https://diamondcentric.net/mlb-news/padres-mission/page/37/?d=1enhttps://diamondcentric.net/mlb-news/padres-mission/san-diego-padres-pick-elliot-lascelles-in-second-round-no-60-of-2026-mlb-draft-r10958/Sticking with the high school path, the San Diego Padres selected Canadian shortstop Elliot Lascelles with their second-round pick, the 60th overall in the 2026 MLB Draft. A 6-foot-2, 195-pound left-handed hitter, the 18-year-old is committed to Yale. In addition to having good size for a s...10958Sat, 11 Jul 2026 21:13:00 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/mlb-news/padres-mission/san-diego-padres-select-coleman-borthwick-with-no-21-pick-in-2026-mlb-draft-r10944/The San Diego Padres stayed fairly true to their draft history, taking high school right-hander Coleman Borthwick with the 21st pick in Saturday's MLB Draft. Borthwick is a 6-foot-6, 245-pounder who played at South Walton High School in Santa Rosa Beach, Fla. The 18-year-old is an Auburn co...10944Sat, 11 Jul 2026 19:30:00 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/mlb-news/padres-mission/padres-minor-league-report-ethan-salas-heads-to-philly-with-3-hit-game-r10924/    The four full-season San Diego Padres affiliates split their four games as the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas lost 10-5, the Double-A San Antonio Missions held on for an 8-7 win over Midland, the High-A Fort Wayne TinCaps topped West Michigan 6-3 and the Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm were...10924Sat, 11 Jul 2026 05:04:01 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/mlb-news/padres-mission/2026-san-diego-padres-mlb-draft-day-1-thread-r10919/  The weekend has arrived where the San Diego Padres will begin to add new faces to the organization through the amateur draft. In the last two years, the Padres added high school left-handers Kash Mayfield (2024) and Kruz Schoolcraft (2025). They currently rank as the No. 2 and No. 5 prosp...10919Sat, 11 Jul 2026 02:19:28 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/mlb-news/padres-mission/final-mock-draft-with-the-21st-overall-pick-the-padres-draft-a-powerful-college-bat-r10912/I take MLB mock draft rankings from major industry outlets like MLB Pipeline, ESPN, The Athletic (and many others) to form a consensus board, with a working hypothesis that using this approach will eliminate some of the noise and variance in MLB Draft mock rankings. This is the final mock draft...10912Sat, 11 Jul 2026 01:16:01 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/mlb-news/padres-mission/walker-buehler-finally-healthy-but-a-5-era-problem-r10913/Walker Buehler hasn't logged a 150-inning season since 2021, and while he's on track to buck that trend in 2026, he's falling victim to an earned run average north of five. In this video, we'll break down where he's getting hit the hardest, what kind of pitcher he needs to be going forward, and...10913Sat, 11 Jul 2026 01:12:00 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/mlb-news/padres-mission/yuki-matsui-is-the-padres-master-escape-artist-r10908/Yuki Matsui's 2.23 ERA tells a simple story: A left-handed reliever misses bats at an elite rate, strands nearly every baserunner he allows, and has become another dependable late-inning arm for the San Diego Padres. The good news? The results support that story. But they also raise one imp...10908Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:09:01 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/mlb-news/padres-mission/whats-the-direction-of-the-2026-padres-r10891/Randy Holt and Steve Drumwright look back at a terrible series against the Dodgers that ended on a good note, then at what happened in the Diamondbacks series, which started on a sour note but recovered. Then Randy and Steve discuss the state of the Padres' season and whether it is over or if th...10891Fri, 10 Jul 2026 16:41:01 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/mlb-news/padres-mission/padres-system-analysis-despite-farm-ranking-padres-are-good-at-acquiring-talent-r10883/Editor's note: Padres Mission spoke with two industry experts about the state of the San Diego Padres' minor-league system, what they have done right, what they have done wrong and how they got to this state. This is the second of four articles on the subject. Part 1: Trades Have Depleted M...10883Fri, 10 Jul 2026 13:59:01 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/mlb-news/padres-mission/padres-minor-league-report-affiliates-take-an-0-fer-all-falling-behind-early-in-losses-r10870/  The San Diego Padres' four full-season affiliates failed to win a game in similar fashion as the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas lost to Oklahoma City 6-3, the Double-A San Antonio Missions fell to Midland 5-2, the High-A Fort Wayne TinCaps lost to West Michigan 8-5 and the Low-A Lake Elsinor...10870Fri, 10 Jul 2026 05:15:02 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/mlb-news/padres-mission/bradgley-rodriguezs-changeup-has-changed-everything-r10863/There is one number that follows Bradgley Rodriguez everywhere. Not a highlight, not a moment, but a data point: 41%. That is how often he throws his changeup. For a pitcher sitting 98.1 mph on the fastball, that alone makes the profile feel off-axis. Most pitchers with that kind of velocity lea...10863Thu, 09 Jul 2026 23:04:01 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/mlb-news/padres-mission/other-execs-weigh-in-on-whether-padres-will-trade-mason-miller-r10849/  Could A.J. Preller make another blockbuster move involving Mason Miller at this year's trade deadline? Other front offices certainly think it is a possibility for the San Diego Padres, as MLB.com's Mark Feinsand laid out in this article. Preller, the Padres' president of basebal...10849Thu, 09 Jul 2026 17:41:28 +0000