The family of the late San Diego Padres owner Peter Seidler is exploring the possibility of selling the franchise.

The San Diego Padres have hired former reliever Craig Stammen to be their manager.

Mike Shildt is retiring after two seasons as the San Diego Padres’ manager.

San Diego Padres infielder Jose Iglesias has been suspended for one game and fined for unprofessional conduct toward the umpires during the final game of the club’s Wild Card Series against the Cubs.

For the second time in a week, the Chicago Cubs play a win-or-go-home game, this time against the Milwaukee Brewers in Game 3 in their best-of-five NL Division Series.

Yu Darvish made an early exit against his former team, and San Diego’s big bats were a bust.

Pete Crow-Armstrong hit an RBI single off a shaky Yu Darvish, and the Chicago Cubs shut down Fernando Tatis Jr. and the San Diego Padres for a clinching 3-1 victory in Game 3 of their NL Wild Card Series on Thursday.

Mason Miller’s last two pitches to Seiya Suzuki in the seventh inning were clocked at 102.1 and 102.7 mph.

Manny Machado hit a two-run homer, Mason Miller dominated again and the San Diego Padres beat the Chicago Cubs 3-0 to send their NL Wild Card Series to a decisive third game.

Seiya Suzuki watched the playoffs on TV after each of his first three years in the majors.

Seiya Suzuki and Carson Kelly hit back-to-back homers, helping the Chicago Cubs beat the San Diego Padres 3-1 in Game 1 of their NL Wild Card Series.

Fernando Tatís Jr. says he fell ill with the COVID-19 virus several days ago, which meant he had to watch the party from his couch when the San Diego Padres clinched a playoff spot Monday.

Fernando Tatís Jr. hit a grand slam in the fourth inning, and the San Diego Padres eliminated the Arizona Diamondbacks from playoff contention with a 7-4 victory.

The San Diego Padres are headed back to the playoffs for the fourth time in six seasons.

Padres reliever Jason Adam ruptured a tendon in his left quadriceps and was carted off the field Monday, a major blow to San Diego’s dominant bullpen.

A heckler next to the Los Angeles Dodgers’ dugout spent his entire Sunday giving an earful to the visitors, including a nonstop barrage of digs and chirps at Shohei Ohtani for his hitless performance in a portentous weekend series against the San Diego Padres.

Nestor Cortes had one of the lowest moments of his baseball life last October when he gave up the first walk-off grand slam in World Series history to Freddie Freeman.

The San Diego Padres have reclaimed the NL West lead with a 5-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Yu Darvish combined with three relievers on a three-hitter, and the San Diego Padres pulled even with the Los Angeles Dodgers atop the NL West once again with a 2-1 victory.

San Diego Padres right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr. made a sensational leaping catch to rob San Francisco’s Rafael Devers of a home run.

Xander Bogaerts of the San Diego Padres had a home run overturned due to fan interference, and manager Mike Shildt was ejected for coming out of the dugout to talk to the umpires in the second inning against the San Francisco Giants.

Blake Snell limited his former team to five hits in six innings, and the Los Angeles Dodgers regained the NL West lead with a 6-0 victory over the San Diego Padres on Saturday night.

The San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers have found themselves in a tight race in the NL West.

Mookie Betts had a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the third inning, Teoscar Hernández homered and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat San Diego 3-2 on Friday night to tie the Padres atop the NL West.

The NBA Hall of Famer threw out the ceremonial first pitch on Saturday night.

The San Antonio Missions recently said goodbye to several players following trades by the San Diego Padres, all while stepping up to support Hill Country flood relief through community events and fundraising efforts.

The San Diego Padres and Boston Red Sox are joining the San Antonio Missions in supporting Hill Country flood relief efforts.

San Diego Padres reliever Mason Miller was bringing the heat.

Major League Baseball's trade deadline has sparked a whirlwind of activity as teams rush to strengthen their rosters for the postseason.

Mets slugger Juan Soto wasn’t in New York's lineup for a series finale against the San Diego Padres after fouling a ball off the top of his left foot a night earlier.

The benches cleared in a Cardinals-Padres game for the second straight night Saturday as St. Louis’ Willson Contreras and San Diego’s Manny Machado each got hit twice by pitches.

Major League Baseball is testing automated ball-strike systems in the All-Star Game for the first time.

Major League Baseball plans to use its robot umpire technology for ball-strike challenges in Tuesday’s All-Star Game at Atlanta, another step toward possible regular-season use next season.

Washington Nationals interim general manager Mike DeBartolo and interim manager Miguel Cairo are ready to try to turn around an organization that’s had the second-worst record in the majors since 2020.

Manny Machado of the San Diego Padres got his 2,000th career hit Monday night against the Arizona Diamondbacks with a sharp single off the glove of diving shortstop Geraldo Perdomo.

Jesse Chavez has returned for his seventh stint with the Atlanta Braves.

The Los Angeles Dodgers will have three fan-elected starters in the All-Star Game, with first baseman Freddie Freeman and catcher Will Smith joining designated hitter Shohei Ohtani as winners in final ballot totals.

The San Francisco Giants are showing their confidence in manager Bob Melvin, exercising his contract option for the 2026 season.

The Cincinnati Reds were on the verge of making history twice Friday night against the San Diego Padres.

Nick Martinez took a no-hit bid into the ninth inning before allowing pinch-hitter Elias Díaz’s double and Spencer Steer hit three home runs, leading the Cincinnati Reds over the San Diego Padres 8-1.

San Diego Padres pinch-hitter Elias Díaz hit a double off the wall in left-center in the ninth inning to spoil a no-hit bid by Cincinnati Reds right-hander Nick Martinez.

Businessman Mark Walter’s acquisition of the majority ownership stake of the Los Angeles Lakers, in a deal that puts the franchise valuation at $10 billion, is expected to close in the third or fourth quarter of this year.

San Diego Padres star Fernando Tatis Jr. is suing Big League Advance in an attempt to void the future earnings contract he signed as a 17-year-old minor leaguer that could cost him about $34 million.

San Diego Padres closer Robert Suarez was suspended for three games and fined an undisclosed amount Friday for intentionally hitting Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers with a pitch in the ninth inning Thursday night.

Shohei Ohtani will next pitch for the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday against the Washington Nationals.

As the San Antonio Missions pursue a playoff spot in the Texas League South, their game at the Wolff Stadium featured a special twist — cats took center stage during the “Take Meow’t to the Ballgame” event.

The San Diego Padres reunited with their former top prospect, right-handed pitcher Luis Patiño, in March of 2024 via waiver claim in the offseason and later re-signed the 25-year-old earlier this year on a minor-league contract.

Andy Pages led off the 10th inning with an RBI double before scoring on Tommy Edman’s single, and the Los Angeles Dodgers hung on to open their season series against the San Diego Padres with an 8-7 victory.

22-year-old right-handed pitcher Braden Nett is now recognized as San Diego’s top prospect at the Double-A level.

When the Chicago White Sox set the modern record of 121 losses last year, they were outscored by 306 runs over the whole season.

The Colorado Rockies are reluctant to label themselves a rebuilding team, but after Saturday night it might be more accurate to say they’re imploding.

The Missions are in the middle of their second-straight home series as they host the Frisco RoughRiders at Wolff Stadium.

San Diego Padres outfielder Jackson Merrill is in San Antonio on a rehab assignment for a hamstring injury, where he recently played his first game of the season with the San Antonio Missions.

The Los Angeles Dodgers seem like they have nearly unlimited amounts of money, three former MVPs in their starting lineup and a pitching staff that never runs out of overpowering arms.

The iconic Wrigley Field bleachers welcomed an unusual guest during the Chicago Cubs' series against the San Diego Padres this weekend.

Michael King struck out 11 in five innings and Jackson Merrill homered for the San Diego Padres, who started 6-0 for the first time in their 57-season history by beating the Cleveland Guardians 7-0.

The winner of the annual series between the San Diego Padres and Seattle Mariners will now win the Vedder Cup.

Shohei Ohtani begins his second season with the Los Angeles Dodgers in his native Japan, taking on the Chicago Cubs in a pair of games at the Tokyo Dome.

Rimas Sports, the agency co-owned by Puerto Rican musical artist Bad Bunny whose leaders have been suspended by the baseball players’ union, has announced a management deal with San Diego Padres star Fernando Tatis Jr_ Rimas said it will work to “expand his portfolio."

Slick-fielding shortstop Geraldo Perdomo has agreed to a $45 million, four-year contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks that begins in 2026.

A person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press that Nick Pivetta has agreed to a backloaded $55 million, four-year contract with the San Diego Padres.

Jurickson Profar agreed to a $42 million, three-year contract with the Atlanta Braves, less than a year after the outfielder got a $1 million deal from the San Diego Padres with spring training already underway.

One of the brothers sued by the wife of late San Diego Padres owner Peter Seidler for control of the team says her allegations of wrongdoing are untrue.

Sheel Seidler, the wife of late San Diego Padres owner Peter Seidler, has sued two of her brothers-in-law in an attempt to prevent a third Seidler brother from taking control of the team rather than her.

San Francisco third baseman Matt Chapman won his fifth Gold Glove and Kansas City shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. was among 14 first-time winners of baseball’s most famous fielding honor.

A snake slithered through the Los Angeles Dodgers dugout during Game 2 of the National League Championship Series.

Clayton Kershaw says he plans to return to the Los Angeles Dodgers for his 18th season next year.

The San Diego Padres are headed home for the offseason.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto outdueled Yu Darvish in a historic playoff matchup of Japanese-born starters, and the Los Angeles Dodgers got home runs from Kiké Hernández and Teoscar Hernández to beat the San Diego Padres 2-0 and advance to the National League Championship Series.

Shohei Ohtani will get his wish to see Los Angeles Dodgers teammate Yoshinobu Yamamoto face off against San Diego's Yu Darvish in the decisive Game 5 of the National League Division Series.

Mookie Betts homered for the second straight night, Shohei Ohtani hit an RBI single and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat Dylan Cease and the San Diego Padres 8-0 to force a deciding Game 5 in their tense NL Division Series.

The Los Angeles Dodgers are going with reliever Ryan Brasier as their starter for Game 4 against the San Diego Padres as they try to avoid elimination in their NL Division Series.

Fernando Tatis Jr.‘s towering two-run home run highlighted a six-run second inning, and the San Diego Padres held on to beat Shohei Ohtani and the rival Los Angeles Dodgers 6-5 to take a 2-1 lead in a tense NL Division Series.

Los Angeles manager Dave Roberts says it was “bothersome” that a ball San Diego third baseman Manny Machado threw into the Dodgers dugout seemed intended for him during the Padres’ 10-2 win in Game 2 of their NL Division Series.

Fans threw baseballs in the direction of San Diego left fielder Jurickson Profar and then tossed trash that caused a lengthy delay before the Padres beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 10-2 and to even their NL Division Series at a game apiece.

Dodger Stadium fans tossed baseballs, apparently at San Diego left fielder Jurickson Profar, and then threw trash that caused a 12-minute wait between pitches during the seventh inning of NL Division Series Game 2.

Shohei Ohtani hit a three-run homer in his postseason debut, Teoscar Hernández’s two-run single gave Los Angeles its first lead in a playoff game in two years, and the Dodgers beat the San Diego Padres 7-5 in their NL Division Series opener.

Clayton Kershaw won't pitch again this season for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Shohei Ohtani is about to realize his childhood dream of playing in important games.

Joe Musgrove needs Tommy John surgery and won’t pitch for the San Diego Padres in the National League Division Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The Braves’ best pitcher, NL Cy Young Award favorite Chris Sale, was back home in Atlanta with a back injury.

Kyle Higashioka’s solo homer started a five-run rally against Max Fried with two outs in the second inning, and the San Diego Padres held on to sweep the Atlanta Braves with a 5-4 win in Game 2 of their NL Wild Card Series.

Fernando Tatis Jr. hit a towering two-run homer on his first playoff swing in four years and Michael King struck out 12 in his first postseason start as the San Diego Padres beat rookie AJ Smith-Shawver and the Atlanta Braves 4-0 in Game 1 of their NL Wild Card Series.

Fernando Tatis Jr. and his swagger returned to the playoffs with a blast.

The Arizona Diamondbacks arrived at Chase Field on Monday afternoon for a light workout and heavy anxiety.

Luis Arraez held off Shohei Ohtani’s bid to win the National League Triple Crown and was set to become the first player since the 1800s to earn batting titles with three teams.

Shohei Ohtani is headed to the postseason for the first time in his career after the Los Angeles Dodgers won the NL West by scoring five runs in the seventh inning in a 7-2 win over the second-place San Diego Padres.

The San Diego Padres clinched a playoff spot Tuesday night when they stunned the Los Angeles Dodgers with a game-ending triple play to preserve a 4-2 victory over the NL West leaders.

The Chicago White Sox had a 2-1 lead going into the bottom of the eighth inning, and then history struck.

The Chicago White Sox tied the post-1900 record of 120 losses by the 1962 expansion New York Mets when the San Diego Padres won 4-2 by rallying for three runs in the eighth inning, highlighted by Fernando Tatis Jr.’s towering home run.

The Chicago White Sox tied the American League record with their 119th loss when Xander Bogaerts and Elias Díaz each hit a two-run homer to help the San Diego Padres win 6-2 and move closer to a playoff spot.

The Giants’ Heliot Ramos became the first right-handed batter in the 25-season history of Oracle Park to hit a Splash Homer into McCovey Cove, achieving the feat in a 4-3 loss to the San Diego Padres.

The percentage of U.S. residents born outside the country reached its highest level in more than a century in 2023.

At Major League Baseball's All-Star break, the one award race that seemed like it might be over was for National League Rookie of the Year.

The Arizona Diamondbacks are in the midst of a stretch that most big-league clubs can only dream about, winners of six straight games, 20 of 25 since the All-Star break and 30 of 40 since late June.

Travis Bazzana, the top pick in this month’s amateur draft, hit a grand slam for his first professional home run in High-A Lake County’s 17-5 rout of Beloit in the Midwest League.

Dylan Cease pitched the second no-hitter in San Diego Padres history, a 3-0 win over the Washington Nationals that completed a three-game sweep.

Dylan Cease of the San Diego Padres has not allowed a hit through eight innings against the Washington Nationals.

Juan Soto has come and gone.

Guardians rookie Angel Martinez blooped a single to center in the seventh inning to break up a no-hit bid by San Diego's Michael King.