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Carole Salazar with her son, Vic, and her grandchildren

For a third straight season, Bob Melvin will be part of Petco Park’s Opening Day. This time, however, he’ll be in the visiting dugout. The former Padres manager is now at the helm of the Giants, who open their season Thursday in San Diego. The Padres, meanwhile, began their 2024

This story was excerpted from AJ Cassavell’s Padres Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. I’m back tomorrow! First, a major thank you to Shaun O'Neill and everyone else at MLB who filled in for me. If you're wondering

SAN DIEGO -- Manny Machado’s first game after the birth of his son was also his first game at third base since last August. The Phillies wasted no time testing his dad strength. Machado was activated from the paternity list on Friday after his wife, Yainee, gave birth to the

SAN DIEGO -- In general, right-handed hitters do not hit Dylan Cease very often -- and when they do, they certainly don’t hit him very hard. Which made Saturday night an anomaly. In his first five starts as a Padre, Cease had allowed only one hit to a right-handed batter.

SAN DIEGO -- There are no inflection points in April. The baseball calendar is too long for that. But after a week like this one, the Padres' resolve is about to be tested -- and sooner than they would’ve liked. That’s where things stand after Sunday's 8-6 loss to the

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SAN DIEGO -- These two things can be true at once: The Padres' recent decision to move Jurickson Profar into the leadoff spot was entirely sensible. Through the season's first month, Profar has been their best on-base threat and their best hitter. Plus, his switch-hitting and his pesky at-bats play

SAN DIEGO -- The Padres desperately needed a starting pitcher to play the role of stopper on Tuesday night. They desperately needed someone to put a halt to their string of iffy starts -- early struggles from the rotation that consistently left the offense playing from behind. In short, the