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The Renaissance Men
By Nick Recchia | September 7, 2020
SP - MANNY MACHADO
PHOTO CREDIT: MARK COLLIER
PHOTO CREDIT: MARK COLLIER
In a year of oddities and abnormalities abound amongst society, a bright light in San Diego has been the arrival of the young upstart Padres. With a young superstar in Fernando Tatis Jr., statcast star Trent Grisham and NL R.O.Y. favorite Jake Cronenworth, the team seems young and built to last. The surprise for most fans has been the revelation of the team's three core veterans in Manny Machado, Eric Hosmer, and Wil Myers. You could argue that the three are having career years respectively. >> MORE
The Case For Extending Dinelson LametBy Nick Recchia | August 14, 2020
SP - DINELSON LAMET
PHOTO CREDIT: MARK COLLIER Dinelson Lamet has gone from a relatively unknown power armed signee out of the Dominican Republic to a popular dark horse choice for National League Cy Young award possibility all within the span of six seasons. >> MORE
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Team Wins Over Bullpen WoesBy Wes Ellis | August 1, 2020
RP - EMILIO PAGAN
PHOTO CREDIT: MARK COLLIER The 6-2 San Diego Padres have shown a lot of strengths so far in this young season, including exceptional plate discipline and outstanding starting pitching. But they do have at least one unexpected weakness: the bullpen. >> MORE
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Return Of The FriarsBy Nick Reccia | July 22, 2020
Padres General Manager - AJ Preller
PHOTO CREDIT: MLB Padres Blog With the news coming out of Los Angeles a couple of hours up the 5 freeway this afternoon that newly acquired Mookie Betts will spend the rest of his career in Dodger blue, a whisper continues in San Diego. A whisper that has lingered among the shadows of Petco Park over the last year plus that AJ Preller is big game hunting. >> MORE
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A Look at Seven Top Position Players from Spring Training
By Mark Collier | June 11, 2020
PHOTO CREDIT: MARK COLLIER
The FriarLounge team had the good fortune of getting to spend about five days in Peoria before COVID-19 struck and shut down everything. Below is a recap of some of the players we got to see when we visited Peoria back in early March of this year. CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE NOW >>>
MLB DRAFT PREPPERBy NIck Recchia | June 9, 2020
MLB DRAFT STUDIO
PHOTO CREDIT: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL & MLB NETWORK
As the tumultuous year of 2020 continues, with pandemic, social unrest, and political upheaval all in the current, people have looked to sports for a brief respite. Unfortunately, while some leagues have collaborated with its players to bring sports back to the fans (thanks NBA), others have been arguing in the media about money. >>> MORE
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HUDSON'S HOMEBy NIck Recchia | April 28, 2020
OF - HUDSON HEAD
PHOTO CREDIT: MARK COLLIER
The MLB June Amateur Draft has been a staple of MLB since the inaugural draft was held on June 8-9 in New York City. A chance for every team to pour over the previous years worth of scouting and relationship building into a chance to draft their next homegrown star. While many stars come from throughout the draft, there are a gluttony of them at the top with less and less the lower you go. >>MORE
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Wil Myers: White Queso Is Hot...AgainBy Nick Recchia | March 6, 2020
OF - WIL MYERS
PHOTO CREDIT: K.C. ALFRED/SD UNION_TRIBUNE When Wil Myers signed his six-year $83 million contract extension in the winter after his first career All Star season in 2016, he instantly became the face of the franchise, whether he liked it or not. MORE >>
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Javy Guerra Comes Out FiringBY NICK RECCHIA | MARCH 2, 2020
RHP - JAVY GUERRA
PHOTO CREDIT: SAN DIEGO PADRES The Javy Guerra dilemma will soon be the talk of the Peoria Sportsplex, putting the team in an envious position with a nice problem to have. The former Boston Red Sox farm hand who was acquired along with former Padres Manuel Margot, Carlos Asuaje, and Logan Allen for closer Craig Kimbrel in the 2015. MORE >>
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Swiss Army Knife Named CronenworthBy: Nick Recchia | February 27, 2020
INF/RP - JAKE CRONENWORTH
PHOTO CREDIT: SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE Acquired along with Tommy Pham in the December 5th trade with the Tampa Rays for OF Hunter Renfroe and prospect Xavier Edwards, Jake Cronenworth comes with much less acclaim than his trade counterparts. That being said he might end up as important an acquisition in the long term for the Padres as Tommy Pham is in the short term. MORE >>
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ZACH DAVIES: THE ART OF PITCHINGBy: Nick Recchia | February 23, 2020
RHP - ZACH DAVIES
PHOTO CREDIT: SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE
In November of 2019, the San Diego Padres and Milwaukee Brewers consummated a four player deal that landed SS Luis Urias and SP Eric Lauer in Milwaukee while OF Trent Grisham and SP Zach Davies heading to Petco. While most of the talk has centered around the heralded position players in the deal, MORE >>
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Buying & Selling?By Nick Recchia | February 18, 2020
RHP - KIRBY YATES
The Padres are entering an important season in 2020 where they are on the cusp of competing yet still have some spots in the lineup that have long term spots available. Some spots that have been question marks for years (3B/SS) now have long term cogs playing them for the foreseeable future... MORE >>
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Padres Searching For A BatBy: Mark Collier | February 13, 2020
OF - FRANCHY CORDERO
PHOTO CREDIT: MARK COLLIER The San Diego Padres have made a flurry of moves this offseason with eyes towards becoming contenders in the National League. Tommy Pham, Trent Grisham, Zach Davies, Jurickson Profar, Drew Pomeranz, Emilio Pagan, ... MORE >>
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The Fuego FactorBy Jorge Arce | February 12, 2020
LHP - JOEY LUCHESSI
As the dawn of another season is set to begin and teams rounding out their rosters in earnest, it looks as if the Padres and AJ Preller have settled on the group that will compete for spots in the upcoming 2020 rotation.... MORE >>
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Pham-tasticBy Nick Recchia | February 10, 2020
LF - TOMMY PHAM
PHOTO CREDIT: BASEBALL SAVANT There are some players who matriculate to the majors after a handful of years while others are meteors that you can see from miles away screaming on their path to the show. Tommy Pham, ...MORE >>
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Is Francisco Mejia "Catching" On?By Mark Collier | February 7, 2020
C - FRANCISCO MEJIA.
Catcher Francisco Meija was acquired for All Star closer Brad Hand and relief pitcher Adam Cimber at the trade deadline in July 2018, at the time the number one catching prospect in all of baseball. In 2016... MORE >>
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Gore Time?By Nick Recchia | February 4, 2020
LHP - MACKENZIE GORE
As the Kris Bryant contract grievance has finally concluded, it reminds Padres fans of an important decision the front office made at the end of camp last year. ...MORE
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Who Will Be The Padres 2nd Basemen in 2020?By Mark Collier | February 4, 2020
2B - GREG GARCIA
As the 2020 season is set to begin, a contested position battle will be for the second base job with former top prospects, career journeymen, and international talent set to duke it out. ... MORE >>
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