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San Diego Padres acquire LHP Sean Manaea in trade with rebuilding Oakland A’s
PEORIA, Ariz. — The San Diego Padres bolstered their rotation on Sunday, acquiring left-hander Sean Manaea in a trade with the Oakland Athletics. San Diego got Manaea, 30, and minor league right-hander Aaron Holiday from Oakland for pitching prospect Adrian Martinez and minor league infielder Euribiel Angeles. Manaea went 11-10 with a 3.91 ERA in […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball: Head-to-head categories mock draft
The 2022 fantasy baseball game is live! Get the gang back together, or start a brand new tradition. Join or start a league for free >> This fantasy baseball mock draft is for a head-to-head categories league using ESPN’s standard rotisserie categories and roster settings. The standard categories used are batting average, runs, home runs, […]
Continue readingPadres hire Ruben Niebla as pitching coach before landing manager
Preller hired Ruben Niebla away from Cleveland on Wednesday, saying a number of factors made the Guardians’ assistant pitching coach and Southern California native too good to pass up even as San Diego’s managerial search stretched to three weeks. Niebla, 49, has been Cleveland’s assistant pitching coach for the last two seasons. Before that, he […]
Continue readingSources: San Diego Padres locked in on hiring Indians’ Ruben Niebla as pitching coach
Niebla has served as the Cleveland Indians’ assistant pitching coach over the past two seasons and has been with the organization since 2001. The Padres have yet to name a new manager after firing Jayce Tingler following a late-season collapse that left San Diego with a losing record. San Diego entered the season with a […]
Continue readingMLB Power Rankings Week 23: Where all 30 teams stand as the top squads start to clinch
We’re halfway through September and there is still a lot to be settled in MLB’s playoff races. Only two teams have clinched a postseason berth so far. Have the red-hot Toronto Blue Jays vaulted up the rankings? Will the San Francisco Giants finally find breathing room in their race against the Los Angeles Dodgers? With […]
Continue readingMLB Power Rankings Week 21: Where all 30 teams stand as final stretch begins
We’ve finally entered September, and MLB teams will have only a final month and change to solidify their playoff positions — if they haven’t already. Where have the New York Yankees ended up after their 13-game winning streak was snapped? Have the Phillies Phillies bought themselves some breathing room with their recent play? As always, […]
Continue readingFantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Monday
Here is Monday’s trip around the diamond with readily available players, designed to get the week off on the right foot. Josiah Gray (R), rostered in 31% of ESPN leagues, Washington Nationals vs. Philadelphia Phillies: Max Scherzer is crushing it with the Dodgers. Meanwhile, Gray is demonstrating why the Nationals sought him in the deadline […]
Continue readingReeling San Diego Padres fire pitching coach Larry Rothschild
The San Diego Padres, stumbling in their quest to reach the playoffs this season, fired pitching coach Larry Rothschild on Monday. Ben Fritz, nearly 20 years removed from being among the headliners in the Oakland Athletics’ famed “Moneyball” draft of 2002, will replace him as interim pitching coach. Rothschild, 67, was in his second year […]
Continue readingSan Diego Padres take chance on Jake Arrieta with Yu Darvish on IL
San Diego manager Jayce Tingler said Arrieta was put on the team’s taxi squad after joining the team in Denver for the start of a three-game series. “We need quality innings, we need pitches, we need an opportunity to win games,” Tingler said before Monday’s 6-5 loss to the Colorado Rockies in which Arrieta did […]
Continue readingSan Diego Padres’ Fernando Tatis Jr. plays outfield in return from injured list, hits two homers
PHOENIX — Fernando Tatis Jr. wasted no time making an impact for the San Diego Padres in his return from the injured list Sunday, slugging his 32nd and 33rd homers in an 8-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks while playing right field for the first time as a professional. He had one thought running through […]
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