For most people, the Boston Red Sox offseason grade immediately jumped from the high-C/low-B range to about an A- with the big-money free agent addition of Alex ...

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Mike Shildt discussed his team’s options in the rotation behind Dylan Cease, Yu Darvish and Michael King. On Wednesday night ...

A second-half-of-season rotation of Cease, Shane Bieber, Tanner Bibee, Gavin Williams, and Ben Lively/Triston McKenzie/Joey ...

The opportunities to empty the offseason mailbag are dwindling. Spring training is right around the corner. Who’s excited?That’s my only question. The rest must come from the readers.You ask, I try to ...

We're a week away from pitchers and catchers reporting, but for better or for worse, Major League Baseball's offseason has increasingly dragged into ...

Training just around the corner, the Padres held their annual FanFest event yesterday and the impending return of baseball ...

On Friday, the Padres and right-hander Michael King avoided an arbitration hearing with a creative deal that guarantees King $7.75M.

While it’s unclear whether King’s confidence that he’ll be in a Padres uniform on Opening Day and the club’s apparent preference for dealing Cease if one of the pair is traded will ...

Now, let’s talk about Preller and co-ace Dylan Cease. Already, the Padres-Cease situation stands as one of the more fascinating short chapters in club history. Pitchers as reliable as Cease ...

On Saturday, as the Dodgers showed off their superstar-studded roster at Dodger Stadium, the Padres staged a fan ... Yu Darvish and Michael King and Dylan Cease. And then there was the guy walking ...