The Padres’ 2018 Season by the Numbers: What We Learned
In the midst of yet another rebuilding year, it was not a successful season at the…
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Why Have the Padres Been Terrible At Hitting For Over Two Decades?
It’s as common as allergies on an early spring day, or Padres fans clamoring for…
Padres Amongst MLB Best in Defensive Runs Saved
Defensive Runs Saved, by definition, is a baseball statistic that measures the number of runs…
Padres 2018 Player Grades: Position Players
With the signing of Eric Hosmer in the winter, the San Diego Padres had a…
Year One of Eric Hosmer Was a Disappointment for Padres
There is no way around it. 2018 was very disappointing for Eric Hosmer in his…
Three Steps Forward & Two Steps Back- Evaluating Five Padres Players in 2018
As yet another dismal San Diego Padres season winds to a close, many fans have…
What are the Padres’ Plans for Christian Villanueva?
Rookie infielder Christian Villanueva has played all over the place for the San Diego Padres…
Eric Hosmer is Finding Himself Again
The San Diego Padres signed Eric Hosmer this past offseason to a mega-deal totaling $105…
Potential Road Blocks to the Padres Rebuild
The year is 2021. It is the perennial Game 7 of the World Series. MacKenzie…
Imagining the Padres’ Roster a Year From Now
The 2018 San Diego Padres are struggling, and can be, at times, painful to watch….
Padres Limp into August to Face Teams in the Hunt
In his acclaimed epic, The Wasteland, T.S. Eliot called April the “cruelest month.” However, in baseball, April…
The Padres’ 2018 Season By the Numbers
Although Padres’ executives only promised a building year (with an indeterminate definition), they had to…
What’s up with the Padres’ $144 Million Dollar Man?
At a time when launch angle has captured the attention of players and fans alike,…
Anemic Padres’ Offense Continues to Struggle
Coming into the season, the Padres looked like they had acquired enough average veteran hitters…
Taco Train Confession: We Jinxed Eric Hosmer
Three or four weeks ago, the Taco Train wrote a sort of smart-ass ,midway report…
The Padres Historical Issues Getting Hitters to the All-Star Game
Let me start out by saying yes, Tony Gwynn, one of the greatest hitters to…
Five Things We Have Learned About the Padres This Season
We are just over halfway through the 2018 season, as the Padres finished up their…
Eric Hosmer Has Been Everything the Padres Had Hoped For
Eric Hosmer has been everything the Padres the Padres have hoped for this 2018 season….
Framing the Friars: Hunter Renfroe’s Blast Helps Win Series for Padres
Petco Park- San Diego, California When Tyson Ross took the mound on April 13th, his…
Padres’ Defense a Mixed Bag
Thanks to the additions of Eric Hosmer at first base and Freddy Galvis at shortstop,…
The Padres Defense Is Actually Good
If you just woke up from hibernation and turned on Thursday’s Padres game in Pittsburgh,…
Series Preview: Padres Head Back to U.S. and Welcome Harper, Nationals
The Padres return to the United States and their home of Petco Park for a…
Framing the Friars: Hosmer Homers, Lauer Efficient in Padres Win
Monterrey, Mexico Eric Lauer earned the first major league victory of his young career, pitching…
Hosmer’s Heroics Help Padres Even Series with Giants
San Francisco, California The San Diego Padres edged the San Francisco Giants in another close…
Framing the Friars: Nausea Strikes Padre’ Fans in 1-0 Loss
It was a street of nausea actually Jack Kerouac The Padres played a great game…
Eric Hosmer: “The Papo Effect”
Why the Papo Effect?? Eric Hosmers nickname is Papo. Papo is a term of endearment,…
An MLB The Show 18 Review and Padres Simulation
This past week, the popular baseball video game MLB The Show released its 2018 version…
Padres Need to Set the Tone in the First Month of the Season
The new and (we hope) improved version of the Padres lost the first three games…
NL Position Rankings: Where Does Padres 1B Eric Hosmer Sit?
Last week we looked at where Manuel Margot ranks among N.L. center fielders. Let’s take…
Opening Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers vs San Diego Padres
Petco Park, San Diego California Thursday 3/29 – Saturday 3/31 Well, I can’t believe I’m…
5 Things We Learned from Padres Spring Training
We finally can say the words we have wanted to hear for the last few…
Optimal Padres Lineup: Not What You’d Expect
The optimal Padres lineup is a little weird. If I am honest, it is a…
The 2018 Padres are Looking to Gain Respect
The San Diego Padres’ 2018 season starts in mere days, with high hopes among the…