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. Joe Musgrove makes it no secret how badly he wants to pitch again this year. Yu Darvish -- who landed on the IL on

ST. LOUIS -- The Padres' fading playoff hopes took another serious hit on Monday when right-hander Yu Darvish landed on the 15-day injured list with right elbow inflammation. Darvish underwent further tests to determine the extent of the injury, and the team had not yet announced those results by Monday

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MILWAUKEE -- Even before they took the field Saturday night in Milwaukee, the Padres suffered a loss that damaged their already fleeting playoff hopes. Jake Cronenworth stood at his locker Saturday afternoon, donning a large cast, after landing on the 10-day injured list with a fractured right wrist suffered Friday.

SAN DIEGO -- The Padres’ climb to the postseason grew a bit steeper on Friday, with news that they’ll be without frontline starting pitcher Joe Musgrove for the foreseeable future. The right-hander will be shut down from throwing for at least three weeks after tests revealed inflammation in his right

DENVER -- Good thing the Padres fortified their rotation depth at the Trade Deadline. They’re going to need it. A day after San Diego landed Rich Hill in a trade with Pittsburgh, ace right-hander Joe Musgrove was scratched from Wednesday’s start against the Rockies with right shoulder soreness. Right-hander Nick

SAN DIEGO -- One frustration compounding into another – an apt summary of the 2023 Padres’ season to date, and also Ha-Seong Kim’s Friday night at Petco Park. San Diego’s spark-plug second baseman exited the Padres’ 7-5, 10-inning loss to the Mets after he jammed his toe kicking a water

SAN DIEGO -- Fernando Tatis Jr. is back in center field, albeit not entirely by design. Moments before first pitch of the Padres' 5-0 victory over the Cubs on Monday night at Petco Park, the Padres star moved from right field to center after starting center fielder Trent Grisham was

SAN DIEGO -- The Padres’ offense has been trending upward of late, and on Friday, they welcomed one of their biggest bats back into the fold. Star third baseman Manny Machado was activated from the 10-day injured list ahead of Friday’s series opener against the Cubs at Petco Park. The

WASHINGTON – Already without Manny Machado, the Padres’ infield took another hit on Thursday afternoon. Ha-Seong Kim exited the team’s 8-6 victory over the Nationals in the top of the second inning after fouling a ball off the inside of his left knee. Kim crumpled to the ground at Nationals

SAN DIEGO -- It had been nearly nine years since the last time Manny Machado found himself on the injured list. The Padres superstar third baseman prides himself on his availability, so, yes, Friday’s transaction pained him greatly. But a fractured metacarpal is a fractured metacarpal -- and Machado landed

SAN DIEGO -- Brad Keller’s wildness helped lift the Padres’ offense out of the doldrums Monday night. But it also knocked Manny Machado out of the game. Machado exited the Padres’ 4-0 victory over the Royals during the fourth inning at Petco Park after Keller plunked him on the left

LOS ANGELES -- The Padres’ already-thin catching situation took a major hit on Friday. Luis Campusano had surgery to repair a ligament in his ailing left thumb, manager Bob Melvin said, setting a timetable of at least eight weeks before Campusano's potential return. That would rule Campusano out until sometime

PHOENIX -- Padres right-hander Yu Darvish expects to make his next start, after a brief injury scare Sunday afternoon in a 7-5 victory over the D-backs at Chase Field. Darvish exited in the sixth inning in visible discomfort with a right hamstring issue, but he later said that he’d only

SAN DIEGO -- At long last, Fernando Tatis Jr. is back in San Diego with the Padres. With three games remaining on his PED suspension, Tatis rejoined the team at Petco Park on Monday and will not play any additional Minor League games before his return. Tatis worked out with

NEW YORK -- The Padres are back at Citi Field this week, back at the site of their National League Wild Card Series triumph over the Mets, back where a shiny-eared Joe Musgrove held New York to one hit over seven innings in a winner-take-all playoff game on Oct. 9,

PEORIA, Ariz. -- The Padres spent their offseason constructing a deep bullpen with a few electric arms at the back end. That depth, it seems, is going to get an early test. Because another one of those electric arms is likely to open the season on the injured list. Right-hander

PEORIA, Ariz. -- With less than a week until the Padres break camp in Peoria, their Opening Day roster picture is suddenly as murky as it has been all spring. San Diego caught a couple of rough injury breaks on Sunday, when catcher Austin Nola was hit in the nose

PEORIA, Ariz. -- The Padres, it appears, can breathe a sigh of relief about star left fielder Juan Soto’s ailing left oblique. Soto underwent an MRI on Tuesday after he sustained a mild strain of that oblique while taking a swing during a backfield "B" game at the Peoria Sports

MESA, Ariz. -- Padres catcher Austin Nola exited Sunday’s Cactus League contest vs. the Cubs early after he was hit in the face by a pitch from Chicago reliever Michael Fulmer in the top of the fourth inning. Nola immediately received medical attention and remained fully conscious, as he was

PEORIA, Ariz. -- The Padres, it seemed, had quite an Opening Day decision on their hands. Give the ball to the man they extended for five years and $100 million last summer. Or give the ball to the man they extended for six years, $108 million in January. One ace

PEORIA, Ariz. -- After he lined a single up the middle and a double off the right-center-field wall on Saturday afternoon, Fernando Tatis Jr. wanted to make one thing clear. "I remember how to hit," the Padres' superstar said with a smirk.

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- A loaded Team Dominican Republic just got more impressive. Juan Soto left Padres camp Thursday night to join the Dominican Republic for the World Baseball Classic, giving the Pool D favorite another big bat in a lineup that also includes San Diego teammates Manny Machado and Nelson

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PEORIA, Ariz. -- Behind the scenes, Fernando Tatis Jr. has drawn rave reviews for his work in right field this spring. Padres officials are eager to see the finished product: Tatis -- his rocket arm, his elite speed, his penchant for the spectacular -- applying that skill set as a