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For years, the Padres have treated certainty as something you buy. Big contracts. Veteran arms. Short-term fixes meant to stabilize a rotation that never quite feels settled. But while the front office keeps scanning the market, something uncomfortable is happening closer to home. Miguel Mendez is no longer behaving like a distant solution. The warning signs aren’t dramatic. There’s no viral highlight or public ... Read more

For years, the Padres have treated certainty as something you buy. Big contracts. Veteran arms. Short-term fixes meant to stabilize a rotation that never quite feels settled. But while the front office keeps scanning the market, something uncomfortable is happening closer to home. Miguel Mendez is no longer behaving like a distant solution. The warning signs aren’t dramatic. There’s no viral highlight or public ... Read more

Mookie Betts didn’t hesitate. When asked where he wants to play for the rest of his career, his answer came with unusual certainty: shortstop. Not for a few more seasons. Not as a temporary solution. For the long haul. “I’m a hundred percent sure I’ll be able to,” Betts said confidently, brushing aside the idea that age or wear would slow him down. On the surface, it sounded like a superstar backing himself. Dig a ... Read more

Mookie Betts didn’t hesitate. When asked where he wants to play for the rest of his career, his answer came with unusual certainty: shortstop. Not for a few more seasons. Not as a temporary solution. For the long haul. “I’m a hundred percent sure I’ll be able to,” Betts said confidently, brushing aside the idea that age or wear would slow him down. On the surface, it sounded like a superstar backing himself. Dig a ... Read more

There are athletes who win games. And there are athletes who quietly carry a second life the crowd never sees. Shohei Ohtani has always belonged to the first category in the public imagination: a superstar built for headlines, a machine of discipline, a symbol of control. That’s why what happened after a recent Dodgers win felt so jarring—not because he got emotional, but because the emotion didn’t look planned. It ... Read more