Kyle Blanks News

The Padres entered their seven-game winning streak five games below .500 and six games behind in the National League West.

Alex Kantecki identifies three risers and three fallers in head-to-head points leagues, including Kyle Blanks, Gerardo Parra and Eric Stults.

The Padres' decision to move Andrew Cashner into the starting rotation at the end of April has definitely paid dividends.

The Padres are the National League's hottest team, so hot that they turned Fathers' Day into a weeklong celebration, rattling off six straight wins in consecutive sweeps of the NL East-leading Braves and the NL West-leading Diamondbacks.

The good news was the Giants' offense kocked around Kris Medlen for a 6-0 Friday night win to kick off their three game series in Atlanta.

The Giants are hosting the Padres for a three-game series. Here are the starting lineups for Monday's game: Giants LF - Gary Brown C - Hector Sanchez CF - Darryl Hamilton 2B - Freddy Sanchez's severed head 1B - Brett Pill RF - Glenallen Hill 3B - Chris Dominguez? SS - Tomas de la Rosa P - Shane Loux Padres CF - Will Venable LF - Max Venable RF - ... (more)

San Francisco is 15-4 over its last 19 home games against the Padres, holding San Diego to fewer than two runs in nine of those contests.

The Arizona Diamondbacks and their nonexistent offense, lost three straight games to the San Diego Padres over Father's Day weekend.

Ray Guilfoyle highlights some of the top fantasy performers from Sunday's roto action, including thoughts on Yasiel Puig, the Wil Myers call up and others.

Mariano Rivera struck out Albert Pujols with the bases loaded to end the Angels' five-run rally in the ninth inning, and the New York Yankees snapped their five-game losing streak with a wild 6-5 victory over Los Angeles on Sunday.

If all went as planned, Kyle Blanks would be in Triple-A right now. The Padres are sure glad he isn't.

Clearly, the spectre of what happened last Tuesday night in Dodgers Stadium cast an unwelcome shadow on the proceedings in Petco Park.

The Jason Marquis streak of winning eight straight decisions is tied for the fifth-longest streak in Padres history and the longest since Adam Eaton won eight straight decisions in 2005.

Yasmani Grandal's three-run homer capped a five-run fourth inning, and the San Diego Padres beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-4 on Saturday night to stretch their winning streak to five and reach the .500 mark for the first time in two years.

Yasmani Grandal's three-run homer capped a five-run fourth inning, and the San Diego Padres beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-4 on Saturday night to stretch their winning streak to five and reach the .500 mark for the first time in two years.

Far enough removed from a second season-ending surgery, Kyle Blanks was farther, still, from a second chance.

Instead, Logan Forsythe hit a two-run double and left-hander Eric Stults pitched a career-best two-hitter to give the San Diego Padres a 2-1 victory against the NL West-leading Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night.

So Eric Stults is apparently the destroyer of worlds He allowed one hit in the first inning, and one hit in the ninth for a complete game, two hit and one run performance.

Padre's Everth Cabrera is safe stealing second. Covering second is Braves' Dan Uggla.

Carlos Ruiz , who returned from a 25-game suspension for only about three weeks before landing on the DL with a strained hamstring, will begin a rehab assignment this weekend and should come off the DL June 21. That won't be early enough for him to help you this week, at least not in mixed leagues, but a strong return would make him an attractive ... (more)