Tag: San Diego Padres

MLB GM meetings: What we’re hearing about star Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki

SAN ANTONIO — Roki Sasaki is so enormously talented that teams have to prepare for the possibility that the Japanese pitcher is about...

Padres extend manager Mike Shildt after season of rare alignment

The San Diego Padres rewarded Mike Shildt, the fifth full-time manager to work under president of baseball operations A.J. Preller, with a two-year...

Yamamoto, Ohtani, Darvish showdown was Japan's most watched MLB playoff game

Major League Baseball fans in Japan did not miss history. A win-or-go-home Game 5 of the National League Division Series that featured starting pitchers...

Padres’ Luis Arraez undergoes thumb surgery, expected to be ready for spring training

Luis Arraez underwent surgery on his left thumb after playing with a torn ligament for much of this season, the San Diego Padres...

Padres envisioned bigger things, but bats went silent: 'It hurts a lot'

LOS ANGELES — Xander Bogaerts stood in a quiet, emptying clubhouse as he attempted to give voice to a collective emotion. In the...

Kiké Hernández powers Dodgers past Padres and into NLCS: Takeaways

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers are returning to the National League Championship Series for the first time since 2021, taking Game...