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Padres take opener vs. Giants, move within 1 game of Dodgers - San Diego Union-Tribune
The win — and a loss by the Dodgers to the Angels — moved the Padres to within a game of the Dodgers in the National League West, a division the Padres have not won since 2006 and have not led this late in a season since 2010.
Padres players were interested in what happened in Anaheim, but they were more interested in what they had done in winning for the 12th time in their past 15 games.
This absurd stat continued last night as Los Angeles Angels pound Dodgers - Sporting News
After going 5-23 since 2019 against their crosstown rivals, the Los Angeles the Los Angeles Angels have turned the tables in 2025. The Angels won for the fourth straight time over the defending World Series Champions on Monday night. It is the first time they have won the season series since the 2019 season.
The Formula - Letters to A.J.
The Padres are nearing their final form. The trade deadline completed a roster that had amassed a winning record despite significant weakness that constrained strategy on a night-to-night basis. The Padres now have the deepest bullpen and lineup in recent memory. This opens different paths to navigate the game script as the opponent, and whims of fortune, put various obstacles and opportunities in their path. The Red Sox series was instructive, a glimpse of how the new weapons may tilt the odds in the close-quarters combat of a short series.
A look at the Padres' new Top 30 prospects after Deadline frenzy - Padres.com
The dust has settled from another wild Padres Trade Deadline. And now that it has, here’s another seemingly annual tradition in San Diego: piecing together the new-look farm system in the aftermath of transactions that largely depleted it.
On Monday, MLB Pipeline unveiled its re-rank of the Padres’ top-30 prospects – a list that no longer can draw from any of the 11 prospects who were traded away at the July 31 Trade Deadline.
Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani and agent sued, accused of wrecking $240M Hawaii real estate deal - USA Today
Ohtani and Balelo are accused in the lawsuit of "tortious interference and unjust enrichment, who used their "celebrity leverage to destabilize and ultimately dismantle Plaintiffs’ role in the project" and attempted to sabotage a second business venture.
Ohtani is listed in a 2024 press release for the Vista at Mauna Kea Resort project, aimed at appealing to Japanese and U.S. high-end buyers, that says he will be the first resident on the property. "To me, Hawaii is a beautiful blend of Pacific Ocean cultures," Ohtani says in the release. "Here, I found my own paradise at Mauna Kea Resort: Two perfect beaches, two amazing golf courses, and so much more. I selected my homesite and am building my winter home here. This is a special place – a place I will soon call home."
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