If his 8 OAA wasn't enough evidence that Luis Arraez is a defensive wizard at 2B this season, in 40 games with the Giants he has a 106 wRC+ and 1.4 fWAR. He played nearly 4x as many games with almost identical offensive output for the Padres, and put up 2.1 fWAR. Wash knows infield defense.

"Manny looked the runner back." "Nobody was there to cover 3B." Sorry, there's no reason this ball shouldn't immediately be going to Tatis at 2B for a double play.

9 of 11 pitches for balls, 1-run game, and somebody JUST got up in the bullpen. Stammen, buddy, what the fuck are we doing?

Weird. It's almost as if taking your platinum glove winner out of RF and replacing him with the worst defensive outfielder in baseball has consequences.

I am going to be popping up on the two ESPN games tonight (TB/BOS & SD/STL) talking about flat bath paths, hard-hit studs with 0 HR, ABS, and all sorts of other fun stuff tune in to see if cats or children appear on live TV and/or if my cool baseball guitar stays bolted to the wall

Between this and yesterday's Rates & Barrels episode, a big 24 hours for the "Fernando's probably not entirely broken but his stance and timing are ten types of messed up" crowd.

Read the room, MLB Gameday.

These are so bad, I'd prefer an Anchorman reference.

The lesson to be learned from the 2026 Padres is to not let a career bullpen guy with no professional coaching experience manage a big league bullpen.

Freddy Fermin has been downright Hedgesian this season.

Family photo from North County San Diego.

I'm just happy we don't have to go through this again in 2027. That horrible 4-year contract SURELY contains a club option and not another player option. *Touches earpiece* Oh. Oh no.

Nice block, Fermin.

International TOOTBLAN!

Oh. Rad.

I see the Days Without An Embarrassing Dalton Rushing Incident counter has moved back to 0.

Miller's ability to dot multiple pitches with that much filth isn't fair.

Scientists believed it was impossible to create pure, uncut Mid until now.

Man, I just want on-field caps available in the Retro Crown 9FIFTY. Not this Tried Weed My First Week In the Dorms and Now It's My Entire Identity drop.

Wonder how Matt Waldron will rebound after getting George Brett Surgery.

Gonna need a Kurt Suzuki WTF gif as soon as possible, thanks.

Need Crone to pitch.

Officially, this is my hell.

We gotta get Fernando out of those Skechers.

Respect Gavin Sheets for giving his all. Hate that he's being put in this position.

I mean, holy shit, Fermin shouldn't have to challenge a fastball down the heart of the plate. But I'm glad he can.

Kinda wish the Padres would have modeled the new hats after the helmet. Dark cap with a white front panel means less cleaning for me.

Oh damn, they got 'im.

A pullover City Connect jersey is a huge fumble.

love that AJ Preller has restored the feeling of once again wanting Craig Stammen off a Padres roster

Booked our regular hotel in Phoenix on the way home from Spring Break in Colorado. Figured, hey, why not go to a 1:10pm Diamondbacks game before heading back to San Diego? On Easter Sunday. Hosted next door to the NCAAW final. Vacation planning privileges: revoked.

"I got a good feeling tonight, Donnie. "You feeling it?" "Yeah, time for a big league W. Get some support for Marq-" "There's a high drive to left field..."

He was donating to WHO in 1996 ??

This is unsurprising "bro thinks he's on the team" loser energy from both parties here. It's going to fucking suck seeing FRONT TOWARD ENEMY t-shirts in MLB clubhouses this season, but especially during Military Sundays at Petco Park.

New favorite player just dropped

In San Diego beer news...

Rough start for Musgrove against Team GIGA Sans Extrabold.

While most of you were arguing MLB labor relations and competitive balance (a subject I have a lot of opinions about but am too chicken shit to comment on because I'm afraid of being quoted/reposted) I was on Newspapers dot com, checking for any embarrassing box scores from my HS baseball team.

“Board of Peace” Norm:

Ugh. FUCK. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/c...

Love that he says this as some sort of authority on the matter when his team's attendance figures are easily accessible.

That inning just guaranteed Castellanos a spot on the 26-man roster.

It's only the 3rd inning of the first Spring Training game, but I think we have enough footage to make a supercut of Padres fielders battling the sun and falling on their asses.

Every Padres Spring Training roster update drops three (possibly made-up) names I've never heard before, with the kicker that there's a decent chance they'll beat out a guy who isn't that good but was considered a lock for the 26-man.

Guessed this might happen, and pretty shitty timing as my annual gift/membership renewed 4 days ago. "Manfred ruins everything" remains an evergreen statement.

that wasn't the presidente I wanted Nick Castellanos to take down