https://diamondcentric.net/mlb-news/padres-mission/page/65/?d=1enhttps://diamondcentric.net/mlb-news/padres-mission/san-diego-padres-2026-top-prospects-rankings-kruz-schoolcraft-no-3-r6978/Padres Mission's ranking of the club's top prospects for 2026 has reached the final stage with a countdown of the top five. Be sure to check out our previous rankings here: No. 4: Bradgley Rodriguez No. 5: Miguel Mendez No. 6: Jagger Haynes No. 7: Humberto Cruz...6978Wed, 18 Mar 2026 13:54:02 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/mlb-news/padres-mission/san-diego-padres-2026-position-analysis-catcher-r6941/Long gone are the days of Benito Santiago, who excelled at the plate as well as behind it. Such a catcher, if they're even in the system, is still a ways off. Thus, the San Diego Padres have tried to piece together a catching tandem that will help the team make a push for NL West title or a...6941Tue, 17 Mar 2026 13:51:02 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/mlb-news/padres-mission/padres-joe-musgrove-headed-to-injured-list-to-begin-2026-season-r6915/The first significant blow to the San Diego Padres' Opening Day rotation became somewhat official as first-year manager Craig Stammen said Monday that right-hander Joe Musgrove will begin the season on the injured list. Musgrove, the Padres' best pitcher when healthy and author of the first...6915Mon, 16 Mar 2026 18:43:01 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/mlb-news/padres-mission/spring-temperature-check-whos-hot-and-whos-cold-in-padres-camp-march-13-15-r6910/Can you believe we are entering the final week of spring training? In 10 days, the San Diego Padres will host two-time reigning AL Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal and the Detroit Tigers at Petco Park for Opening Day. Following the Dominican Republic's 2-1 loss to the U.S. in the World Ba...6910Mon, 16 Mar 2026 16:00:02 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/mlb-news/padres-mission/san-diego-padres-2026-top-prospects-rankings-bradgley-rodriguez-no-4-r6905/Padres Mission's ranking of the organization's top prospects for 2026 has reached the final stage with a countdown of the top five. Be sure to check out our previous rankings here: No. 5: Miguel Mendez No. 6: Jagger Haynes No. 7: Humberto Cruz No. 8: Ty Harvey...6905Mon, 16 Mar 2026 13:56:01 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/mlb-news/padres-mission/five-bold-predictions-for-the-padres-in-2026-r6877/The 2026 Major League Baseball season is just a few weeks away. Here are five bold predictions that could define the San Diego Padres in 2026. Jackson Merrill emerges as team captain Watch for a leadership change in the clubhouse from Manny Machado to Jackson Merrill. Machado has been...6877Sun, 15 Mar 2026 14:08:02 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/mlb-news/padres-mission/spring-temperature-check-whos-hot-and-whos-cold-in-padres-camp-march-9-12-r6870/We are turning the corner and getting ready to hit the stretch drive of spring training, whatever that is. The San Diego Padres are starting to come together. As a reminder: Don't take anything too seriously in this recap. It is only spring training, where exhibition games often devolve int...6870Sat, 14 Mar 2026 20:55:00 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/mlb-news/padres-mission/san-diego-padres-2026-top-prospects-rankings-miguel-mendez-no-5-r6865/The San Diego Padres may lack the might they once had in terms of prospect depth, but that doesn’t mean they lack intrigue down on the farm. Having already explored three-quarters of the team’s top 20 prospects – as voted on by our Padres Mission staff – we turn our attention to one whose intrig...6865Sat, 14 Mar 2026 13:55:07 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/mlb-news/padres-mission/four-prospective-buyers-tour-san-diego-padres-spring-training-facility-r6854/Representatives for four groups still in the running to purchase the San Diego Padres visited the team's spring training complex in Peoria, Ariz., this week. According to a report by Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune on Friday, the new target for completing a sale by the Seidler fam...6854Fri, 13 Mar 2026 21:20:00 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/mlb-news/padres-mission/san-diego-padres-2026-top-prospects-jagger-haynes-no-6-r6846/Padres Mission's countdown of the top 20 San Diego Padres prospects, as voted on by our staff writers, continues with deeper profiles on the top 10 entering the 2026 season. Check out prior entries in the ranking here: No. 7: Humberto Cruz No. 8: Ty Harvey No. 9: Ryan...6846Fri, 13 Mar 2026 13:54:05 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/mlb-news/padres-mission/padres-bryan-hoeing-to-have-surgery-will-miss-entire-2026-season-r6844/A really deep San Diego Padres bullpen just got a wee bit thinner. Right-hander Bryan Hoeing, a candidate to make the Opening Day roster, will miss the entire 2026 season after deciding to have surgery to repair the flexor tendon in his right arm, Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune r...6844Fri, 13 Mar 2026 13:26:02 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/mlb-news/padres-mission/padres-top-20-prospects-breakdown-11-15-r6831/Let's continue our coverage of the Padres' top prospects with the 15th-ranked pipeline talent down to no. 11, as determined by our Padres Mission writers. This is a crash course on the highs, lows, and trajectory of Tirso Ornelas, Garrett Hawkins, Lamar King Jr., Jorge Quintana, and Romeo Sanabr...6831Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:42:01 +0000