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Three MLB Trade Deadline Deals That We Want To See Happen
The MLB's July 20 trade deadline is just over a month away, and here are three trades we want to see go down....
![Our national nightmare is over, the San Diego Padres won a game in extra innings](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/24c6ded430a925195120080904a62726.jpg)
Our national nightmare is over, the San Diego Padres won a game in extra innings
What gets to the heart of baseball, and to the heart of a baseball season, is that 162 games is supposed to be enough for any anomaly or bit of screwiness a long enough timeline to flatten out. Anyone can get hot, but no one can get unreasonably hot for 162 games and six months. Every team is going ...
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2023 MLB wins leaders
This article is based on data from Sportradar. Text was compiled by an AI engine that was then reviewed and edited by the editorial staff....
![The San Diego Padres: The weirdest team money can buy](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/2319adadbb5d9b7d8e53d4effe600dac.jpg)
The San Diego Padres: The weirdest team money can buy
The main headline of the MLB trade deadline was the New York Mets surveying the landscape and basically coming to a “fuck this” conclusion. They punted a good chunk of the roster, and haven’t really done much to deny that their eyes are now set on 2025 and beyond, not even next year. Certainly the s...
![It’s getting a little late a little early for the San Diego Padres](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/e7e87608083050ee7bea10f7ebbb7e28.jpg)
It’s getting a little late a little early for the San Diego Padres
One of the many things about the expanded playoffs in MLB is that a team doesn’t have to be good for six months. Or really even three. Put two good months together and a team can probably Forrest Gump their way into the dance. It’s what the Phillies did last year, after all. That’s what the San Dieg...
![The San Diego Padres are the first to get out of their Bally Sports TV deal](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/436602874167e4e4f39fb01bdac907f2.jpg)
The San Diego Padres are the first to get out of their Bally Sports TV deal
In a few years, baseball TV will look very different. We’re getting a glimpse now, thanks to Bally Sports missing a payment to the San Diego Padres, essentially ending their rights deal. MLB is stepping in already, and starting later today MLB is taking over the broadcasts for the Padres. And of cou...
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How come the Padres don’t hit good?
“If he’s a good hitter how come he doesn’t hit good?”...
![Sad Diego: Padres underperforming and underwhelming post-deadline](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/9820a75ce2d3862fc532fa05aa23c25c.jpg)
Sad Diego: Padres underperforming and underwhelming post-deadline
On paper, the San Diego Padres got better at the trade deadline. In reality, they’ve gotten worse — and are very quickly becoming the laughingstock of the MLB....
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Dodgers fans should be browning their shorts right now
Los Angeles Dodger fans should be afraid — very afraid — of the San Diego Padres....
![Padres hoping years of big moves finally pay off with deal for Juan Soto](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/21fe8fb141cf2cfe00dc074e4d57e29e.jpg)
Padres hoping years of big moves finally pay off with deal for Juan Soto
There’s all in. Then there’s what the Padres are doing....
![So what happens when going for it doesn’t work for the Padres?](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/1cb50f2906a82efd17b316a2e03e8523.jpg)
So what happens when going for it doesn’t work for the Padres?
After all the buzz and excitement that the San Diego Padres’ offseason contained, the goal probably wasn’t staring up at the Cincinnati Reds’ ass on August 23rd. If you’re looking up at the Reds, by definition you’re mediocre or worse. But that’s where the Padres find themselves after losing their f...
![LOL JK Padres, no Max Scherzer for you](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/c1a38675e7ddb90e9e22ffba9fa05f15.jpg)
LOL JK Padres, no Max Scherzer for you
Hey, so, cool story. Remember that one time I wrote about how Max Scherzer was totally going to the San Diego Padres like five hours ago? Also, unrelated — have you ever seen “Elf” with Will Ferrell? Well, if you have (or if you haven’t, whatever), there’s a scene where Buddy the Elf, played by Ferr...
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'It turned my baseball utopia to Hell.'
WASHINGTON, D.C. — From perfect to panic....
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Padres and Dodgers are baseball in 2021
It’s something of a surprise that as anticipated as the season series between the Padres and Dodgers was before the season started, the seven games they’ve played have managed to outweigh that anticipation. They’ve lived up to the billing and so much more. Whatever baseball’s problems are on the fie...
![Tatis returns and Padres-Dodgers give us a look at what could be an epic summer](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/b6ghkex69i2vrkuukrvz.jpg)
Tatis returns and Padres-Dodgers give us a look at what could be an epic summer
Fernando Tatis Jr. returned to the Padres’ lineup on Friday night, 10 days after all of baseball got its stomach tied up in knots seeing the 22-year-old star suffer a partially dislocated left shoulder....
![NL West Preview: The Rise of San Diego, the reign of L.A.](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/Image_Not_Found_1x_qjofp8.png)
NL West Preview: The Rise of San Diego, the reign of L.A.
With Fernando Tatis Jr. and Manny Machado, the Padres have the best left side of the infield in baseball and two MVP candidates to lead their lineup....
![If ‘small-market’ teams like the Cubs can't make it, what hope is there?](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/ccacmfecgwcmgzfohisj.jpg)
If ‘small-market’ teams like the Cubs can't make it, what hope is there?
If this is the reality of baseball, then something about the system needs to change. Trades of top talent for prospects are nothing new in the game, of course, but you don’t expect to see the teams giving up on frontline starting pitchers to be making those trades when they’re in the middle of a win...
![Blake Snell headed to team actively trying to win, for a change](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/h5ljzrsbubbiq2du0u9b.jpg)
Blake Snell headed to team actively trying to win, for a change
Game 6 of the World Series saw a former Cy Young-winning pitcher get yanked after 5 ⅓ shutout innings, after logging nine strikeouts, and after giving up only two hits on only 73 pitches. That pitcher was Blake Snell, whose visible fury when getting pulled from the game was easily palpable. Two mont...
![In Fernando Tatis Jr., baseball finally has a must-see TV star](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/jqf2dcmqi5imfxdx4byv.jpg)
In Fernando Tatis Jr., baseball finally has a must-see TV star
The storylines are plentiful as MLB’s Division Series kickoff today....
![There is good in this world, Mr. Frodo, and it’s the San Diego Padres](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-1200/moixoafs9dueypii4vww.jpg)
There is good in this world, Mr. Frodo, and it’s the San Diego Padres
Have you ever just stood and stared at it? Marveled at its beauty?...