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2 weeks ago | 
nbcsandiego.com | Derek Togerson
There are still a few days left in April. The Padres will be playing games through September. So, we can all have full confidence that they will, in fact, have games where they score more than one run again ... even if it doesn't really feel that way right now. San Diego snapped a string of 30 straight scoreless innings but wasn't able to build on it in a 4-1 loss to Tampa Bay on Saturday night at Petco Park. Maybe it's the fact half of their usual starting lineup is on the injured list.
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2 weeks ago | 
nbcsandiego.com | Derek Togerson
Before Friday's game against Tampa Bay at Petco Park, Padres manager Mike Shildt shared an interesting stat that the club's media department did a great job digging up. He mentioned that, prior to Wednesday's 6-0 loss to the Tigers in Detroit, the Padres had gone 86 straight games without being shut out. The second-longest active streak in baseball belonged to the Red Sox at 34 games, which is still impressive but nowhere near the dominance San Diego had displayed.
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2 weeks ago | 
nbcsandiego.com | Derek Togerson
After getting off to a 7-0 start the Padres had whipped their fan base into a frenzy. Now that they've dropped two straight series after a 6-game road trip through Houston and Detroit, a few too many people are getting concerned that things are turning sour fast. The On Friar Podcast is here to make those people feel better.
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3 weeks ago | 
nbcsandiego.com | Derek Togerson
By Derek Togerson The Padres placed All-Star infielder Luis Arraez on the 7-day concussion Injured List on Monday. All things considered, it's about the best news San Diego could have gotten. Arraez was injured in a collision with Astros infielder Mauricio Dubon in the 1st inning of Sunday's 3-2 win in Houston. The three-time batting champion left the field on a stretcher and was taken to a Houston area hospital for further evaluation.
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3 weeks ago | 
nbcsandiego.com | Derek Togerson
For decades, the culmination of college football's spring practice window as the Spring Game. Programs will open up the stadium and play a scrimmage to give fans something to dream on over the summer. But, college football has entered its Transfer Portal Era. Seemingly everything is changing, and it's starting to look like the Spring Game will soon be extinct.
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3 weeks ago | 
nbcsandiego.com | Derek Togerson
Leadoff walks are bad. Every pitching coach will tell you that. It's a message I'm sure Ruben Niebla will be reiterating after leadoff walks cost his staff in a 3-2 loss to the Astros in Houston on Saturday night. The Padres built a 2-0 lead on the strength of a monstrous solo home run from Fernando Tatis Jr. and an RBI double from Manny Machado (that scored Tatis Jr.) and that was looking like it might be enough. Michael King was coming off his first career shutout last Sunday against the Rockies.
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3 weeks ago | 
nbcsandiego.com | Derek Togerson
San Diego's late comeback bid falls shortThe Astros selected Florida State outfielder Cam Smith in the 1st round of the 2024 MLB Draft. He hit his way onto the Opening Day roster with an amazing Spring Training, becoming the first player from last year's draft class to reach the big leagues. Kyle Hart would have preferred him to get a little more seasoning in the minors. Smith took Hart deep twice on Friday night, slugging Houston to a 6-4 win in the opener of their 3-game weekend series.
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1 month ago | 
nbcsandiego.com | Derek Togerson
Michael King is dominant as Friars complete sweep of Colorado at Petco ParkWhen Michael King is on ... really, really ON ... he's one of the best pitchers in baseball. The Rockies were unlucky enough to experience that first-hand on Sunday afternoon at Petco Park. King made the best start of his life, a two-hit shutout with nine strikeouts, in a 6-0 San Diego win to complete a weekend sweep of Colorado.
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1 month ago | 
nbcsandiego.com | Derek Togerson
San Diego FC has turned Snapdragon Stadium into a fortress. The first-year club hasn't lost at home yet. Now they have to figure out how to take that same kind of mentality on the road. SDFC was on its heels almost from the opening kickoff in a 3-2 loss in Colorado. The Rapids outshot San Diego 21-9 and with the sheer volume of chances eventually something was going to break through. It could be argued, however, that Colorado's first goal was a gift.
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1 month ago | 
nbcsandiego.com | Derek Togerson
All-world outfielder hits a home run and makes several stellar defensive plays to back Kyle Hart's strong startFernando Tatis Jr. said it himself during Padres FanFest 2025: when he's healthy and locked in mentally he's "second to none" on the baseball field. Saturday night at Petco Park he provided a strong set of evidence to back that argument.
