The 2025 Trade Deadline may as well have been D-Day for the San Diego Padres front office. In total, 22 players were moved on the day of the deadline. Padres GM AJ Preller is used to getting creative every year when it comes to trading, and this year was no different. In 2024, he flexed […]
Read MoreThe Los Angeles Dodgers and Boston Red Sox reportedly made a deal to trade Dustin May to the Red Sox in return for outfield prospects James Tibbs III and Zach Ehrhard. May, 27, was a third-round pick by the Dodgers in the 2016 MLB June Amateur Draft. Debuting as a 21-year-old, May brought nasty stuff […]
Read MoreThe Texas Rangers made a splash in the final moments of Thursday’s trade deadline. They made a deal to land Merrill Kelly in a deal with the Arizona Diamondbacks. Neither club has confirmed the deal. This move, reported by Jeff Passan of ESPN, strengthens the Rangers’ rotation as they aim for a playoff push. Kelly, […]
Read MoreThe San Diego Padres and Athletics have agreed to a trade to acquire closer Mason Miller and LHP JP Sears in exchange for SS Leodalis De Vries, the No. 3 overall prospect in baseball, along with RHP Braden Nett, RHP Henry Báez and RHP Eduarniel Nuñez. Few things are promised in life, but year after […]
Read MoreThe San Diego Padres have agreed to a deal with the Kansas City Royals to acquire catcher Freddy Fermin in exchange for right-handers Stephen Kolek and Ryan Bergert. In parallel to AJ Preller’s blockbuster trade with the Athletics Thursday morning, the Padres are making massive moves to beef up their offensive lineup with a new […]
Read MoreThe Arizona Diamondbacks and Seattle Mariners are reportedly in agreement on a trade to send first baseman Josh Naylor to Seattle for pitching prospects Brandyn Garcia and Ashton Izzi. Naylor, 28, was a first-round pick (12th overall) of the Miami Marlins in the 2015 MLB June Amateur Draft. The left-handed first baseman broke out in […]
Read MoreManny Machado, a Few Others on Pace for 3000 Hits With San Diego Padres third baseman Manny Machado joining the 2000 Hit Club Monday night, speculation as to whether he’ll join the more exclusive 3000 Hit Club is natural. There are 33 members of this club, and when it comes to Hall of Fame voting, […]
Read MoreOn the day after his 33rd birthday and a week after he was selected for his seventh All-Star appearance, Manny Machado hit his 2,000th career hit. Machado began the 2025 season with the San Diego Padres with 1,900 career hits and ended his game with 2001, going 3-for-5 against the Arizona Diamondbacks on July 7. […]
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