Spring Training

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…

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….

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.

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.

Mets fans tried to trick a Nationals pitcher with a ruse commonly seen in college basketball.

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.

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.

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.

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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With spring training underway, here’s what to know about the format of the exhibition games.

The Orioles and Pirates provided a glimpse of what baseball would look like without umpires.

It took all of one inning for one of Major League Baseball’s big rule changes to make its presence felt, and Manny Machado is the answer to a new trivia question. In his first at-bat of the Cactus League season the Padres MVP candidate didn’t get set in the batter’s box before MLB’s new pitch clock hit eight seconds....

What’s the difference between the MLB’s Cactus League and the Grapefruit League? Here’s an explainer before spring training kicks off this weekend.

During the first week of Spring Training Darnay caught up with MLB.com Padres beat reporter AJ Cassavell, 97.3 pre and postgame host Sam Levitt, and beat writer for The Athletic Dennis Lin. They discussed Manny’s future, sustainability, Tatis’ return, the six-man rotation, Jackson Merrill and more.

The Super Bowl owns Sunday. Come Monday, it’s baseball season again. February 13 is the day pitchers and catchers who are participating in the World Baseball Classic have to be in camp but listening to a bunch of Padres during their recent FanFest event, we can expect to see a gaggle of guys there bright and early to start putting…

Yu Darvish is in position to finish his career in San Diego. Derek and Darnay discuss why the 36-year-old is likely to age gracefully. With the righty taken care of, is Manny next? Some thoughts on a potential extension for the All-Star third baseman. The guys weighed in on the Spring Training topics that will be top of mind beginning…

NBC 7’s Darnay Tripp and Derek Togerson …

One of the concerns for the Padres this off-season was looking ahead to the next off-season. After 2023 they only had a pair of starting pitchers, Joe Musgrove and Nick Martinez, under contract. So, they figured they might as well keep a perennial Cy Young Award candidate around for a while. Yu Darvish, a 5-time All-Star who’s been the Padres…