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Juan Soto and the New York Mets agreed to a record $765 million, 15-year contract on Dec. 9, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the agreement hadn’t been announced and was subject to the completion of a successful physical. It’s the 12th […]

SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego manager Mike Shildt and the Padres agreed to a two-year contract extension through the 2027 season, the team announced on Nov. 6. Shildt was hired in November 2023 and given a two-year deal. San Diego went 93-69 this season, finishing second in the NL West, five games behind the […]

SAN DIEGO (AP) — NL batting champion Luis Arraez of the San Diego Padres had surgery on Oct. 16 to repair a torn ligament in his left thumb. The Padres said they expect Arraez to begin an offseason hitting program in about eight weeks and to be at full strength by the start of spring […]

At the All-Star break, the one award race that seemed like it might be over was for National League Rookie of the Year. Not so fast. A terrific month of August has helped San Diego’s Jackson Merrill emerge as the new favorite for the honor, displacing Pittsburgh right-hander Paul Skenes. The flip in the betting […]

SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego Padres star right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr. took batting practice on the field on Aug. 23 and said he expects to return in September from a stress reaction in his right thighbone that has sidelined him for two months. “It felt really good just being outside with the boys, […]

Juan Soto has come and gone, and the San Diego Padres don’t seem to have changed much. The Padres were 12 games over .500 in August 2022 when they acquired Soto in a blockbuster deal with the Washington Nationals. They finished that year a distant second to the Dodgers in the NL West, but then […]

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Jurickson Profar never thought he had the chance to show the Texas Rangers and their fans the player he thought he could be. He’s set to be an All-Star for the first time in the retractable roof stadium the Rangers opened two years after Profar was traded. Profar was named a […]

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — David Peralta is just filling in for All-Star right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr., and the 36-year-old veteran knows it. Just one more reason to savor the biggest moment of his season with San Diego. Peralta hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the seventh inning for his first of the season in […]

San Diego Padres infielder Tucupita Marcano was banned from baseball for life for betting on the sport and four others were suspended for one year by Major League Baseball on June 4 in the game’s biggest gambling scandal in decades. MLB said Marcano placed 387 baseball bets totaling more than $150,000 in October 2022 and […]

The San Diego Padres placed left-handers Yu Darvish and Joe Musgrove on the 15-day injured list on June 1. The 37-year-old Darvish (4-3) has a strained left groin. He left after three innings on May 29 against Miami, staying in San Diego to receive treatment. Musgrove (3-4) was set to start on June 1 at […]

SAN DIEGO (AP) — In early November, Jeremiah Estrada was waived by the Chicago Cubs. Just more than a month ago, he was in Triple-A. Now he’s enjoying some vibes with the San Diego Padres that are so good that he extended his strikeout streak to 13 straight, the most in the expansion era. Estrada […]

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Yu Darvish gave up two hits in seven dominant innings to lead the San Diego Padres to a 4-0 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on May 12. Fernando Tatis Jr., Jake Cronenworth and Xander Bogaerts hit solo home runs for the Padres, who have won five of the eight games […]