San Diego Padres News

With a winning record and legitimate hopes at a postseason berth as the second wild card, general manager Jack Zduriencik supplemented his offensively challenged club by adding established major league outfielders Austin Jackson and Chris Denorfia via trade before Thursday's deadline.

After the Padres game on Monday, I decided to give the Darren Smith show a little listen.

The Atlanta Braves eye a rebound effort this weekend against the San Diego Padres, a process they aim to get started on Friday night in the opener of a three-game series.

May 23, 2014; San Diego, CA, USA; San Diego Padres relief pitcher Joaquin Benoit throws during the ninth inning against the Chicago Cubs at Petco Park.

May 20, 2014; San Diego, CA, USA; San Diego Padres right fielder Chris Denorfia makes a diving catch to end the fifth inning against the Minnesota Twins at Petco Park.

Miller allowed two home runs -- both in the second inning -- but not much else. He allowed the two runs on three hits with no walks and five strikeouts in six innings.

Gyorko homered for the second straight game in Thursday's 6-2 loss to Shelby Miller and the St. Louis Cardinals.

Jedd Gyorko is starting to look like the player who showed so much promise as a rookie that the San Diego Padres gave him a $35 million contract two weeks into his second season.

A summary of all of the Padres' trade candidates and an open thread for commenting on the day's dealings Today at 1 PM pacific time the non-waiver trading deadline will come to an end.

The Seattle Mariners have acquired veteran outfielder Chris Denorfia from the San Diego Padres for a pair of minor leaugers.

They came to town together from the Mariners in a deadline deal for starting pitcher Andy Benes and a player to be named later who ended up being pitcher Greg Keagle a month and a half later.

Jul 22, 2014; Chicago, IL, USA; Chicago Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo rounds the bases after hitting a solo home run against the San Diego Padres during the third inning at Wrigley Field.

Maddening was suggested by one reporter. Exasperating would also work. Mozeliak settled on the one that has been most commonly used in the clubhouse - "frustrating."

JULY 30: Peter Bourjos #8 of the St. Louis Cardinals, left, Kolten Wong #16 , center, and Oscar Taveras #18, right, misplay a double hit by Alexi Amarista #5 of the San Diego Padres during the third inning of a baseball game at Petco Park July 30, 2014 in San Diego, California.

On this day in 2005, Kevin Towers finally traded Phil Nevin. Well, he had already traded him three times, but this time it stuck.

Jul 5, 2014; San Diego, CA, USA; San Francisco Giants first baseman Brandon Belt hits a two run home run during the tenth inning against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park.

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At manager Mike Matheny's urging, crew chief Brian Gorman reviewed a fifth-inning play at the plate on Tuesday night before confirming that there was no violation for Rule 7.13, which requires a catcher to provide a lane to home plate if he does not have possession of the ball.

If the pattern holds for Cardinals starter Joe Kelly, he should be excellent in his outing against the Padres on Wednesday night.

A 3-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates dropped the Giants to 0-5 on the homestand.