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SAN DIEGO — It says it right there in the PGA Tour bio of Max Homa: “Favorite city is San Diego.” Now we’re talking. There’s someone near the top of the leaderboard at the hallway point of the Farmers Insurance Open for the locals to wrap their tanned arms around.

SAN DIEGO — Light fog rolled off Torrey Pines State Beach on Wednesday morning, but it was too lazy to climb the bluffs where golfers were teeing off in the opening round of the Farmers Insurance Open.

These are the most likely stars at their age to reach Cooperstown.

The Padres are coming off their third NLCS berth in franchise history. They walked away from the hot-stove season with one of the top free agents available. Their commitment to the foundation is as strong as ever, too, as they signed top Venezuelan catching prospect Ethan Salas as the 2023…

SAN DIEGO — To keep Juan Soto beyond the next two seasons, the Padres may eventually have to make him the highest-paid player in MLB history.

When I woke up this morning, I had no intention of writing about the Pirates for today’s newsletter. Why would I? I have mentioned them in previous editions—such as when I’ve written that they should trade their best player and when they gave up Aaron Judge’s 60th home run—but only…

He enters his first full season with San Diego after last year’s trade.

One day after the Red Sox announced that Xander Bogaerts’ replacement, Trevor Story, would miss most of the 2023 season with an elbow injury, they turned their attention to the future.

Counting the ways that the Padres' signing of aging slugger Nelson Cruz makes sense is easy. Until a season ago, he was one of the most dependable sluggers in baseball. He curb-stomps left-handers, hitting .295 with a gaudy .939 on-base-plus-slugging percentage.