Heath Bell To Texas Rangers Almost Done?

Wednesday, July 27th, 2011

One of the biggest prizes of this year's trade deadline is San Diego Padres closer Heath Bell. Tons of teams are interested in the 33-year-old right-hander whose awesomeness knows no bounds, but there has been a decided lack of movement on the Bell trade front over the past few weeks. ...

San Diego Padres New TV Deal Could Impact Payroll Immediately

Monday, May 2nd, 2011

The San Diego Padres have long been married to one of the lowest payrolls in baseball despite excellent fan support and a gorgeous downtown ballpark. So what gives? Well, over the past 10 years the Padres have been married to a television deal with Cox Communications that, according to Forbes ...

Trevor Hoffman Notches Save No. 600

Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

This one is really personal for a few of us here at Rumors and Rants. Trevor Hoffman, the best closer in baseball history (shut up Yankees fans) got career save No. 600 tonight in Milwaukee. For Hoffman, it's an amazing mark. He became the first closer to reach that number in ...

The San Diego Padres Can’t Get No Respect

Monday, July 19th, 2010

Sunday afternoon the San Diego Padres finished a three-game sweep of the Arizona Diamondbacks, opening the second half of the season with a bang. The Friars outscored Arizona 26-10 over the weekend and have shown more life offensively over the past few weeks than they have for most of the ...

The Hangover: The 2010 San Diego Padres First Half Review

Monday, July 12th, 2010

There are only five words that come to mind when thinking about the first half the 2010 San Diego Padres just finished: What the hell just happened? I seriously feel like Phil in The Hangover, when he wakes up the morning after with that "I can't remember a thing so that ...