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For months, the conversation around the San Diego Padres has carried an unspoken assumption. If money needs to come off the books — and all signs suggest it might — someone has to go. Manny Machado and Xander Bogaerts are too expensive and too entrenched. Fernando Tatis Jr. and Jackson Merrill are too young, too central, too symbolic of the future. Which leaves Jake Cronenworth. At least, that’s what logic says on the ... Read more

For months, the conversation around the San Diego Padres has carried an unspoken assumption. If money needs to come off the books — and all signs suggest it might — someone has to go. Manny Machado and Xander Bogaerts are too expensive and too entrenched. Fernando Tatis Jr. and Jackson Merrill are too young, too central, too symbolic of the future. Which leaves Jake Cronenworth. At least, that’s what logic says on the ... Read more

The Cleveland Guardians like to say they trust pitching. They build around it. They protect it. They invest in it with patience that few organizations can match. And heading into 2026, that philosophy is being tested quietly — not by a lack of arms, but by a single unresolved question. What exactly is Joey Cantillo? On paper, the Guardians appear stable. All six starters who cycled through the rotation late in 2025 ... Read more

The Cleveland Guardians like to say they trust pitching. They build around it. They protect it. They invest in it with patience that few organizations can match. And heading into 2026, that philosophy is being tested quietly — not by a lack of arms, but by a single unresolved question. What exactly is Joey Cantillo? On paper, the Guardians appear stable. All six starters who cycled through the rotation late in 2025 ... Read more

The Cleveland Guardians like to say they trust pitching. They build around it. They protect it. They invest in it with patience that few organizations can match. And heading into 2026, that philosophy is being tested quietly — not by a lack of arms, but by a single unresolved question. What exactly is Joey Cantillo? On paper, the Guardians appear stable. All six starters who cycled through the rotation late in 2025 ... Read more