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Chase Headley said he “didn't know how to respond" Wednesday afternoon after learning that the Padres are planning to offer their star third baseman a multi-year contract that would make him the highest-paid player in franchise history. “To be... Read More »

Exactly one month after fracturing the tip of his left thumb, Padres third baseman Chase Headley returned to the lineup on Wednesday. Headley, who led the National League in RBIs (115) a year ago, was reinstated from the 15-day disabled list... Read More »

The Padres set aside a locker for Chase Headley in the visiting clubhouse at Dodger Stadium on Monday, and the injured third baseman could join the club for the final two games of a three-game series against the Dodgers. Headley continued his... Read More »

Padres third baseman Chase Headley made the second start of his Minor League rehab assignment with Class A Lake Elsinore of Sunday afternoon, his first in the field. He went 0-for-3 with two strikeouts for the Storm. Headley plans to play the... Read More »

Don't expect to see Carlos Quentin playing in Los Angeles next week. Major League Baseball is expediting Quentin's appeal of his eight-game suspension for charging Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke at Petco Park Thursday night. A ruling on the appeal... Read More »

The Padres were off on Monday, though there was still good news to be had regarding the injured left thumb of third baseman Chase Headley. Headley, who fractured the tip of the thumb on March 17, had an X-ray and stress tests conducted on the... Read More »

Used to be that Jesus Guzman had a reputation. A “four-A player," as Padres first base coach Dave Roberts puts it. Between 2008 and 2011, he was, in fact, a triple-A player — and an effective one at that. Over those four seasons Guzman hit .319... Read More »

Edinson Volquez will be the Padres' Opening Day starting pitcher in New York next Monday with Clayton Richard scheduled to pitch the home opener at Petco Park on April 9. Volquez was also the Padres' Opening Day starter in 2012. “I do think it's... Read More »

The Padres released veteran pitcher Freddy Garcia on Sunday. Garcia, 36, was in camp on a Minor League contract. He was 1-4 with an 8.71 ERA in six appearances over 20 2/3 innings for the Padres this spring. In his last start for San Diego, the... Read More »

Injured Padres right-hander Casey Kelly will meet with noted orthopedic surgeon James Andrews on April 1 and will have Tommy John surgery on his right elbow the following day. "He'll look at the film, with surgery the next day, if everything... Read More »

San Diego Padres righthander Casey Kelly will have season-ending Tommy John surgery on April 1, according to The Associated Press. Kelly, 23, had been a candidate for the team's rotation but might be out through the early portion of the 2014... Read More »

Third baseman Chase Headley, coming off one of the best single-season performances in Padres history, could miss Opening Day because of an injured left thumb, MLB.com learned late Sunday night. Headley, who won Silver Slugger and Gold Glove... Read More »

Padres third baseman Chase Headley jammed his thumb while trying to break up a double play against the Angels on Sunday, prompting him to leave the game after just one inning to undergo an X-ray. Immediately after his team's 7-4 loss to the... Read More »

Pitcher Casey Kelly, regarded as the Padres' fourth-best prospect according to MLB.com, has had tests performed on his sore right elbow. Kelly hasn't appeared in a Cactus League game since March 7. He has a 7.71 ERA over three games and 5 1/3... Read More »

The Padres have possibly suffered their first significant injury of the spring. Infielder Logan Forsythe will miss at least three to four days with plantar fasciitis. “He's got a foot issue and we're going to stay away from it for three or four... Read More »