Will Venable

MLB Team Report - San Diego Padres - INSIDE PITCH Catcher Yasmani Grandal's 50-game suspension for violating Major League Baseball's policy prohibiting performance-enhancing drugs ends May 28. Grandal will be allowed to start playing for Triple-A...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - San Diego Padres - INSIDE PITCH Everth Cabrera heard them. High behind the Padres dugout at Camden Yards on Tuesday night was a group of fans wearing Padres caps chanting "Nicaragua, Nicaragua" every time Cabrera...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Stephen Strasburg had quite the homecoming. Pitching in front of about 50 family members and friends, Strasburg lasted a career-high eight innings against his hometown Padres to snap a seven-start winless streak, and Bryce Harper...

Orioles right-hander Freddy Garcia’s formula for success lies in staying ahead of hitters and keeping them off balance by mixing speeds while locating his pitches. Without the blazing fastball that has faded by way of wear, the 14-year veteran must...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - San Diego Padres - INSIDE PITCH The Padres could be facing a keep-or-release decision on four players they signed last winter to minor league contracts. The four are currently with Triple-A Tucson and have opt-out...

Padres 8, Orioles 4: Kyle Blanks and Alexi Amarista homered while John Baker added a two-run single as San Diego finished up a two-game sweep in Baltimore. Everth Cabrera went 4-for-5 with an RBI while Will Venable and Carlos Quentin added run-scoring...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - San Diego Padres - INSIDE PITCH Alexi Amarista is one of the more intriguing players on the Padres. Known affectionately as "Little Ninja" among his teammates, Amarista checks in (optimistically) at 5-foot-5 and 150...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - San Diego Padres - INSIDE PITCH Clayton Richard threw a three-inning simulated game Saturday afternoon at Tropicana Field just before Burch Smith's bad debut (six runs allowed in one inning plus seven hitters) in...

2B Alexi Amarista hit a go-ahead solo homer in the fifth, his second of the season. All seven of his career homers have come against right-handed pitchers. "Alexi, when he plays, he contributes, whether it's with the glove or the bat," manager Bud Black...

Rays win fifth straight game ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Tampa Bay Rays center fielder Sam Fuld said Sunday's 4-2 sweep-clinching win over the San Diego Padres fit more of their "blueprint." There was sparkling defense, including Fuld's spectacular leaping...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - San Diego Padres - INSIDE PITCH Even before the Padres were swept by the Tampa Bay Rays over the weekend in Florida, there were warning signs that their recent run of success -- 11-3 in the 14 games leading into...

The Sports Xchange Rays 4, Padres 2 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Right-hander Roberto Hernandez threw six strong innings and the Tampa Bay Rays rallied for two runs in the sixth for a 4-2 come-from-behind win over the San Diego Padres on Sunday at...