“Traded last winter to Arizona after making his first All-Star team, Naylor is in the midst of perhaps his best season,” they wrote. “Only a dozen qualified hitters strike out less often than Naylor, and among them only Mookie Betts and his old teammate Jose Ramirez hit with this kind of power.”

With the Texas Rangers struggling and the Milwaukee Brewers on a roll, MLB Network analyst Greg Amsinger has predicted a trade between the two teams.

If the MLB playoffs started today (June 28th), the San Diego Padres would be on the outside looking in. San Diego is 0.5 games back of both the final Wild Card

Add another milestone to a season full of them for Manny Machado: He’s now a seven-time All-Star. Machado earned the starting nod at third base for the National League, marking the fourth time he’ll start the All-Star Game and the second time he’ll do so representing the Padres.

We're past due to hand out some midseason grades, so let's hand out some midseason grades.

“So definitely was an extremely memorable year for me.” Right down to the bitter end.

From MVP candidates in third baseman Manny Machado and outfielder Fernando Tatis Jr. to batting average merchant Luis Arraez to rising young stars like Jackson Merrill, it's no surprise that the Padres are consistently ranked as one of the best offenses in the major leagues.