Jackson Merrill and Samad Taylor hit two-run home runs in the first inning as the San Diego Padres posted a 9-3 victory against the host Baltimore Orioles on Saturday.
San Diego Padres (35-33) at Baltimore Orioles (34-37), June 13, 2026, 1:05 p.m. PST Watch: Padres.TV Location: Oriole Park at Camden Yards – San Diego, Baltimore, Mary.
As we draw closer to the MLB trade deadline this summer, the San Diego Padres are being viewed as a team to watch. After a hot start to the season, the Padres have taken a step back, but this unit still believes in itself.
Despite sitting in second place in the NL West Division, the San Diego Padres are in the midst of a 3-7 slide and winners of just four of their past 17 games.
Not every all-timer has instant success at the next level. For many baseball players, it takes a few bumps in the road out of the gate before they ever reach stardom.
The starting rotation of the San Diego Padres has been a highly discussed topic all season. Entering the year, the starting rotation was seen as the biggest weakness on the roster.
The Padres have placed infielder/designated hitter Miguel Andujar on the 10-day injured list with a left hamstring strain (retroactive to June 11). To take his 26-man roster spot, the Padres selected outfielder Nick Solak from Triple-A El Paso.
Since 2014, his second full season in Major League Baseball, San Diego Padres third baseman Manny Machado has never posted an OPS worse than 10 percent above the league average.
Despite getting out to an early lead in the first inning, the San Diego Padres couldn’t dig themselves out of the hole that starter Griffin Canning put them in.
After multiple big trades over the last few years, the farm system of the San Diego Padres has been decimated. San Diego once saw its farm system sit toward the top of baseball, giving this team some real hope for the future.
The only two things rarer in modern-day baseball than the four-homer game is the Triple Crown and the unassisted triple play. The former is, of course, done over an entire season, while there's a large level of lucky in the unassisted triple play.
The San Diego Padres lost to the Baltimore Orioles, 7-3, on Friday and fell to 35-33 on the year. Right-hander Griffin Canning is still winless in 2026 as he allowed seven earned runs through five innings while striking out six and walking five.
Continuously proving to be a player for the Baltimore Orioles to keep building around, Gunnar Henderson reached a major career milestone on Friday night.
San Diego Padres (35-32) at Baltimore Orioles (33-37), June 12, 2026, 4:05 p.m. PST Watch: Padres.TV Location: Oriole Park at Camden Yards – San Diego, Baltimore, Mary.
While the San Diego Padres have fallen in the standings over the last few weeks due to a lack of consistent offense, the team remains competitive in the National League.
The San Diego Padres have dealt with the ongoing struggles from multiple key players this season, leading to the team having one of the worst offenses in the entire league.
The San Diego Padres and Baltimore Orioles are set for a 3-game series at Camden Yards. Griffin Canning and Shane Baz will face off against each other as both hurlers are pitching in different directions right now.
The San Diego Padres have designated outfielder Bryce Johnson for assignment in a surprise move, the team announced ahead of Friday's series opener against the Baltimore Orioles.
The San Diego Padres began the 2026 MLB season as one of the hottest teams. Under first-year manager Craig Stammen, they sat at 31-20 through May 23 and were just half a game back from the Los Angeles Dodgers for the National League West lead.
San Diego Padres stars Manny Machado and Fernando Tatis Jr. have both underperformed so far this year. Machado has especially struggled, as he is currently hitting just .172 to go along with a .579 OPS.
The San Diego Padres have overhauled their roster over the past couple weeks. Jase Bowen, Samad Taylor and Will Wagner have all been promoted as the team looked to spark a struggling offense.
The San Diego Padres would like to see more signs of a power stroke returning for Fernando Tatis Jr. The next chance for Tatis to muscle up comes in the opener of a three-game series against the host Baltimore Orioles on Friday.
Fernando Tatis Jr. hit a game-ending home run with two outs in the ninth inning as the San Diego Padres rallied for a 5-4 victory over the visiting Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday afternoon.
Samad Taylor knocked in three runs Monday night while Freddy Fermin homered as the San Diego Padres came from behind to post a 6-2 win over the visiting Cincinnati Reds.
The New York Mets could begin trading players not locked down via multiyear contracts to advertised contenders in June if the club isn't soon "back" in the playoff race.
Sometimes irony can be cruel, and in the case of outfielder Nick Castellanos, it wasn't too kind to him on Wednesday. According to a team announcement,