https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/padres-mission/page/11/?d=1News: Newsenhttps://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/padres-mission/2026-san-diego-padres-mlb-draft-day-2-thread-r10994/When not drafting for need, as is the modus operandi for the MLB Draft, it can be tough to identify trends for a team. But for the San Diego Padres on Day 1 of the draft, there were two things that stood out: They drafted youth and left-handed bats. Will that continue on Day 2? We shall fin...10994Sun, 12 Jul 2026 13:50:02 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/padres-mission/padres-minor-league-report-luis-verdugos-late-flex-gives-missions-a-victory-r10984/  Thanks to a rainout for the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas, the four full-season San Diego Padres affiliates went 2-1 Saturday. The Double-A San Antonio Missions won 10-9 over Midland, the High-A Fort Wayne TinCaps lost 4-2 to West Michigan and the Low-A Lake Elsinore Storm cruised to an 8-2...10984Sun, 12 Jul 2026 05:07:01 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/padres-mission/san-diego-padres-select-alex-conover-in-fourth-round-no-134-of-2026-mlb-draft-r10975/With their final pick on the first day of the 2026 MLB Draft, the San Diego Padres got their first power bat. That came in the form of Oklahoma State junior outfielder Alex Conover, who was taken with a compensation pick in the fourth round, the 134th overall selection. The Friars received...10975Sat, 11 Jul 2026 23:21:00 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/padres-mission/san-diego-padres-select-robbie-lavey-in-fourth-round-no-124-of-2026-mlb-draft-r10971/Not that the San Diego Padres needed additional catching depth, but they went out and drafted another backstop. With the first of two fourth-round selections, the Padres selected George Washington junior catcher Robbie Lavey with the 124th overall pick. The 6-foot-2, 215-pound left-handed h...10971Sat, 11 Jul 2026 23:01:00 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/padres-mission/san-diego-padres-select-ryan-lynch-in-third-round-no-97-of-2026-mlb-draft-r10967/After going undrafted out of high school, right-handed starter Ryan Lynch bolstered his profile high enough for the San Diego Padres to select him in the third round (97th overall pick) in the 2026 MLB Draft. Lynch finished his junior season as part of North Carolina's starting rotation, po...10967Sat, 11 Jul 2026 22:36:00 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/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/news-rumors/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/news-rumors/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/news-rumors/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/news-rumors/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/news-rumors/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/news-rumors/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 +0000