PHOENIX -- The Padres’ 5-1 loss to the Diamondbacks on Friday was in many ways forgettable. They mustered only six hits. Their starter, Stephen Kolek, did not escape the fifth inning. The D-backs took the lead in the third inning and were in command the rest of the way.

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SAN DIEGO -- The Padres need a bat. This trade season, that’s the bare minimum. They could use more starting-pitching depth. They could use another reliever. They could use a catcher. But they need a bat. (At least one.)

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The Nationals still are evaluating 7-8 players for the No. 1 overall pick, a group that consists of most of the consensus upper-tier of talent: two high school shortstops (Ethan Holliday and Eli Willits), the best of the college arms (lefties Kade Anderson of Louisiana State, Jamie Arnold of Florida

Can anyone dethrone Aaron Judge from atop the Hitter Power Rankings? Nobody has had any luck so far in 2025 -- Judge is now 5-for-5 as our No. 1 slugger this year, and it hasn’t been a particularly close race. But a surging slugger out in the Pacific Northwest is

Since the Draft began in 1965, there has never been a more difficult year than 2020. The pandemic shutdown ended the college and high school seasons in the second week of March, and some prepsters never even took the field. During the three months leading up to the Draft, teams

There was plenty of offense to go around with plenty of familiar names coming through at the plate, including a handful of Top 100 talent. Pirates teen sensation Konnor Griffin continued his hot-hitting ways at High-A while a pair of Big Apple youngsters flexed their muscles at Double-A. Out west,

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Read our story on the balloting format, which includes two phases of fan voting to determine the All-Star starters. The All-Star Game is always special, with the game’s brightest stars -- spanning future Hall of Famers to up-and-coming phenoms -- gathering in one place.

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SAN DIEGO -- Monday was another Padres-Dodgers epic. The two National League heavyweights renewed their rivalry with a 10-inning thriller. In a game with twists and turns like that one, there were plenty of reasons why San Diego came out on the losing end. But the biggest was a simple

Summer is near and with it comes some sizzling performances from the Minors' best prospects. Last year’s No. 3 overall Draft pick matched a career high at the plate. A trio of Top 100 teenagers put up big numbers at High-A -- including two who made excellent first impressions with

As the baseball season's halfway point approaches, the sample sizes for prospects continue to expand. The MLB Pipeline crew is taking the opportunity to dig a little deeper to highlight players who are balling out, but might still be flying under-the-radar. On the latest MLB Pipeline Podcast, Jim Callis and

SAN DIEGO -- As usual, Dodgers-Padres delivered. It always does, doesn’t it? In the first meeting of the season between the two fierce National League West rivals -- and the first since their tense five-game Division Series last year -- the Dodgers held on for a wild 8-7 victory in

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MILWAUKEE -- Manny Machado is heating up and the Padres are reaping the benefits. The Padres star third baseman hit a late-inning home run for the second time to bookend the three-game series against the Brewers with a pair of victories.

Baseball never leaves us wanting for drama. The week of June 9 will have yet more rivalry games -- including a Yankees-Red Sox rematch and an early battle for the NL West -- plus a gut check for a great team down on its luck and a couple of opportunities

MILWAUKEE -- Padres manager Mike Shildt juggled the batting order for Saturday night’s game against the Brewers, and it paid off in a game-tying rally in the top of the ninth before Milwaukee won it, 4-3, at American Family Field on Caleb Durbin’s walk-off home run in bottom of the

MILWAUKEE -- For seven years, Manny Machado has drawn the ire of Brewers fans. Each time the Padres’ star third baseman came to the plate on Friday night, the more than 32,000 Brewers faithful in the stands at American Family Field booed him, loudly, as they have done ever since

At the end of every winter, the question gets asked: Who won the offseason? At the time, it’s mostly speculation. But now that we’re more than two months into the 2025 season, we have a clearer idea of which moves are actually making a difference. This weekend’s American League East