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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Leaning on a bat next to the Giants spring training dugout at Scottsdale Stadium on Wednesday, manager Bob Melvin navigated the delicate process of explaining how things unraveled at the end in San Diego. In 2022, the Padres — Melvin's Padres — were a baseball rocketship, beating the 101-win Mets in New York, stunning the 111-win Dodgers and charging into the franchise's first NCLS since 1998. A season later, things crumbled and soured as a lineup loaded with marquee stars failed to perform in the clutch and discord between Melvin and President of Baseball Operations A.J. P...
The San Diego Union-Tribune
Pardon me while I take a few minutes to unpack the Yoshinobu Yamamoto news. I didn’t think the Phillies had it in them. The early-offseason chatter was just that. Chatter. The idea that the Phillies were preparing an aggressive bid for a 25-year-old Japanese starter was a classic hot stove cocktail: one part wishful thinking mixed with two parts market manipulation. If you can’t beat ‘em, drive up their cost of doing business. That kind of thing. Now? I suppose I have to take John Middleton at his word. He sure sounded like a guy who was in it to win it when he talked about Yamamoto with The I...
The Philadelphia Inquirer
JUPITER, Fla. — Trey Mancini last season watched what the Miami Marlins did from a distance. He saw a scrappy team with an underdog mentality push its way into the playoffs and defy the odds they were given. After being inside the clubhouse for one week of spring training, he has a better understanding of how they got to that point. “It’s such a close-knit team,” Mancini said. “It’s always great to come in into a situation like that.” Mancini is with the Marlins on a minor-league deal. The 31-year-old first baseman has a track record for being a professional hitter and can play solid defense b...
Miami Herald
GLENDALE, Ariz. — General manager Chris Getz had a conversation with Chicago White Sox left fielder Andrew Benintendi in September, looking ahead to 2024. “I think one of the focuses for him was to physically improve his body to be more athletic defensively, certainly offensively, and it’s shown so far,” Getz said Tuesday. “It’s definitely, from my standpoint, an encouraging sign.” With some nagging injuries behind him, Benintendi is gearing up for his second season with the Sox. “For me, obviously last year wasn’t the best year, dealt with some things throughout the year that may have hindere...
Chicago Tribune
Sorry, the Padres remain on the hook for the rest of Eric Hosmer's contract. The owner of the first nine-figure contract in franchise history, the 34-year-old first baseman on Wednesday announced his retirement. The Padres traded Hosmer away in August 2022, triggering their responsibility to pay the rest of his guaranteed deal — $39 million from 2023 through 2025 — whether he was on a major league roster or not. A payment schedule was instituted at the time of the trade. Hosmer spent most of the rest of 2022 on the Red Sox injured list and was released that December. The Cubs signed him less t...
The San Diego Union-Tribune
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Chiefs fans are still celebrating the team’s Super Bowl LVIII championship, which was secured earlier this month. That’s the latest in a growing list of the titles won by Kansas City sports teams. Another championship team will be honored throughout this year. The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum will be celebrating what it says was the first championship in the city’s history 100 years ago. The Kansas City Monarchs won the 1924 Negro Leagues World Series by defeating the Hilldale Daisies in a 10-game series. “If you know anything about a nonprofit organization, we will indeed ...
The Kansas City Star
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Kodai Senga may have the Mets’ first injury of spring training. Senga skipped Wednesday’s workout at Clover Park after complaining of “arm fatigue.” The Mets ace spent the afternoon with the trainers and manager Carlos Mendoza did not have any other information after the workout. “After his side session yesterday he came in experiencing some arm fatigue,” Mendoza said. “So he stayed inside and we’re taking a look at it.” Senga was with the trainers after practice and was unable to speak with the media. It’s not yet known whether he will undergo imaging on his arm. Arm fa...
New York Daily News
PEORIA, Ariz. — Cactus League results will be forgotten by the end of March. That never changes. The heroes of spring go down in forgotten history. But what happens within these games matters far more for the Padres this year than in the lead-up to recent seasons. The performance of many players over the next three weeks will go a long way toward determining who is still around by the end of March. The Padres play their spring training opener on Thursday against the Dodgers, 27 days before the teams meet in their season-opening series in Seoul, South Korea. And so commences in earnest the Padr...
The San Diego Union-Tribune
TAMPA, Fla. — While leaner versions of Giancarlo Stanton and Carlos Rodón have grabbed attention at Yankees camp, another member of the team also showed up with a new look. Gleyber Torres rocked a mustache for the first few days of spring training, sparking a few funny comments and social media posts. But with team photo day scheduled for Wednesday, Torres came to George M. Steinbrenner Field with a bare upper lip. “I’m not prepared yet to see myself with a mustache all year long in every ballpark,” Torres said, adding that he’s a little superstitious and has had success without the stache. “M...
New York Daily News
PEORIA, Ariz. — Ethan Salas' locker is located in a corner of the Padres' big league clubhouse at the Peoria Sports Complex, nestled amongst those of peers nearly twice his age. He's just 17 years old, so of course the directive is to soak up as much as he can before heading to the minors — likely back to high Single-A Fort Wayne — to begin to make good on his promise as the Padres' catcher of the future. There is no timetable. There is no reason to force one. The previous catcher of the future sits directly next to Salas. Luis Campusano was the first catcher selected in the 2017 draft and a o...
The San Diego Union-Tribune
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