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Josh Byrnes discusses the Padres' trade with the Rays
Josh Byrnes interview with Lee Hamilton and Jay Paris (MP3)Josh Byrnes keeps a call log of all of his trade discussions. This trade with the Rays was worked out over the course of 3 months and 30...
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Padres GM A.J. Hinch is interviewed by Darren Smith about 7 player trade
A.J. Hinch interview with Darren Smith (MP3)Hinch leaves for Spring Training for 45 days on February 11th.The 7 player trade with the Rays was in the works for the last few months. The two teams had...
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Padres Offer Spring Training Invites To 18 Non-Rostered Players
The team will bring 13 players that it has developed, 4 minor league free agent signees and 1 newly acquired prospect into big league camp as NRIs.Non-Roster Invites (NRIs) usually come in two flavors....
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Catcher Profile: Wilson Ramos
Wilson Ramos has the potential to be a top option at the Catcher position. But can he stay healthy even to produce?Wilson Ramos is a tease. He's shown the ability to hit for average, hit for power,...
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Padres farmhand Corey Adamson leads Perth Heat to victory
In Australian Baseball League play, center fielder Corey Adamson went 2-4 with a triple, steal, walk, run, and two RBI as the Perth Heat defeated the Adelaide Bite 5-4 on Friday night. That's right,...
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Fantasy Catcher Rankings: NL-only Sleepers
Ray offers fantasy owners a few catcher sleepers for NL only leagues for 2014, including Devin Mesoraco and a few others.Everyone loves a sleeper, right? I know I do. Well, Dave Morris and I will be...
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2014 Fantasy Bust Candidate: Buster Posey
Ray opines that Buster Posey could be a fantasy bust in 2014. Yes, the #1 fantasy catcher in most rankings right now could be a bust for his owners in 2014. There aren't many better hitting fantasy...
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Padres FanFest Is Close And I've Got An Idea For It
What, Chase? It's just an idea.The other night, in one of my many instances of tweeting whatever comes to mind, I had an idea that after consideration is not the best, yet it's possible. But in the...
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Quiz: 1996 Padres Regular Season Roster
Forty-three players suited up for the Padres at some point during the 1996 season. How many can you name in eight minutes?As clues and to bring some semblance of order to that huge brick of names, I've...
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Corey Adamson Leads Perth To Victory... Again
Padres minor-leaguer Corey Adamson drove in the winning run for the second day in a row as the Perth Heat defeated the Adelaide Bite in Saturday's Australian Baseball League play. This time it was with...
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Padres Signed Jody Gerut This Day in 2008
Sheesh, time really does fly. It doesn't feel like it's been six years since the Padres signed Jody Gerut to a minor league deal. The signing fell through the cracks at the time, as Gerut had been out...
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Farewell, Alex Torres
The Rays are trading more than future production.Before Evan Longoria found the moment he was made for; before Dan Johnsonwent all Great Pumpkin on some unlucky rightfield bystander's lesser pumpkins;...
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Game Thread: 10/5/1996, NLDS GM 3: Cardinals @ Padres
We went to a ton of games in 1996. Those Padres were my coming of age team and I loved them, maybe more than any other. I have a very clear memory of trying to tune into 760 KFMB on my radio dial in...
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Cards That Don't Exist: Alex Torres on 1993 Topps
As the newest member of the Padres, Alex Torres will have to wait a while before a card is issued featuring him with the team. So, to tide us over until this fall when Topps Update comes out, I've...
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Padres Starting Rotation: Strength or Weakness? It's Both.
What do the Padres have in Ian Kennedy, Josh Johnson, Andrew Cashner, Tyson Ross and Eric Stults?As predictions for the 2014 season begin to trickle in, you can hearsome noise starting to build for the...
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Padres Prospects: Keith Law ranks San Diego farm system 9th in MLB
The Padres are among the top ten farm systems in the league for the third straight year.ESPN’s Keith Law has released his rankings for all 30 MLB farm systems and the Padres are once again in the Top...
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QUIZ: Can you name all the Padres All-Stars?
I've created a lunch time Padres All-Star quiz for you, yes you specifically. It's probably something I should have saved for the All-Star break but I just don't have the patience for that.I think...
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Broadcaster Andy Masur released by the Padres
The Mighty 1090's Lee "Hacksaw" Hamiltonis reporting this morning that Padres Broadcaster Andy Masur was released by the team.Padres-Disappointed to hear Andy Masur not being brought back-Hiring Jesse...
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Padres Bring Back Organist Bobby Cressey... For Fewer Games
Disclaimer: Bobby is an active Gaslamp Baller and a personal friend. He did not bribe me to write this article (but he should know that I lost my moral compass years ago, so I'm open to the idea).Petco...
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