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SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego Padres have finalized rookie manager Craig Stammen’s coaching staff for the upcoming season, retaining Ruben Niebla as their pitching coach and hiring Steven Souza Jr. as their hitting coach. The Padres also announced on Dec. 17 that Randy Knorr will be Stammen’s bench coach. Niebla was a finalist […]

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Major League Baseball finalized plans for a two-game series between the Arizona Diamondbacks and San Diego Padres at Mexico City’s Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú on April 25-26. The series was anticipated when the regular-season schedule was announced in August but was not confirmed until Dec. 10. Arizona will be the home […]

Randy Jones, the left-hander who won the Cy Young Award with the San Diego Padres in 1976 during a 10-year major league career, has died. He was 75. Jones died on Nov. 18, the Padres announced on Nov. 17, without disclosing a location or cause. Jones pitched eight seasons for San Diego and two for […]

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Left-hander Kyle Hart is staying with the San Diego Padres, agreeing on Nov. 17 to a $1.2 million, one-year contract that includes a club option for 2027. Hart gets a $1 million salary for 2026, and the Padres have a $2.5 million option with a $200,000 buyout. The option price would […]

Los Angeles Chargers offensive tackle Joe Alt will require season-ending surgery to repair a high ankle sprain he sustained in a 27-20 win at the Tennessee Titans on Nov. 2. Alt was injured when he was rolled up from behind by a Tennessee defensive lineman while pass-blocking late in the second quarter. Alt was taken […]

The San Diego Padres have hired former reliever Craig Stammen to be their manager. Stammen got a three-year contract on Nov. 6 to begin his first managerial job at any level of the sport. The longtime right-handed reliever retired from his playing career with the Padres in August 2023, and he spent the past two […]

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Right-hander Yu Darvish will miss the 2026 season with the San Diego Padres after surgery to repair the ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching elbow. The 39-year-old Darvish also got an internal brace in the surgery performed last week, the Padres announced on Nov. 4. “I will be working hard on […]

Mike Shildt is retiring after two seasons as the San Diego Padres’ manager. The Padres confirmed the 57-year-old Shildt’s decision on Oct. 13. In a letter to the San Diego Union-Tribune, Shildt said he is retiring because “the grind of the baseball season has taken a severe toll on me mentally, physically and emotionally.” Shildt […]

SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego Padres infielder Jose Iglesias was suspended on Oct. 10 for one game and fined for unprofessional conduct toward the umpires during the final game of the club’s wild-card playoff series against the Chicago Cubs, MLB announced. Infielder Xander Bogaerts was also fined an undisclosed amount for his conduct during […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Yu Darvish made an early exit against his former team, and San Diego’s big bats were a bust. It all added up to the Padres getting knocked out of the playoffs yet again, this time courtesy of the Chicago Cubs. “It just sucks to be doing this, unfortunately,” slugger Manny Machado said. […]

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego Padres are headed back to the playoffs for the fourth time in six seasons. The Padres clinched a playoff berth with a 5-4, 11-inning win against the three-time NL Central champion Milwaukee Brewers on Sept. 22. Freddy Fermin, acquired from Kansas City at the trade deadline on July […]

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego Padres reinstated center fielder Jackson Merrill from the 10-day injured list on Sept. 1 and recalled right-hander Sean Reynolds from Triple-A El Paso. Merrill was placed on the IL with a sprained left ankle on Aug. 23, retroactive to Aug. 20. It was his third IL stint and […]

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Padres reliever Jason Adam ruptured a tendon in his left quadriceps and was carted off the field on Sept. 1, a major blow to San Diego’s dominant bullpen. Adam was injured in the seventh inning of a 4-3 loss to the Baltimore Orioles. One of several All-Star relievers on the team, […]

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Outfielder Jackson Merrill was placed on the San Diego Padres’ 10-day injured list as he recovers from a sprained left ankle. The Padres put Merrill on the list on Aug. 23 for the third time this season, making this move retroactive to Aug. 20. The Padres made the move before they […]

SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr. made a sensational leaping catch to rob San Francisco’s Rafael Devers of a home run in the first inning on Aug. 20 in the Padres’ 8-1 victory. The left-handed Devers lifted a high fly ball off left-hander JP Sears with one out. Tatis tracked […]