Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Reacting to the great piece out from Kevin Acee and Annie Heilbrunn this morning Credit to the San Diego Union Tribune’s Kevin Acee and Annie Heilbrunn for their great piece this morning on Fernando Tatis Jr.’s offseason. He’s been working out with Joe Musgrove and other Padres teammates in the pool to get ready for all of the challenges he will face during the 2023 season. Tatis says his shoulder is fully healed and his wrist is 90%. A lot of information to react to in this episode of Talking Friars! Fernando Tatis Jr.'s Shoulder Fully Heal ..read more

Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports Everything you need to know about MLB news and your San Diego Padres for Friday, July 22, 2023. San Diego Padres News Manny Machado’s situation, catching questions, tax penalties: Padres mailbag, part 2 (The Athletic) Max Homa, a Dodgers fans who loves San Diego, sits in tie for fourth at Farmers Insurance Open (San Diego Union-Tribune) Is a trade for a starting pitcher coming for Padres? (East Village Times) MLB News O’s-A’s trade: Southpaw Cole Irvin heads to Baltimore (MLB.com) Dana Brown named Astros GM: ‘He’s the perfect fit’ (MLB.com) These clubs have the m ..read more

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images There will be plenty of bobbleheads given away at Petco Park this coming season The San Diego Padres will be capping season tickets at the conclusion of FanFest next weekend for the first time in franchise history so there’s already plenty of interest among fans to attend games in 2023. Even more fans will probably want to go to games after the team announced this season’s giveaways today. 2023 Padres Giveaways just dropped Check out the full promotional schedule https://t.co/tl2iw5NkL6 pic.twitter.com/DOxxYRsgCV — San Diego Padres (@Padres ..read more

Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports Everything you need to know about MLB news and your San Diego Padres for Thursday, January 26, 2023. San Diego Padres News Padres cap season ticket sales due to ‘unprecedented’ demand (FOX 5 San Diego) Padres roster review: Fernando Tatis Jr. (San Diego Union-Tribune) Nelson Cruz fits Padres’ plans for 2023 (MLB.com) MLB News Tigers have Minors deal with former Gold Glove winner Hernández (report) (MLB.com) An early look at the 2024 Hall of Fame ballot (MLB.com) Rays sign lefty Springs to 4-year extension (MLB.com) It all comes full circle for this Astros legen ..read more

Photo by YUICHI YAMAZAKI/AFP via Getty Images Plus, the chances of a Ha-Seong Kim trade appear to be slimmer Bob Nightengale came out with a report earlier this month that the San Diego Padres plan to be “all in” on Shohei Ohtani next offseason but he was the only one to report that at the time. But another writer—Dennis Lin, who knows the Padres better than Nightengale—reported yesterday that the Padres will definitely be in on the Los Angeles Angels superstar. Thus, it definitely seems like Ohtani is going to be discussed inside the Padres front offices. But what level of interest will San D ..read more

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports Everything you need to know about MLB news and your San Diego Padres for Wednesday, January 25, 2023. San Diego Padres News MLB investigating ex-Padre Mike Clevinger following domestic violence, child abuse allegations (San Diego Union-Tribune) Breaking: MLB Starting Pitcher Facing Troubling Allegations (The Spun) MLB News Upswing in voting a good omen for these 4 Hall hopefuls (MLB.com) Helton just misses Hall election with 72.2% of vote (MLB.com) Complete 2023 Hall of Fame voting results (MLB.com) Wagner (68.1%) jumps to cusp of HOF election (MLB.com) An ea ..read more

Photo by Rob Leiter/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Athletic’s Dennis Lin reported today San Diego wants to ease their starters into the season The San Diego Padres currently have Yu Darvish, Joe Musgrove, Blake Snell, Nick Martinez and Seth Lugo as the five starting pitchers in their rotation. Could there be a sixth added for the start of the regular season? According to The Athletic’s Dennis Lin, San Diego “would like to use a six-man rotation and ease their starters into the season.” As things stand right now, a six-man rotation would create more question marks, as there are fans already qu ..read more

Kiyoshi Mio-USA TODAY Sports Everything you need to know about MLB news and your San Diego Padres for Tuesday, January 24, 2023. San Diego Padres News Padres sign DH Nelson Cruz to one-year contract (MLB.com) Padres roster review: Blake Snell (San Diego Union-Tribune) MLB News Twins get OF Taylor in deal with Royals (MLB.com) Moreno family announces it will retain Angels ownership (MLB.com) Here are the Top 10 3B prospects for 2023 (MLB.com) Ohtani and more: Next year’s most intriguing free agents (MLB.com) Cashman expects Hicks to start in left field (MLB.com) Anderson eager for ‘fun baseball ..read more

Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images Martinez was going to be a reliever for Mark DeRosa’s squad The San Diego Padres probably just took a big exhale because one of their starting pitchers, Nick Martinez, has decided to sit out the 2023 World Baseball Classic after previously committing to be a reliever for Team USA. Nick Martinez has opted out of pitching in the WBC. Martinez, who pitched in the Olympics, described it as a tough decision but felt it would be unfair to his teammates if he risks opening the season not fully built up as a starter. Team USA had him on the roster as a reliever ..read more

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images There’s a difference between want and need. You could argue that the San Diego Padres could be a stronger team if they added a couple more pieces to the roster before Spring Training but do they actually need to in order for them to be a postseason caliber team? Give your thoughts in the comments! Do the Padres Need to Make Another Move Before Spring Training? Listen: https://t.co/vtt1GpbMgc Watch: https://t.co/90QvGApZ9t pic.twitter.com/3RMKPqTQFP — Talking Friars (@TalkingFriars) January 23, 2023 Follow Talking Friars on Twitter for in-g ..read more