Manny Machado and the San Diego Padres had high expectations in 2023, but ultimately missed the playoffs. San Diego ended up trading Juan Soto, who will be a free agent after the 2024 season, to the New York Yankees this past offseason. Machado addressed Soto’s absence as spring training gets underway, via Bob Nightengale of […]

San Diego Padres catching prospect Ethan Salas is in spring training with his team, and he had a great revelation about what it is like to be playing with stars Manny Machado and Fernando Tatis Jr. “I watched these guys play on TV when I was younger,” Ethan Salas said, via MLB on X. “I […]

The San Diego Padres are a team for MLB contenders to keep an eye on during the upcoming season.  The Padres may not be done wheeling and dealing after trading Juan Soto in a blockbuster deal with the New York Yankees. If San Diego isn’t competitive in 2024, they may look to deal their other […]

The San Diego Padres did not have the 2023 season they were hoping for, but the same cannot be said for Manny Machado, who had another great season for the Padres. Machado’s batting average took a dip this year (.258 BA, 30 HR, 91 RBI, .782 OPS), but he still managed to put together one […]

The San Diego Padres aren’t technically eliminated from playoff contention yet, but as they sit five games back for the final National League Wild Card spot, their playoff hopes are all but gone. Many fans are disappointed with the team for putting together an awful season in 2023, but Fernando Tatis Jr. doesn’t believe that […]

A National League team with a star-studded roster and an enormous payroll fails to live up to expectations. The New York Mets made all the headlines as 2023’s biggest disappointment. But the San Diego Padres were not far behind. A stretch where the team has won nine of 10 games has raised questions of what […]

For much of the 2023 season, the San Diego Padres have been a wildly disappointing team. And yet, with just eight games left in the season, the Padres find themselves playing their best baseball of the year, as they are currently in the middle of an eight-game win streak. While they still sit four games […]

San Diego Padres third baseman Manny Machado said that it is likely he will get surgery on his elbow, and it could happen before the end of the season, according to Jeff Sanders of the San Diego Union-Tribune. Sanders also said that it would be hard for Manny Machado to shut it down now with […]

A recent article from Kevin Acee of The San Diego Union-Tribune caught the attention of the MLB world. The article called Machado and the Padres’ leadership into question amid the team’s 2023 abysmal season. Machado’s former teammate Wil Myers defended him, and Machado himself addressed the article while talking to reporters Monday. “Honestly, nothing to […]

The San Diego Padres have been one of the biggest disappointments in baseball this season. After making the playoffs last year and defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers, many expected the Padres to assert themselves in 2023 and wrest the National League West title from the Dodgers. It has not happened that way, as the Padres […]

The past couple of months have not been fun for New York Yankees fans. The Yankees have struggled since the All-Star break and are going to miss the playoffs this season despite having a very talented roster. New York is currently 69-69 and in last place in the AL East. It is still mathematically possible […]

Manny Machado and the San Diego Padres are mathematically still not eliminated from playoff contention in the National League. But it’s going to take something short of divine intervention for them to make it beyond the regular season. Nevertheless, Machado is keeping the hope alive, voicing out his optimism that San Diego can still turn […]

San Diego Padres superstar Manny Machado lost his cool during Sunday’s loss against the Milwaukee Brewers. Machado had a complete meltdown in the dugout, smashing his bat on a water cooler and later tossing his helmet in frustration. The moment summed up San Diego’s season in a sense, as they’ve fallen well below their lofty […]

Manny Machado didn’t hide his frustration after a poor performance for the San Diego Padres during Sunday’s game against the Milwaukee Brewers. And unfortunately for the team’s cooler, it was on the receiving end of Machado’s anger. After popping a ball in the seventh inning when the Padres needed a run the most, Machado went […]

The San Diego Padres host the Arizona Diamondbacks for a crucial 4-game series at Petco Park in sunny San Diego starting tonight. This may be the biggest series of the season for both teams. The Dbacks currently hold a three-game lead over the Padres but are 1.5 games out of a potential Wild Card spot. […]

Manny Machado used to be the face of the Baltimore Orioles franchise. When he was traded by O’s to the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2018, it signaled the start of a full-blown rebuild of Baltimore which went from a 75-win team in the 2017 season to a 47-win ball club in the following campaign. Years […]

The San Diego Padres are not giving up on the playoff race without a fight. They may remain below .500 even after their 8-5 win over the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday, but make no mistake about it, they will see the 2023 season through. And with this goal in mind, the Padres made a few […]

Manny Machado and the San Diego Padres stopped the bleeding Tuesday night, ending a two-game losing skid by defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates at home at Petco Park, 5-1. It was also a game that put Machado’s cool to the test, particularly when he got plunked by Pittsburgh reliever Angel Perdomo in the seventh inning. Machado […]

Despite being in the midst of an extremely disappointing season, all hope isn’t lost for the San Diego Padres. There are reasons for the Padres to avoid being sellers at the 2023 MLB trade deadline with an eye toward making a late playoff push. The Padres have a 45-50 record. San Diego sits in fourth […]

For the ninth time in the 2023 MLB regular season, the San Diego Padres failed to record a win in a game that needed extra innings to finish. That’s after Manny Machado and company suffered a 7-6 loss on Sunday to the Philadelphia Phillies, leaving them with another defeat to rue. “We kept fighting,” Manny […]

San Diego Padres star Manny Machado might be having a down year, but he just reached an impressive career milestone. The third baseman cranked his 300th home run Saturday and it came in style, putting the Padres up 4-3 against the Philadelphia Phillies. Take a look at this absolute moonshot, via MLB: No. 300 for […]

The San Diego Padres underperformed during the first half of the 2023 season. Despite a lucrative offseason, the Padres entered the MLB All-Star break sitting in fourth place in the National League West with a record of under .500. As a result, some people around the MLB world are wondering whether or not the Padres […]