Latest Juan Soto News

Machado's 2 home runs carry the Padres to a 4-2 win against the Cardinals

Sep. 23, 2023 00:50 AM EDT

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Manny Machado hit two homers and drove in three runs for the San Diego Padres, who beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-2 on Friday night to extend their season-high winning streak to eight games. The Padres are barely hanging on in the race for the NL's third wild-card...

Campusano, Choi lead rally for the Padres, who beat the Rockies 3-2 for their 7th straight win

Sep. 20, 2023 20:09 PM EDT

SAN DIEGO (AP) — It's the $250 million question: Why has it taken until Sept. 20 for the high-priced San Diego Padres to start playing like everyone thought they would have all season? The Padres extended their season-best winning streak to seven games by beating the last-place...

Campusano's go-ahead 3-run homer helps the Padres beat the Rockies 11-9

Sep. 19, 2023 01:39 AM EDT

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego Padres' longest winning streak of the season is likely way too little, way too late to save a massively disappointing season. Luis Campusano hit a go-ahead three-run home run and Garrett Cooper and Eugy Rosario also connected for the Padres, who beat...

Padres owner Peter Seidler had a medical procedure and won't be at the ballpark again this season

Sep. 18, 2023 14:54 PM EDT

SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Diego Padres owner Peter Seidler underwent an unspecified medical procedure last month and "am now on the road to recovery,” he said in a statement posted Monday morning on the team's account on X, formerly known as Twitter. Seidler is a two-time cancer...

Soto's 2 homers lead Padres to 1st 4-game winning streak and 10-1 win over Athletics

Sep. 17, 2023 20:17 PM EDT

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Juan Soto homered twice, including his first career grand slam, and the San Diego Padres won their fourth straight game for the first time this season, beating the Oakland Athletics 10-1 on Sunday to sweep the series. The Padres had been the only team in the...

Juan Soto drives in pair of runs as Padres give Bob Melvin series win against former Oakland club

Sep. 16, 2023 20:21 PM EDT

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Now that San Diego has a series victory against Bob Melvin's old Oakland club, the manager hopes his Padres can finally pull off their first four-game winning streak of the season. They're the only team in baseball without one in 2023. “It...

Fernando Tatis Jr. homers, drives in 3 runs as Padres beat A's 8-3 in Bob Melvin's return

Sep. 16, 2023 01:13 AM EDT

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The celebratory San Diego Padres pushed José Azocar through the clubhouse in a laundry cart while squirting honey in his curly hair after he finally hit his first home run. Manager Bob Melvin took it in far differently in the quiet of his office, relieved...

Padres' Snell overpowers Dodgers in 6-1 victory for Friars' first series win against LA since 2021

Sep. 14, 2023 01:50 AM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The San Diego Padres' postseason hopes faded long ago. Blake Snell's bid to become the seventh player to win the Cy Young Award in both leagues is alive and well. Snell scattered one hit over six scoreless innings, Juan Soto and Luis Campusano homered and San...

San Diego's Juan Soto joins elite company with 2-plus seasons of 30-plus HRs and 100-plus walks

Sep. 13, 2023 22:39 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Juan Soto of the San Diego Padres went deep against the Los Angeles Dodgers, making him the seventh player in major league history with two-plus seasons of 30 or more home runs and 100-plus walks before turning 25. Soto joins such elite players as Ted Williams...

Washington Nationals sign general manager Mike Rizzo to a multiyear extension

Sep. 13, 2023 19:11 PM EDT

Mike Rizzo spent his first five years with the Washington Nationals painstakingly assembling a roster designed to make the club competitive enough to win a World Series. That vision became a reality in 2019 when the star-laden Nationals won the franchise's only championship. ...