The Latest Breaking News from Blake Snell

When a ballclub plows a quarter of a billion dollars into the player payroll, as Padres leaders have this year, it's the same as shouting out a request.

PHOENIX — The Padres worked and worked before it ultimately worked for them.

When the fifth inning began in San Diego on that Saturday night in late June, everyone’s mind was still on Bryce Harper and how much damage a wayward 97-mph fastball had wrought upon his left hand.

SAN DIEGO — It happened again to Blake Snell, and it happened again to the Padres.

SAN DIEGO — They call it shoving.

SAN FRANCISCO — Sometimes all it takes is just enough.

SAN DIEGO — Blake Snell had not yet put his Mercedes-Benz sedan in park late Thursday night after pulling over for an alleged speeding violation on Interstate 5 near Carmel Valley Road.

SAN DIEGO — Blake Snell’s roll was slowed before he climbed the mound Friday. Outside of Manny Machado, Snell’s teammates, for all of A.J. Preller’s machinations, can’t seem to keep anything rolling.

The Padres pitcher avoided catastrophe after his car was hit by a drunk driver Thursday night.

SAN DIEGO — Blake Snell’s vehicle was struck by a suspected drunken driver Thursday night on the side of Interstate 5 after a San Diego police officer had stopped Snell for an alleged traffic violation, authorities said.

It’s not hard to find a reason for the Rangers’ midsummer firing spree: The team is looking at a sixth consecutive losing season, which does not exactly scream “job security,” especially not for a manager or a top executive. And so it was not entirely surprising that skipper Chris Woodward…