The prize for being the worst team in baseball is the overall first round draft pick, and both the Padres and Nationals came into this weekends 3-game series with the worst record (58-95) in baseball. That is why the Padres weekend sweep of the Nationals (58-98), the last place team in NL East, was bitter [...]

What do you do after giving up the game losing home run with two outs in the ninth inning? If you are Trevor Hoffman you come back the next day and save the game. Hoffman picked up his 526th career save today when the Padres beat the Astros 3-2 to close up their first series [...]

The Padres are on a two game win streak after edging out the Astros 2-1 Tuesday night. The Padres took the lead in the 4th inning when Scott Hairston hit a two-run homer in the fourth, but the Astros did not go down without putting up a fight.
Trevor Hoffman was brought into the game [...]

Photograph taken from Altitude Sky Bar by Mario Lozano.
After throwing a second straight shutout for the Padres on opening day and leading the Padres to a 4-0 win against the Houston Astros, the Padres have renamed Opening Day to Jake Peavy Day. Peavy threw seven shutout innings and even contributed at the plate by hitting [...]