Following losses on Thursday and Friday, and a narrow 2-1 win on Saturday, the San Diego Padres would pummel the Washington Nationals in a 13-4 victory on Sunday, splitting the four-game series. The Padres were led by a strong performance by gunslinging starter Andrew Cashner, who went 6.2 innings while surrendering three runs and striking out six batters. The former first-round draft pick out of TCU, Cashn ...

Jedd Gyorko is no stranger to hitting home runs. He hit  30 home runs last season  spending his time between AA and AAA. Gyorko  also hit four home runs this spring.  a popular sleeper pick in most fantasy drafts Gyorko got off to a slow start  hitting .244/.347/.317 in 49 plate appearances and went  homeless in his first 96 at-bats. Things may be about to change. Gyorko  entered last night's game batting . ...

MLB  suspended Carlos Quentin  for eight games for his role in the bench clearing brawl with the Los Angeles Dodgers Thursday night that resulted in Dodgers right-hander Zack Greinke  suffering a broken collarbone. Greinke will be sidelined for eight weeks and will not be suspended. Greinke is 1-0 with a 1.59 ERA in two starts this season. Los Angeles signed Greinke to a six-year contract worth $147 million ...

Chase Headley  will miss at least a month,  the result of breaking the tip of his left thumb while sliding into second base on Sunday trying to break up a double play. The injury is not likely to require surgery and will need about a month to heal. "Injuries occur. You hate to see it happen, but it's the nature of a physical sport like baseball," Padres manager Bud Black said. "It's unfortunate for Chase an ...

With the ever rising cost of offense, more and more teams are looking to platoons as low-cost, high-reward options. The platoon is hardly a new managerial tool, but it seems as though there are more teams using the stat-heavy angle to leverage player's stronger sides to enhance the team's production--while also saving a penny or two in the process. Below is an in-depth, projected list of National League org ...

Though they are not opening their pockets as deep as their National League West rivals to the north, the San Diego padres' new ownership group has taken a new direction that is opposite of the penny pinching ways the franchise has demonstrated for years. Instead of trading hometown star Carlos Quentin, the Padres signed him to a long-term deal. They also retained closer Huston Street, and so far they have r ...

Chase Headley and the San Diego Padres reached an agreement on a one-year deal worth $8.575 million and avoided arbitration. Headley had requested $10.3 million, and the team had offered slightly more than $7 million. Headley hit .286/.376/.498 with 31 home runs and 17 stolen bases in 699 plate appearances in 2012. The switch-hitting Headley  also took home his first career Rawlings Gold Glove and Louisvill ...

Could it be that the San Diego Padres' penny-pinching ways are now part of the past? Though they are not likely to even remotely resemble the current version of the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Padres do have a new ownership group, and instead of trading talented young veterans like Chase Headley and Cameron Maybin, and unloading seasoned names like Carlos Quinten and Huston Street, they have retained them. Tho ...

The Giants' deep rotation remains intact for 2013, unless... Editor’s Note: Baseball News Source has provided a division-by-division series that address what teams might do this off-season in the American League and in the National League East and NL Central. Here is our outlook on the NL West to finalize the series. Even though Tim Lincecum struggled with a 10-15 record and a 5.18 ERA during the regular se ...

Headley's performance in 2012 has catapulted him into the MVP discussion There was nothing at stake in Milwaukee on Wednesday. Just two teams - the Brewers and the San Diego Padres - playing a meaningless 2012 finale. Though they finished with a 76-86 record after a 7-6 win, the Padres have reasons for optimism heading into the off-season. A key one is third baseman Chase Headley. Headley - who was 2-for-3 ...

  Padres may keep Headley who is under team control through 2014 There is a better chance of snow falling in southern California than the Padres mimicking the newfound spending habits of their National League rival and neighbor to the north in Los Angeles. Still, there is a sudden change in the way they are doing business in San Diego. Earlier in August, Major League Baseball owners approved the sale o ...

[caption id="attachment_7492" align="alignright" width="300"] Quentin is batting .262 with 13 home runs and 36 RBI this season, agreed to a three-year, $27 million deal on July 22.[/caption] Times are changing for the San Diego Padres. A new ownership group that features sons and nephews of a former owner with a championship pedigree has taken over, key veterans Carlos Quentin and Huston Street were signed ...

Huston Street is comfortable pitching in San Diego, and today the San Diego Padres gave Street 14 million more reasons to be more comfortable. The Padres and Street have agreed to a $14 million two-year contract extension that will carry him through the 2014 season. Street is 2-0 on the season and pitching to a 0.91 ERA and has converted all 17 save opportunities in his first year with the Padres. "You find ...

Clearly in a rebuilding stage, the San Diego Padres surprised some baseball pundits when they recently announced a three-year, $27 million extension for outfielder Carlos Quentin. It was thought that the budget-conscious Padres would attempt to trade the San Diego native for a haul of prospects, much like they did with first baseman Adrian Gonzalez and right-handed starting pitcher Mat Latos. Perhaps the ne ...