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Rays trade Braxton Garrett, 2023 Draft Pick 72 to Padres for Edwin 21-Arroyo, Jordan 21-Wicks, 2023 Draft Pick 47 Kinda' feeling like Dave Dombrowski ... Jordan Wicks is a good 24 year young LH SP ... BP sees him as #94 in their top 100 and #8 on the Cubs while BA ranks him as the Cubs #6. I think ...

Probable Padres Opening Day "26" - updated after recent trades: versus RH SP: RF - Kyle Tucker* .275/.353/.505, 28 HR, 23 SB, 136 OPS+ (2 @ RF) 2B - Eddy Alvarez .254/.347/.406, 104 OPS+ (-1 @ 2B) DH - Kyle Schwarber* .218/.343/.476, 38 HR, 128 OPS+ (-12 @ LF) 1B - Christian Walker .253/33...

Yankees trade Josh Sborz to Padres for Gavin 22-Cross Gavin 22-Cross was, in real life, a first round pick of the KC Royals after a very successful college career at Virginia Tech. All the scouting reports indicated the LH hitting Cross had a good shot at being a player with an above-average hit an...

Twins trade Patrick Wisdom, Devin Williams, Kyle Schwarber to Padres for Manny Machado Jason inquired about the availability of Manny and I responded in a fairly detailed response that it could happen but only if my team gained significantly in another area or two. Machado is very good and his proj...

Padres released Richard Bleier

Good news, if it happens! Alex Cobb (hip) is aiming to start a flat-ground throwing program in the next few days. The 36-year-old veteran righty remains without a definitive return timetable, but he told the San Francisco Chronicle this week that he will return sooner than anticipated . San Francisc...

Starting Pitcher: Isaac Coffey Unranked before the 2023 season, the sidearming Coffey brewed up a surprising All-Star campaign. The 2022 10th-round pick out of Oral Roberts drew an assignment to High-A Greenville where he racked up the strikeouts, punching out 83 batters in 60 1/3 innings. Particula...

Rougned Odor has signed with the Yomiuri Giants of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball. Odor heads overseas after posting a lackluster .675 OPS with four homers and two steals in 59 games last year for the Padres. Still just 29 years old, there’s a chance he’s able to rebuild his value in Japan to...

Cardinals trade Isaac 22-Coffey to Padres for Michael Wacha Michael Wacha has pitched pretty well in real life the last two seasons and I believe he will be a stable SP for the real life Royals in 2024. I thought he'd get around 100 ERA+ projection from Dan Sz and his ZiPs computers so I was mildly...

James Naile has signed with the Kia Tigers of the Korea Baseball Organization. Naile heads overseas, where he’ll make $950,000 in Korea, after posting an inflated 7.40 ERA, 1.89 WHIP and 12/11 K/BB ratio across 24 1/3 innings (17 appearances) over the last two seasons for the Cardinals. The 30-year...

88. Jacob Melton , Houston Astros, OF Ht: 6'3" | Wt: 208 | B-T: L-L Age: null Melton won the Pac-12 player of the year award in 2022, culminating a climb that started three years earlier at Linn-Benton JC. Melton is an explosive player with the ability to handle center field and enough power to...

Manny Bañuelos has signed with the Rakuten Monkeys of the Chinese Professional Baseball League in Taiwan. Bañuelos spent last year pitching for the Rakuten Golden Eagles of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball after making a career-high 35 relief appearances during the 2022 campaign between the Pir...

Kirk McCarty has signed with the CTBC Brothers of the Chinese Professional Baseball League in Taiwan. McCarty spent last year with the SSG Landers of the Korea Baseball Organization. The 28-year-old southpaw made 13 appearances (two starts) for the Guardians during the 2022 campaign. https://www.nb...

Daniel Mengden has signed with the CTBC Brothers of the Chinese Professional Baseball League in Taiwan. Mengden landed with the Nationals last July shortly after being cut loose by the Royals, but didn’t end up making it back to the big leagues last year. The 30-year-old righty has made 65 appearan...

Padres released Kirby Yates

Nivaldo Rodriguez has signed a contract with the Fubon Guardians of the Chinese Professional Baseball League in Taiwan. The 26-year-old right-hander was once a top prospect in the Astros’ organization, but really struggled in his last few seasons of affiliated minor league ball. He spent the 2023 c...

Padres created Nolan 22-Perry That's my sons name! lol Crazy I didn't know about him Nolan Perry , RHP The Blue Jays farm system is stocked with relievers who have big fastballs and are close to the majors. But outside of Ricky Tiedemann, Brandon Barriera and a few prospects, the Blue Jays are shor...

Padres created Nolan 22-Perry

Terrell Tatum , OF Tatum was taken by the White Sox in the 16th round of the 2021 draft on the strength of a combination of tools and athleticism, but didn’t have a full season’s workload until 2023, when he split the year between High-A and Double-A. He’s shown flashes of his upside, which include...

Andre Jackson has signed with the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball. Jackson was released by Pittsburgh a few weeks ago to pursue an opportunity overseas and has finally landed a deal to pitch in Japan. The 27-year-old righty made 19 appearances (seven starts) this past...

Kevin Kiermaier wants to hit for more power. One thing to watch for? Kiermaier wants to hit for more power, flipping the script after he joked one year ago that his goal was to hit zero home runs and be the best No. 9 hitter in baseball. He believes — and you can see the belief is earnest — that he...

Padres released Alex Faedo

Padres signed Evan 0-McKendry