Padres' goals set high for 2023 season
The Padres will win the West in 2023. They will welcome back Fernando Tatis Jr. and bring in Xander Bogaerts.
Juan Soto moved to San Diego from Washington D. He struggled in August and September, but he turned it on in October.
Manny Machado can opt out of his contract after next season, but he's in San Diego.
Tatis plays most of his games in right field. Petco Park's spacious right-field feels like the perfect spot to maximize his talents.
The Padres' starting staff was very good last season. Right now, the team's starting rotation isn't quite there.
Josh Hader leads the Majors in saves.
The Padres are looking for a catcher. Austin Nola and Luis Campusano are adequate, but not good enough for the team with World Series aspirations.
Yu Darvish starts on Opening Day on 8th of the season. He would be the first pitcher to start three straight Padres openers since Jake Peavy did it from 2006-09.
Joe Musgrove gets booed in New York. The umpires found nothing to point to any wrongdoing.
Padres' goals for 2023 season are 10. Tatis hit a homer in his first game back.
The Padres have seven All-Stars. That would be a franchise record.
Padres' goals set high for 2023 season. A.J. Preller does something big at the Trade Deadline.
Machado needs four more home runs in his home ballpark to pass Adrián González on the all-time list. The Dodgers come to town the first weekend in May.
Machado is on 283 career home runs. He's going to hit No. 300 against the Orioles in August.
Padres' goals for 2023 season are to win 15 games and have Bogaerts worth at least 5 WAR.
Ha-Seong Kim wins a Gold Glove at second base.
Blake Snell is having his best season as a Padre.
Adrian Morejon is this year's Nick Martinez. Martinez moved from the rotation to the bullpen and back again last year. The Padres want to give MoreJon a starting role this season.
Soto breaks the Padres' single-season walks record. Jack Clark holds the current record with 132 walks in 1989. Soto has topped that number in each of his past two seasons.
"All the Small Things" will become a Petco Park tradition.
The Padres get a bye into the NL Division Series.
The Padres are aiming to break their 2004 attendance record of 3,016,752 fans from their first season at Petco Park.
