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Though Spring Training is a time for players to slowly get back into baseball mode, there is an added pressure for some. February and March are treated like aud ...

Six years later, a lot has changed for France and the Padres.

If there is one thing that Padres President of Baseball Operations A.J. Preller can do, it is that he can surprise us all. Preller has been at the center of sev ...

With spring training well underway, this is a time where front office members, and managers for that matter, assess the on-field talent that they have and ident ...

The San Diego Padres have been on the wrong end of some pretty spectacular pitching performances from Walker Buehler. Spending seven seasons with the Los Angele ...

The San Diego Padres have finally opened a cascading gate, one that was closed for seemingly the entire winter. But now that it's swung ajar, the team seems lik ...

We don't have an idea of what the Padres are going to look like yet, as it is a retooled roster that is still waiting to take the field. Luckily, for the fans s ...

The Padres didn't exactly hide the math here. The moment Griffin Canning's deal became official, somebody on the 40-man was going to get squeezed, and this time ...

When the Padres acquired Mason Miller at the 2025 trade deadline, they were getting one of, if not the best, closers in the league. However, at the moment they ...

Aside from starting pitching, another obvious need was first base. With both Luis Arraez and Ryan O'Hearn in new places, there was a massive question surroundin ...