San Diego Padres

By Brett Moore As usual, the Dodgers have some sort of mental block against the Angels—not to mention the rest of the American League. Dem bums are running around with the best record in baseball, and the Angels struggled out of the gate. And yet, the Angels still swiped two of three from the Dodgers, at Dodg...

By Sportmeister 2. CC Sabathia—New York Yankees 5. Brandon Webb—Arizona Diamondbacks 7. Jake Peavy—San Diego Padres 8. Dan Haren—Arizona Diamondbacks 18. A.J. Burnett—New York Yankees 3. Dan Haren—Arizona Diamondbacks 8. Josh Johnson—Florida Marlins 20. Jake Peavy—San Diego Padres

By Andrew Nuschler The Los Angeles Dodgers didn't exactly explode from the gates, but they had a nice week and have only the overachieving San Diego Padres ahead of them in the division. Of course, the Los Angeles Dodgers didn't bend until after players had reported to Spring Training.  Consequently, Man-Ra...

By Ty Jackson The NL West is compromised of five teams. The Arizona Diamondbacks, Colorado Rockies, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres, and the San Francisco Giants. The Padres went in a complete nose dive in 2008 from third to last. If Jake Peavy isn't traded and stays healty the Padres could be one of t...

The hot spot was discovered by Los Padres fire crews last summer after a hunter reported a column of smoke hovering over the ridgelines of the Dick Smith Wilderness in the rugged San Rafael Mountains. Fire crews were flown in to ...

By Rick Chandler • Wizard Cat Defensive Player Of The Day. Carlos Gonzalez, Oakland Athletics. The Diamondbacks are probably regretting trading Gonzalez out of their farm system after he reached over the right-field fence on Tuesday to rob Stephen Drew of a homer in the eighth. Originally awarded three wa...

By Rick Chandler • Everything Must Go!. Word is that the Padres are about to have a fire sale. Catchers half price! Jake Peavy is already on the DL, and now Chris Young is most likely headed there after getting hit in the face by Albert Pujols' line drive in the third (he's OK). Pujols also knocked Josh Bard out of t...

Now, the Padres will be trying to get their offense going as they close a three-game series with the Colorado Rockies at Petco Park. ... Padres defeat Rockies, 6-1 Los Angeles Times Hairston, Greene homer off rookie Reynolds to carry Padres The Associated Press

When a big-league game finishes with a 1-0 score, you know that pitching is a key factor in the outcome. And with Greg Maddux taking the hill en route to his 349th career win, followed by four shutout innings from the Padres embattled bullpen, there was no shortage of high points for those who...

By Leitch 1. Arizona Diamondbacks. If Randy Johnson is even slightly healthy, they could have the best record in the National League. 2. Los Angeles Dodgers. Boy, love that Juan Pierre. Really. 5. San Francisco Giants. Bonds will end his career — maybe — on a last place team. Makes sense.