Friars on Base

4 days ago | friarsonbase.com | PJ Potter

The 2025 MLB Draft is approaching soon. On July 13, teams all across Major League Baseball will be looking to add another crop of talent to bolster their farm. The Padres will have the 25th overall pick this season, which is always a great spot to draft a top-end high school star. Coincidentally, in MLB's and ESPN's latest mock drafts, they have San Diego taking a high school standout from Oregon, but not the same player.

5 days ago | friarsonbase.com | PJ Potter

The Padres have had a rollercoaster season. In 2025, they experienced a red-hot winning streak to kick off the campaign, and then completely cooled off following their dominant start. Somewhere in the mix, Padres fans have forgotten about Xander Bogaerts, which makes sense. While Gavin Sheets' success has coveted the failures of other players, and Fernando Tatis Jr. playing like an MVP, Bogaerts' disappointing season has somehow blended towards the back of the fans' focus.

6 days ago | friarsonbase.com | PJ Potter

The 2024 San Diego Padres won 93 games last year. They were a talented and tight-knit bunch that forced a Game 5 elimination contest against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLDS. Plenty of memories were made this season, so let's take a look back at how the players who did not return to San Diego for the 2025 campaign. Nick AhmedAlthough he only played in two games with the Friars last year, Ahmed was once considered to be the next back-up shortstop at Petco Park.

1 week ago | friarsonbase.com | PJ Potter

Entering May 30, the San Diego Padres are 31-23. That record is good enough for second place in the NL West standings currently, but a recent slide of eight losses over their prior 12 games does not make Friars fans all too comfortable. So what does this mean for the Padres this season? Are they going to be buyers at the deadline to add some important pieces to a crumbling roster? Or, will they turn the page on the 2025 season, and build up for the future?

1 week ago | friarsonbase.com | PJ Potter

The Los Angeles Dodgers seemingly always find a way to recognize issues within the Padres' organization, then go out and make things worse for them. While San Diego's bullpen is starting to bleed these past few weeks, the Dodgers went out and grabbed a reliever who could have definitely bolstered the Friars' relief staff. Trading for Alexis Díaz in a trade with the Cincinnati Reds, Los Angeles once again won out over San Diego, furthering them from the Padres by another step.