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The San Diego Padres drafted catcher Blake Hunt as their Competitive Balance pick after the second round of the 2017 draft and signed him for $1.6 million. He had progressed to High-A Fort Wayne when he was traded to the Tampa Bay Rays as part of the Blake Snell deal in 2020. He was with […]
The Padres announced that outfielder Bryce Johnson has cleared waivers and been outrighted to Triple-A El Paso. Johnson has a previous outright and can elect free agency, though the team didn’t provide any indication he’ll do so. San Diego designated Johnson for assignment on Friday. The 30-year-old had held a bench spot for the entire season […]
You really can’t ask for more than Dustin May delivered Monday night at Busch Stadium. The San Diego Padres had no answer for him and the St. Louis Cardinals bats were sufficient to pull off a victory from the Californians who seemed only half-aware that they were supposed to play a baseball game tonight. Let’s […]
A wild sequence of events has led to a multi-game suspension for San Diego Padres reliever Ron Marinaccio. He gets three games for hitting Baltimore Orioles' shortstop Gunnar Henderson with a pitch in the 9th inning of a game this past weekend. Henderson was targeted on three separate occasions in the game by two different pitchers before finally getting beaned. And the umpires had seen enough. And there it is: Craig Stammen suspended for 1 game following incident Saturday in which Ron Ma...
The St. Louis Cardinals return to Busch Stadium Monday night as they’ll host the San Diego Padres. Dustin May will make the start for the Cardinals while the starter for the Padres is to be determined. First pitch is scheduled for 6:45pm at Busch Stadium and the TV broadcast will be available on Cardinals.tv.
As San Diego Padres pitcher Ron Marinaccio hit Baltimore Orioles’ Gunnar Henderson in Saturday’s 9-3 win, it led to the ejections of Marinaccio and manager Craig Stammen, plus some suspensions. With the news of Marinaccio and Stammen being suspended for the Padres, here is how it all went down. Marinaccio would hit Henderson inside in […] The post Why Padres’ Craig Stammen is suspended for Monday’s Cardinals clash appeared first on ClutchPoints .
San Diego Padres (37-33) at St. Louis Cardinals (38-31), June 15, 2026, 4:45 a.m. PST Watch: Padres.TV Location: Busch Stadium – St. Louis, MO Listen: 97.3 The Fan Please remember our Game Day thread guidelines.
After San Diego Padres pitcher Ron Marinaccio hit Baltimore Orioles star Gunnar Henderson on Saturday, he was suspended along with manager Craig Stammen, with the claim being that it was intentional. As the Padres and Orioles matchups over the weekend were intense, a ruling has been made on suspensions for Marinaccio and Stammen. According to […] The post Padres’ Ron Marinaccio suspended 3 games for intentionally hitting Gunnar Henderson appeared first on ClutchPoints .
The Los Angeles Dodgers have been up and down lately, losing two out of their three games against the Chicago White Sox over the weekend. Still, Los Angeles is in a good position overall, sitting with a record of 45-27, seven games above the San Diego Padres for the lead in the NL West. Shohei […] The post Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani has All-Star Game voting lead, obviously appeared first on ClutchPoints .
The San Diego Padres haven’t won two consecutive series since April. They finally did so on Sunday against the Baltimore Orioles. After besting the Cincinnati Reds in a rubber match last week, they did the same against the O’s in the rubber match Sunday afternoon. They did so on the backs of some great pitching […]
Sometimes, prospects end up being better trade chips than actual players. That might be the case with Owen Caissie who has already been part of two prominent trades but has yet to find his footing in the major leagues. After being selected by the Padres in the second round of the 2020 draft, Owen Caissie […]
As rumors surround the San Diego Padres and the Chicago Cubs ahead of the trade deadline, the one position that many insiders believe they could look for is starting pitching, with Tarik Skubal being the biggest name on the market. While the Padres and Cubs have been linked to Skubal, this MLB insider connects the […] The post MLB rumors: Jon Heyman predicts Padres, Cubs will trade for star pitchers, but not Tarik Skubal appeared first on ClutchPoints .
Another week of confusing 2026 Orioles baseball is in the books. After looking like they were heading back to the cellar by losing the first two games of the Seattle series, they ripped off three straight wins and, facing a Padres team with a struggling offense, had a chance to finally get in a longer […]
The Orioles didn’t lose on Sunday because of their defense, but it certainly didn’t help. In the top of the ninth inning the middle infield duo of Gunnar Henderson and Jackson Holliday combined for three errors in the span of two batted balls. That set the table for the fifth and final Padres run of […]
San Diego Padres Fernando Tatis Jr. is scorching at the plate to open the month of June. Manager Craig Stammen has been reluctant to lock his superstar into one defensive position at either second base or right field because it might limit the offense’s potential. With the need for more run production amid key injuries, […]
Any hopes that the Orioles would use the late-game plunking of Gunnar Henderson on Saturday to propel themselves to victory in the series finale went unanswered. The offense was largely impotent in a 5-2 rubber match loss on Sunday afternoon at Camden Yards. Let’s start with the things that went well because it’s a pretty […]
Throughout most of Saturday’s game, this series finale was setting up to be just another nondescript rubber match between inter-league foes. Then, in the ninth inning of a game that was out of reach, the Padres plunked Gunnar Henderson as retaliation for Xander Bogaerts being hit in the head earlier in the afternoon. Now this […]
The Padres have selected the contract of catcher Blake Hunt from Triple-A El Paso, according to a team announcement. Catcher Freddy Fermin is going on the 7-day concussion injured list in the meantime. To clear room for Hunt on the 40-man roster, right-hander Ty Adcock is being designated for assignment. Fermin was warming up reliever […]
San Diego Padres (36-33) at Baltimore Orioles (34-38), June 14, 2026, 10:35 a.m. PST Watch: Padres.TV Location: Oriole Park at Camden Yards – San Diego, Baltimore, Mary. Listen: 97.3 The Fan Please remember our Game Day thread guidelines.
The San Diego Padres won the second game against the Baltimore Orioles by 9-3. However, Saturday’s attraction was not the scoreboard, but the barrages of hit-by-pitches thrown by each other. What started in the fifth inning when the Orioles’ Trey Gibson hit Manny Machado, went till the 9th when Gunnar Henderson took a nasty hit […] The post Tempers Flare in Padres-Orioles Game After 30YO Pitcher Accused of Intentionally Hitting Orioles Star appeared first on EssentiallySports .
Saturday afternoon was the offensive showing that the Friar Faithful have been waiting for. The San Diego Padres erupted for nine runs against the Baltimore Orioles. It’s the most the team has scored since their 10-5 rout of the San Francisco Giants on May 5. More than that, it forced their third consecutive rubber game […]
It was the offensive explosion fans of the San Diego Padres have been waiting for all season. It was a glimpse at what the Friar Faithful thought this lineup could be with big-name stars scattered throughout the order. It was good to see. Jackson Merrill, Manny Machado, Gavin Sheets, Samad Taylor and Rodolfo Duran all […]
When news broke that Ramon Laureano was likely to miss the rest of the season with a torn labrum in his right hip, it was a major blow to an already thin and struggling lineup. Enter Samad Taylor, who has provided the jolt the San Diego Padres desperately needed. The timing couldn’t have been more […] The post Samad Taylor Has Become a Fun Spark Plug the Padres Needed appeared first on Just Baseball .
As some fans are wondering where the Baltimore Orioles will go when it comes to a trade offer and if they will be active at the trade deadline, the production on the field should not go unnoticed, as well. After Orioles star Gunnar Henderson hit his 100th career home run on Friday, the San Diego […] The post Orioles’ Gunnar Henderson calls out Padres’ ‘payback’ after hit-by-pitch appeared first on ClutchPoints .
Occasionally there are games where a bad first inning is enough to make you consider doing something other than watching Orioles baseball that day. That was the case here as the Padres scored four runs before the O’s even got a chance to hit and eventually prevailed to a 9-3 win on Saturday afternoon in […]