The writing was on the wall when the Padres acquired Freddy Fermin from the Kansas City Royals, upending their catching ...

Maldonado still leads the Padres in starts at catcher this season with 56, but the club acquired Freddy Fermin at the trade deadline and elected to keep Elias Diaz around over Maldonado as the backup.

Diamondbacks first. Corbin Carroll called out on strikes. Ketel Marte grounds out to shallow infield, Jake Cronenworth to Luis Arraez. Geraldo Perdomo walks. Lourdes Gurriel homers to left field.

The San Diego Padres made a lot of moves at the trade deadline, but one of their smaller moves looks to be better than anybody expected.

After going 3-for-9 with two RBI and a run scored through his first three games as a Padre, Fermin will get a breather Tuesday while Elias Diaz starts behind the plate and bats ninth.

King has been out since mid-May with a nerve impingement near his right (throwing) shoulder.

JP Sears has been dealt at the Trade Deadline before. Just over three years to the day of his Padres debut, Sears was part of ...

— In a three-team deal, Dodgers acquired minor league pitcher Adam Serwinowski from Cincinnati and pitcher Paul Gervase and ...

Padres fourth. Ryan O'Hearn lines out to left field to Ivan Herrera. Ramon Laureano singles to shallow infield. Jake Cronenworth homers to center field. Ramon Laureano scores. Freddy Fermin flies ...

Now that the dust has settled on what was a breakneck pace of wheeling and dealing ahead of MLB's 2025 trade deadline, what ...

The San Diego Padres dropped game two of their three-game set with the St. Louis Cardinals. The Padres got out to an early ...

The Kansas City Royals found themselves in a strange and precarious position at the trade deadline: They were both buyers and ...