it was Josh Hader silencing the last gasps of the dragon — Mookie Betts, Trea Turner and Freddie Freeman, all by the way of the punchout — to clinch the Padres’ first trip to the National ...

The San Diego Padres have managed to bring in lots of potentially good relievers, even though they lost the best of them all: Josh Hader. They have added Woo Suk Go, Yuki Matsui, Luis Patiño ...

The number of elite closers in MLB might be deeper than it has ever been. There are a number of elite relievers coming out of ...

The Chicago Cubs never really got their foot in the door with Roki Sasaki, but Jed Hoyer could dial up the San Diego Padres ...

Ninety days ago, the San Diego Padres closed within ... after Peter Seidler’s death, the Padres traded Juan Soto and abandoned Blake Snell and Josh Hader in free agency. This winter, the Padres ...

He can close, but there's just not going to be teams willing to pay him like Edwin Díaz or Josh Hader ... the Miami Marlins traded him to the San Diego Padres, where he continued to excel.

The Padres eye Kenley Jansen to shore up their bullpen post-Hader, but will the Red Sox play ball? It's a deadline dilemma that could shape the NL West race. Jansen's stats this season?

If Preller is targeting any stars, he won’t be out of his depth. Look at the big names Preller and late chairman Peter ...