https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/padres-mission/page/28/?d=1News: Newsenhttps://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/padres-mission/top-25-san-diego-padres-player-assets-of-2026-11-15-r5265/This section of our top 25 San Diego Padres player assets is quite diverse and perhaps reflects why the team is still trying to get over the hump. From a top prospect to a fan favorite to a newcomer to the U.S., these five players range across the whole spectrum of expectations. This list r...5265Mon, 05 Jan 2026 14:54:06 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/padres-mission/the-best-of-26-the-top-san-diego-padres-players-who-have-worn-the-number-r5237/I am very fond of numbers, statistics and just the figures themselves. Stats can often help describe the success or failure of a sports team. The figures themselves, meanwhile, can be part of an identity. After all, when it comes to sports, who do you think of when you see 23 or 12 or 42 or...5237Sat, 03 Jan 2026 16:11:02 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/padres-mission/three-new-years-resolutions-for-padres-fans-in-2026-r5213/Short of wishing ill will to that team just a couple hours north, this is the time of year where we put all the bad stuff that happened in the previous 12 months and look ahead optimistically toward the next dozen. And for baseball fans, that can come in all shapes and sizes; whatever happe...5213Thu, 01 Jan 2026 15:01:01 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/padres-mission/readers-choice-padres-missions-top-five-stories-of-2025-r5207/A lot of places like to pump up the articles they liked from 2025. But here at Padres Mission, we are all about our readers. And that is why we are recapping the five most popular stories you liked from the previous 12 months. From player performance to an international flavor to trade targ...5207Wed, 31 Dec 2025 21:21:01 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/padres-mission/sung-mun-songs-outfield-test-could-fix-what-ails-padres-bench-r5201/The San Diego Padres' signing of former KBO infielder Sung Mun Song wasn't difficult to pin down in its motivation. A versatile infielder coming off a 25/25 season with Kiwoom is a player that virtually every team in baseball would want to add to their roster. So, it's a certain level of victory...5201Wed, 31 Dec 2025 14:57:02 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/padres-mission/catcher-blake-hunt-returns-to-padres-on-minor-league-deal-r5189/Catcher Blake Hunt, a second-round draft choice of the San Diego Padres in 2017 who was involved in the Blake Snell trade, is returning to the club on a minor-league contract. A graduate of Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, the 27-year-old Hunt spent the 2025 season in the Seattle Mariner...5189Tue, 30 Dec 2025 20:02:01 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/padres-mission/top-25-san-diego-padres-player-assets-of-2026-20-16-r5186/Were you surprised by anything in our first installment of the Top 25 San Diego Padres player assets for 2026? As the countdown continues, we start hitting some of the fringy contributors and some who are unsung. This list ranks the 25 Padres players and prospects with this in mind: Who are...5186Tue, 30 Dec 2025 14:58:02 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/padres-mission/miguel-mendez-is-a-tantalizing-but-incomplete-depth-arm-for-the-2026-padres-r5176/The nature of an organization led by a hyper-aggressive executive like A.J. Preller is that, eventually, your farm system looks like it was ransacked by a prospect-hungry Galactus. Such is the state of the San Diego Padres at present. Despite years of building up an impressive minor-league syste...5176Mon, 29 Dec 2025 14:51:02 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/padres-mission/padres-linked-to-japanese-infielder-kazuma-okamoto-r5174/With about a week left in the posting window for infielder Kazuma Okamoto, the San Diego Padres have emerged as a contender for the 29-year-old from Japan. While it isn't known how many teams are involved in the process at this point, the report from Francys Romero also included the Los Ang...5174Mon, 29 Dec 2025 13:30:00 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/padres-mission/a-look-at-the-offseason-for-the-rest-of-the-national-league-west-r5166/The 2025 offseason has been an eventful one for the San Diego Padres. It started with the shocking resignation of Mike Shildt and the hiring of Craig Stammen. It has also featured the losses of star pitchers Dylan Cease and Robert Suarez, and most recently, the acquisition of sought-after K...5166Sun, 28 Dec 2025 14:44:06 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/padres-mission/the-padres-2026-payroll-is-now-at-last-seasons-level-heres-how-they-can-spend-a-bit-more-r5151/A few weeks ago, Padres fans were celebrating the team’s announcement that they weren’t planning to shed salary for the 2026 season. Instead, San Diego intends to operate with a payroll similar to last year’s. That opened the door to all sorts of exciting hypotheticals about what the Padres coul...5151Fri, 26 Dec 2025 17:15:01 +0000https://diamondcentric.net/news-rumors/padres-mission/how-triston-mckenzie-can-become-a-factor-for-the-2026-padres-r5146/It might've got lost in the midst of the re-signing of starter Michael King and the multi-year deal for infielder Sung Mun Song, but the San Diego Padres made an additional under-the-radar pickup last week in former Cleveland Guardians pitchers Triston McKenzie. It's only a minor-league deal tha...5146Fri, 26 Dec 2025 14:51:02 +0000