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Padres Sign Tate

With less than two hours remaining for Major League teams to sign their 2009 draft picks the San Diego Padres have signed the number three overall pick Donavan Tate.

Two Padres on the Move?

As the San Diego Padres struggle through another season, with a 38-62 record, ownership is trying to decide whether or not to trade slugger Adrian Gonzalez and closer Heath Bell to contenders for the remainder of the 2009 season. The Padres are sitting 24.5 games behind the NL West leading Dodgers and 16.5 games behind [...]

JC’s Weekly Pitch: The All-Star Game

What do the San Diego Padres, the Baltimore Orioles and the World Series have common? No, the two teams have never met in the Fall Classic, and I highly doubt that this will be the year that they actually do. However, because of each of these team’s respective All-Stars, the fate of this year’s World [...]

Padres Send Scott Hairston to A’s

The San Diego Padres have made a minor trade that signifies they have all but given up on the 2009 season. They have sent outfielder Scott Hairston to the Oakland Athletics for three players. Two of the players have been named and the third is a player to be named later. Both named players are [...]

Padres Select Tate at No. 3 Overall

The San Diego Padres have selected  Donavan Tate out of Cartersville High School in the state of Georgia. Tate is an outfielder. with the third overall pick in the 2009 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. The Padres were looking for an all around athlete with their first pick and they got one in Tate. [...]