SAN DIEGO -- Late Tuesday night, after a fourth loss in five games to start the season, new Padres manager Craig Stammen approached bench coach Randy Knorr with a plea.

Stammen felt he wasn’t getting his lineup quite right. He was exasperated. His offense had underperformed, and he was exhausting himself

The countdown to the 2026 season is on, and there's no better place to watch all the action than on PADRES.TV presented by UC San Diego Health.

The season has just begun, but several pitchers put themselves on the radar with electric debuts.

Whether they are young hurlers that might be taking a step forward, veteran pitchers looking for bounceback seasons or unheralded pitchers potentially flashing a new upside, we had plenty of pitchers with impressive first games.

For

The White Sox have the No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 Draft, which comes with an assigned value of $11,350,600, the largest since the bonus-pool era began in 2012. Yet it's the Pirates who possess the largest overall pool at $19,130,700, another record.

MLB informed the teams of the updated

SAN DIEGO -- On Friday night, Mason Miller watched from the bullpen as the Padres let an eighth-inning lead slip away. He never even got loose.

SAN DIEGO -- One turn through, the questions about the back end of the Padres’ starting rotation are as glaring as they’ve ever been.

Right-hander Germán Márquez was hit hard in his Padres debut, as San Diego dropped a second straight to the Giants, 9-3, on Tuesday night at

This page will be updated throughout the year with all the latest Padres injury news and transactions.

Which Minor League ballparks are worth visiting? The answer, of course, is "all of them." Minor League Baseball's 120 teams operate out of a wide variety of locales, within a wide variety of locations, and all of them offer their own unique charms. And every year, there are different reasons

SAN DIEGO -- The Padres dropped Monday’s series opener against the Giants, 3-2, at Petco Park. Jackson Merrill launched a two-run homer in the ninth to account for the entirety of the offense -- but otherwise, there wasn’t much to quell any concerns about the back of the

SAN DIEGO -- Man, it’s good to have baseball back.

Fun Opening Weekend at Petco Park. Sure, Thursday’s opener was a bit of a dud. But the Opening Day atmosphere is always top-notch. And I thought the games on Friday and Saturday were both highly

SAN DIEGO -- The Padres named Mason Miller their closer last month, the latest in a long tradition of elite closers in San Diego.

And any elite closer deserves an elite closer entrance. Miller debuted his on Saturday night.

It was a thrilling Opening weekend across baseball, but the fun is just getting started.

In the first full week of the 2026 season, there are several heavyweight matchups, including a battle between two of the top teams in the American League and a pair of other series on the West

SAN DIEGO -- Craig Stammen had only just moved from the Padres’ bullpen into their front office when he found himself in an executive suite at the 2023 Winter Meetings in Nashville, discussing the team’s potential return package in a Juan Soto trade.

Michael King would be the headliner in that

As we learned in “The Sandlot,” s'mores and baseball are a natural pairing. The Padres are taking that to another level this season with a concession item that puts a unique twist on the classic campfire snack.

SAN DIEGO -- Craig Stammen had a lead when he took the ball from his starting pitcher on Friday night. When that happens this season, the Padres will generally like their chances.

They’ve built one of the best bullpens in baseball. A year ago, they set a record by sending three

SAN DIEGO -- After recording four hits in Thursday’s opener, Tigers rookie Kevin McGonigle had eyes for his first big league home run on Friday night.

Jackson Merrill wasn’t having it.

The Padres’ star center fielder ranged to the wall and made an incredible leaping grab to rob McGonigle of a certain

SAN DIEGO -- Downtown San Diego was at its usual, pristine Opening Day best on Thursday afternoon. The Gaslamp was a party. Petco Park buzzed hours before first pitch. In a baseball city like this one, there’s really nothing quite like it.

Except … those good vibes didn’t last long. By

SAN DIEGO -- We spent all spring wondering where Fernando Tatis Jr. would hit. Turns out, on Opening Day, he was right back where he'd spent nearly all of last season (and all of the World Baseball Classic):

In the leadoff spot.

New Padres manager Craig Stammen rolled out his first lineup

SAN DIEGO -- The Padres broke camp in Peoria, Ariz., earlier this week without much left to settle on their Opening Day roster -- really just a place or two in their bullpen.

They finalized that roster on Wednesday, a day before their season-opener against the Tigers at Petco Park. Ron

SAN DIEGO -- Padres right-hander Yu Darvish was placed on the restricted list Wednesday as the team finalized its 26-man roster ahead of Thursday’s season opener against the Tigers at Petco Park.

The Major Leaguers get to have their Opening Day fun on Wednesday and Thursday. Come Friday, it’ll be Triple-A ballplayers’ turn.

The International and Pacific Coast League regular seasons both begin on March 27 this year, meaning MLB hopefuls from coast to coast will take their first throws and hacks shortly

The Major League season kicked off Wednesday night, but for fans of prospects, the real fun begins today as Triple-A action returns with a full slate of games around the International and Pacific Coast Leagues.

Over a quarter of MLB's Top 100 prospects are starting the season at the

The 2026 MLB regular season is actually here! It all starts with the MLB Opening Night game between the Yankees and Giants on Netflix at 8:05 p.m. ET on Wednesday. That leads directly into Opening Day on Thursday.

That means you only have a handful of hours