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San Diego Padres make roster moves, send top prospect to minor league camp
By all measures, the first Major League Spring Training for Ethan Salas was a success. It just didn’t last as long as he probably would have hoped. Salas … the Padres #1 prospect … the top catching prospect in all of baseball … the 17-year-old wunderkind … was among a group of players sent to minor league training camp on…
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Vasquez making his case for the San Diego Padres starting rotation
One thing we know beyond the shadow of a doubt (and barring injury) is Yu Darvish, Joe Musgrove, and Michael King … in some order … will occupy the first three places in the Padres starting rotation. After that there’s a big old competition going on for the final two spots. Randy Vasquez might have given himself the inside track…
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Padres prospects pop in 1st Cactus League win of 2024
The Padres will not be as experienced (or as expensive) as they were a year ago. But, that doesn’t mean they have to be less talented. The Friars got their first Cactus League win of the year with a 7-0 shutout of the Cubs on Sunday afternoon. The lineup featured several youngsters who made a positive impression, starting with...
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Joe Musgrove to start San Diego Padres first Cactus League game against the Dodgers
The Padres play their first Cactus League game on Thursday, February 22 in Peoria against the Dodgers. They aren’t wasting any time putting one of their best pitchers on the mound. Manager Mike Shildt says Joe Musgrove will start the exhibition opener. It’s a great sign for the Grossmont High School alum. Musgrove had to shut his 2023 season down…
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San Diego Padres stars Xander Bogaerts and Ha-Seong Kim switching positions
The Friars’ middle infield gets a spring-training shakeup.
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The San Diego Padres have a (somewhat) secret weapon to keep their players healthy in 2024 and beyond
In 2023 the Padres missed out on a Wild Card spot when they finished 2.0 games behind the Diamondsbacks, who went to the World Series. It’s entirely possible the Friars could have made that run had they not had multiple injuries to All-Stars down the stretch. This year, things could be dramatically different. Point Loma Nazarene University and the Padres…
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The San Diego Padres have a (somewhat) secret weapon to keep their players healthy in 2024 and beyond
On Friar Podcast talks in depth with PLNU biomechanics professor Arnel Aguinaldo about new lab.
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San Diego Padres, Jurickson Profar to reunite in 2024
Jurickson Profar’s best seasons have come in San Diego. Over the last 20 years San Diego’s best seasons have come with Jurickson Profar. So, yeah, this makes sense. The Padres and Profar have agreed to a 1-year contract worth a reported $1 million for 2024 (performance incentives can add another 150% to the deal), pending a physical. It’s a move…
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The future is near: San Diego Padres invite 17-year-old phenom Ethan Salas to Major League Spring Training
Last January the Padres signed catcher Ethan Salas, the top-ranked prospect on the International Market. Over the ensuing eight months he made his professional debut as a 16-year-old, was promoted through two level of the minor leagues to become the first 17-year-old in at least the last 40 years to play in the Texas League, and went from outside the…
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3 moves the Padres need to make before Spring Training starts
Pitchers and catchers will be reporting to Padres Spring Training at the Peoria Sports Complex in just a few weeks and the 2024 roster is still anything but complete. They still have somewhere in the range of $25 million of space under the Competitive Balance Tax threshold to play around with. Obviously, a few savvy moves are in order, and…
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Padres Tab Snell as Opening Day Starter
Blake Snell is one of the most talented pitchers in baseball. He’s also one of the most confounding. Take the 2022 season, for example. In the first half Snell made 11 starts and pitched to a 5.22 ERA, issuing 31 walks in 50.0 innings. That’s not great. That’s not even good, and definitely not what anyone would expect from a…
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One Week Until Opening Day, How Ready Are the San Diego Padres?
For the Padres, it’s been five weeks. Five weeks of drills and exhibition games and guys coming and going from all over the world for the World Baseball Classic. That’s a long grind and in the middle things can get a little … well … “It does get a little monotonous,” says starting pitcher Nick Martinez, finding the perfect word….
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Red Sox' Justin Turner Shares Positive Update After Taking Pitch to Face
It sounds like Red Sox DH Justin Turner is going to be OK after taking a fastball to the face in Monday’s spring training game at JetBlue Park.
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Red Sox 3B Justin Turner Taken to Hospital After Pitch Hits Him in Head
A scary scene unfolded at JetBlue Park on Monday afternoon when Red Sox infielder Justin Turner was hit in the head by a pitch from Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Matt Manning.
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Mets Fans Use Pitch Clock to Try to Fool Nationals Pitcher
Mets fans tried to trick a Nationals pitcher with a ruse commonly seen in college basketball.
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PitchCom Volume Issue Gives Away Twins Pitch Calls in Spring Training
Minnesota Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said the PitchCom device catcher Tony Wolters was using was loud enough for Tampa Bay Rays hitters to hear every pitch that was called.
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PitchCom Volume Issue Gives Away Twins Pitch Calls in Spring Training
Minnesota Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said the PitchCom device catcher Tony Wolters was using was loud enough for Tampa Bay Rays hitters to hear every pitch that was called.
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PitchCom Volume Issue Gives Away Twins Pitch Calls in Spring Training
Minnesota Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said the PitchCom device catcher Tony Wolters was using was loud enough for Tampa Bay Rays hitters to hear every pitch that was called.
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On Friar Podcast: “This Looks Like an All-Star Game Event” Bob Scanlan on Star Studded Padres
On paper, the Padres have one of the most talented Major League Baseball teams of the last 30 years. But, will it become a great team or just be a collection of great players? The On Friar Podcast got a take from Padres analyst and broadcaster Bob Scanlan, one of the most respected and dialed in members of the San…
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