San Diego Padres Archives

Fantasy Baseball: Bullpen Breakdown – NL West

It’s the love/hate relationship you really love to hate: closers! With a month or so left until Opening Day, now is as good a time as any to start breaking down some bullpen arms ahead of your draft. This series will detail every division across the league, offering you the big names you’ll want to own, as well as the sleepers you need to keep an eye on, and of course some key stats to better prepare you for the big day. Next up, we take a look at the NL West. Team Closer Next in Line Plan C Arizona…

Padres Land Eric Hosmer

Eric Hosmer has decided to sign with the Padres with an eight-year, $144M deal. The Padres don’t necessarily need a first baseman, but they could use his above league average bat in the lineup.The 28-year-old Hosmer is coming off a career season, at least from a fantasy perspective, with a .318 average, 25 HR, 98 runs, and 94 RBI. According to FanGraphs' auction calculator, he was the 25th-highest producing position player last season. There is a perception that Hosmer is inconsistent from season-to-season. This really…

Toronto Acquires Yangervis Solarte from San Diego

Join or start a fantasy baseball league at Fantrax today! Keeper, dynasty, re-draft. Fully customizable. A+ customer service The Blue Jays have traded prospects Edward Olivares and Jared Carkuff to the Padres for infield utilityman Yangervis Solarte. As both rosters stand post-trade, zero fantasy implications are felt.The 30-year-old Solarte, who batted .255/.314/.416 with 18 homers in 512 plate appearances in 2017, is the trade’s centerpiece, but he moves from being a backup in San Diego to being a backup in Toronto.…

The Baseball Show S2.E3 guest Chris Kusiolek

The Baseball Show proudly welcomes Chris Kusiolek (@CaliKusiolek), who is one of the most well respected up-and-coming amateur scouts in the lower levels of the minor leagues. Chris started at an early age and has a natural feel for finding talent. Hear about his remarkable backstory, and then get some in-depth player profiles like you've never heard before. With any luck, we may be fortunate enough to have Chris do a weekly segment for us! Check the timestamps below to skip ahead to specific sections.3:12 How a scout…

Chase Headley Gets Dumped on the Padres

The Yankees have traded Chase Headley and Bryan Mitchell to the Padres for Jabari Blash. In the real baseball world, this move is just a salary-dump trade, which creates a ton of questions and no answers.Headley moves to the Padres, who had Yangervis Solarte and Cory Spangenberg as options at third base. Solarte will likely move to short and Spangenberg to second. While the infield may stay this way, I see one or more of these guys on the move later this offseason. Future moves may help to clarify the Padres' plans.…