San Diego Padres Rumors & News

San Diego Union-Tribune "The Padres placed shortstop Everth Cabrera on the disabled list Wednesday morning with a left hamstring strain prior to to the rubber match of a three-game series against the Giants at AT&T Park in San Francisco (12:40 p.m.). Cabrera suffered the hamstring injury last Sunday against Arizona at..." June 19

San Jose Mercury News "Manager Bruce Bochy isn't afraid to acknowledge that the Giants are "fortunate" to be in as good of shape as they are in the N.L. West despite a prolonged rough stretch. On Tuesday, the Giants were fortunate to escape with a victory over the San Diego Padres after twice blowing leads and needing..." June 19

San Diego Union-Tribune "The streak continues, the Padres are now two games over .500 and the bullpen worked overtime again in a 5-3 win Monday over the San Francisco Giants. The Good: Venable and the Pen. At six wins coming into the game, the Padres’ winning streak looked like it was coming to an end when Juan..." June 18

Boston Globe "Early this week, the Houston Astros will formulate a game plan as to how to approach their veteran assets. Teams are already calling about Bud Norris, a cheap ($3 million) solution to any contender’s rotation. Cheap in salary, but he won’t be cheap in acquisition cost. The Astros are willing..." June 17

San Diego Union-Tribune "Five straight wins equals .500. That was the happy equation for the San Diego Padres Saturday night as Yasmani Grandal capped a five-run, fourth inning with a tape-measure, three-run homer and Jason Marquis rallied from a slow start to win his eighth straight decision as the Padres defeated..." June 16

San Diego Union-Tribune "Eric Stults was mesmerizingly brilliant Friday night at Petco Park. The left-hander held the Arizona Diamondbacks to one run on two hits in the first complete game pitched by a Padre this season. Logan Forsythe tipped the pitching duel between Stults and Vista High grad Trevor Cahill in the..." June 15

MLB.com "Padres center fielder Cameron Maybin will miss a minimum of six weeks after suffering damage to the posterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, general manager Josh Byrnes confirmed on Tuesday. Maybin injured his knee after landing on it while attempting a diving catch of a fly ball that..." June 12

San Diego Union-Tribune "It doesn’t get much worse that Edinson Volquez’s previous start. On Wednesday, the enigmatic right-hander reminded everyone just how good he can be on a given day. Fresh off the worst start of his career, Volquez struck out a season-high nine batters over seven strong innings, Chris Denorfia..." June 12

San Diego Union-Tribune "Andrew Cashner allowed two runs over eight innings and relievers Joe Thatcher and Luke Gregerson struck out the side in the ninth Tuesday night to lead the Padres to a 3-2 win over Atlanta before 22,330 at Petco Park. But the Padres suffered another major loss when it was announced that center..." June 12

San Diego Union-Tribune "The baseball landed 445 feet away. Logan Forsythe appeared to round the bases in about, oh, 4.45 seconds. Looking like a man trying to make up for three months of lost time in one swing – his first cut of the season with the Padres -- Forsythe almost made a home-run trot look like a triple for..." June 11

San Diego Union-Tribune "The Padres might not be finished paying a price for the 10-inning loss at Coors Field on Sunday. Rookie second baseman Jedd Gyorko left the game with a right groin injury of undetermined severity in the middle of the 10th inning. Gyorko said he was hoping it was a cramp. But the injury will..." June 10

Denver Post "Resilient was not a word associated with the 2012 Rockies. A year later, it's beginning to fit the team like Carlos Gonzalez's gold glove. In their crazy 8-7 victory over the Padres on Sunday at Coors Field, the Rockies saw starter Juan Nicasio chase perfection for 5 innings, only to watch a..." June 10

Denver Post "Before Friday night's game, rookie third baseman Nolan Arenado was getting the business, and how, from irascible veteran Todd Helton in the Rockies' clubhouse. Arenado took it in stride, laughing and doing his best to dish it back. Then he went out and beat the San Diego Padres with a solo..." June 08

San Diego Union-Tribune "The Padres selected Mississippi State outfielder Hunter Renfroe with the 13th overall pick in the 2013 MLB draft. The 6-foot-1, 216-pound Renfroe is putting the finishing touches on an eye-opening junior season in Starkville, finally tapping into the power potential that should make him an..." June 06

Hardball Talk "San Diego center fielder Cameron Maybin is off the disabled list after missing nearly two months with a wrist injury and to make room on the roster the Padres demoted Kyle Blanks to Triple-A. Based strictly on performance it’s tough to argue that Blanks deserves the trip back to the minors, as..." June 06

L.A. Daily News "It's a given that Clayton Kershaw won't get much run support each time he pitches. Entering Wednesday's game against the San Diego Padres, the Dodgers scored an average of 2.62 runs per game with their ace on the mound, fewer than all but three major-league starters. Forget about runs. Kershaw..." June 06

L.A. Daily News "Yasiel Puig didn't say much in English after the game Tuesday. He's been in the United States less than a year. As is the case with everything he's done in two days in a Dodgers uniform, what little Puig said in English seemed at once impressive and appropriate to the hype. Like this two-word..." June 05

Toronto Sun "Heading into the 2013 season, one of the rays of hope for the San Diego Padres, a franchise which has made the playoffs five times in 45 years, was a young pitching staff that had shown some positive signs in 2012. Over the last five seasons, the Padres consistently have stripped away the..." June 01

Toronto Star "It wasn’t two for one night here at Petco Park, it just felt that way. The Jays and Padres put on a marathon of a game – 17 innings worth of drawn out baseball – before the Padres strung together a pair of hits in the bottom of the 17th to edge Toronto 4-3. The game came up just short of 18..." June 01

Seattle Times "The Mariners don't have to go far back in their memory banks to remember the agony of a walkoff loss. But on Wednesday night, the M's seemed to have an exhilarating win in their back pockets when Jason Bay led off the ninth with a tiebreaking home run. Yet doom still loomed for the Mariners,..." May 30

Seattle Times "Mariners manager Eric Wedge quickly walked down the hallway and stepped into his office, where general manager Jack Zduriencik and pitching coach Carl Willis were waiting for him. It's not unusual for such meetings after games — in fact, it's fairly common — but the three men needed to talk...." May 29

Seattle Times "This was exactly the type of game the Mariners needed: one that was pretty much over in the first inning. The Mariners scored four in the first on homers by Jason Bay and a three-run blast by Michael Morse. And that enabled Aaron Harang to cruise to a complete-game shutout against the kind of..." May 28

St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Jaime Garcia, out. Jake Westbrook, out. Chris Carpenter, still out. And the Cardinals’ rotation rolls on, no matter what Memphian is added. Lefthander Jon Gast, who features a changeup, has won his first two big-league starts in relief of Westbrook. Lefthander Tyler Lyons, a curveball..." May 23

San Diego Union-Tribune "In the second of what probably will be two minor-league rehab starts, LHP Clayton Richard was sharp again. Facing Omaha on Tuesday, Richard threw six innings, allowing six hits and two runs in a 5-2 Tucson win Richard didn't walk a batter and had four strikeouts. He threw 94 pitches, 65..." May 22

San Diego Union-Tribune "The Padres only wear their camouflage uniforms on Sundays, but they’ve been unrecognizable all month. Home plate used to have a restraining order against the Friars, but for the past three weeks, it hasn’t been able to keep them away. In 2012, San Diego finished 24th in the Majors in runs...." May 22

Washington Post "The Washington Nationals’ lineup confronted a journeyman starting pitcher Saturday evening, and it still demanded near perfection out of Jordan Zimmermann. His offense allowed him no margin for mistakes, and in a crucial moment he made a decisive error on a simple play. Zimmermann remained..." May 19

Washington Post "The thing about pinch hitting is, it only takes one swing. One minute, Chad Tracy can be sitting in the Washington Nationals dugout, a bystander as victory nears. The next, he may be running to the end of the tunnel for two emergency warmup hacks. One night, he may be staying up in bed wondering..." May 18

San Diego Union-Tribune "If you want to get to know the real Stephen Strasburg, you do not put him on a podium, conference call or radio show. You don’t write him an email or send him a text, and you certainly don’t shove a microphone in his face. No, if you want to get to know the real Stephen Strasburg, you simply..." May 16

San Diego Union-Tribune "Alexi Amarista had a two-run homer plus two doubles, reserve catcher John Baker drove in his first two runs of the season to open the scoring and Jason Marquis picked up his fourth straight win Wednesday afternoon at the Padres defeated Baltimore 8-4 to complete a two-game sweep of the Orioles at..." May 16

San Diego Union-Tribune "Closers are supposed to have short memories. It’s how they survive. Blow a save, move on. But the events of last Saturday night in St. Petersburg, Fla., stuck with Huston Street. “That one in Tampa Bay frustrated me as much as any save I’ve blown in my life,” Street said Tuesday night of..." May 15

Chicago Tribune "The Chicago White Sox succeeded when they signed Dayan Viciedo after he left Cuba in 2008, and they apparently have their sights set on another slugger in Latin America. According to Baseball America, the Sox have interest in signing outfielder Micker Zapata when the Major League Baseball..." May 14

Tampa Tribune "It was about to become maybe the worst loss of the season. Among the top three for sure, according to the manager. Another disappointing night for Jeremy Hellickson. Another big lead gone. Another shot at reaching .500 squandered. Then Evan Longoria put a charge into a slider from..." May 12

San Diego Union-Tribune "Sure, Nick Hundley’s refusal to mince words says a lot about the battle Yasmani Grandal faces when he returns to the Padres a little less than three weeks hence. “You want to talk about a guy who is unproven and had a good couple months on steroids, go ahead,” Hundley said on Wednesday. But..." May 09

San Diego Union-Tribune "The fastest-rising pitching prospect in the Padres' organization took another leap forward Wednesday, as the club announced 23-year-old Burch Smith will make his major-league debut this weekend. The 6-foot-4, 215-pound righthander, currently with Double-A San Antonio, will be promoted in time..." May 09

San Diego Union-Tribune "With yet another sweep of the broom, they’ve gone a long way toward cleaning up their mess at home, making things at least presentable. Now the Padres, ever so close to .500 overall, must go make some hay on that 6-10 road record. Sparked by a player who's become a bit of a demon at Petco..." May 09

MLB.com "The Padres will dip into their pitching-rich farm system on Saturday when they add right-hander Burch Smith, who'll make his first Major League start that same night at Tropicana Field against the Rays. The 23-year-old Smith, the Padres' No. 20 prospect as ranked by MLB.com, was 1-2 with a 1.15..." May 08