#Wil Myers

The San Diego Padres host the Milwaukee Brewers for the third game of a 3-game series! It's time to continue our MLB odds series with a Brewers-Padres prediction and pick. The Brewers evened the series yesterday after a huge home run in the 6th inning from Tyrone Taylor to essentially seal the victory. Corbin Burnes earned the win, but that was not…

Yesterday, I looked into how the predictions at FanGraphs, both crowdsourced and those produced by me, matched the contracts awarded to free agents this offseason. Today, I'd like to dive into a few cases where I made mistakes in individual player predictions, as well as a few I think I did well on. In each case, I'll try to come up with some…

CINCINNATI -- The opening of Spring Training is right around the corner. When the Reds gather in Goodyear, Ariz., in mid-February, will first baseman Joey Votto be fully ready to go? As he continues his rehabilitation from major surgery on his left shoulder and biceps, Votto wasn't completely sure. Votto spoke to Tommy Thrall and me on Wednesday…

Opening Day is finally upon us! The Arizona Diamondbacks host the San Diego Padres for a 4-game series to start off the 2022 campaign. Let's continue our MLB odds series with a Padres-Diamondbacks prediction and pick. The San Diego Padres are coming off another underperformed season after they had high expectations last year. The Padres ended 2021…

The San Diego Padres will need to add a first baseman to the roster for the 2023 season. Let's take a look at some options. The Eric Hosmer era in San Diego is over. With no clear option at the first base position for the 2023 season, the Padres will need to do something. Currently, Josh Bell, Brandon Drury, and Wil Myers are sharing the…

Josh Hader first went two innings in his third appearance as a rookie in 2017. He went three innings three weeks later. By the time he was beginning to save games for the Brewers the following April, one-plus was a staple for the lanky left-hander. One-plus. Two. Two-plus. Even three a few times, including twice in the 2018 NLCS against the…

The San Diego Padres will conclude their three-game series with the Kansas City Royals in the finale at Kauffman Stadium. It is time to continue our MLB odds series with a Padres-Royals prediction and pick. The Padres defeated the Royals 4-3 on Saturday. They struggled early as they allowed a Hunter Dozier RBI single to give the Royals a 1-0 lead.…

Last week, first baseman Anthony Rizzo declined his option for the 2023 season, making him a free agent. The New York Yankees gave him the qualifying offer. If he were to accept it, he would see a pay-raise from $16 million to $19.65 million. Rizzo has yet to accept the offer, and is free to negotiate with any team he chooses. The Yankees are the…

Major League Baseball's 2022 winter meetings blew through San Diego like a three-day whirlwind, sending Justin Verlander to the Mets, Trea Turner to the Phillies, Willson Contreras to the Cardinals, Kenley Jansen to the Red Sox and "Arson Judge" into the pantheon of baseball's greatest Twitter moments. One of our biggest takeaways from the spending…

The last day of spring training has arrived. It's time to do one more roster prediction, since I hate to pass up a chance to show how wrong I can be. (Plus, hours after my last roster projection arrived in your inboxes, the Padres traded for Luke Voit. You're welcome.) There is a decent chance at least one more move is coming before Thursday's…

It's been a disappointing spring for the San Diego Padres, who only made a few notable transactions when the lockout lifted in early March. And if MLB insider Jim Bowden's prediction is correct, the disappointment will continue into the regular season, so much so that they'll end up trading away some big names and punting the season. On Monday,…

San Diego Padres vs Cincinnati Reds 4/27/2022 Picks Predictions Previews The San Diego Padres will go against the Cincinnati Reds in MLB action in Great American Ball Park, OH, on Wednesday, April 27, 2022, at 6:40 PM ET. San Diego lost two of three games against the Dodgers at home over the weekend, getting thrashed in the series' final game. The…

The 2022 MLB Winter Meetings officially got underway on Sunday night. Former Toronto Blue Jays slugger Fred McGriff was selected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, with names such as Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens missing the cut. However, the Hall of Fame isn't what gets baseball fans excited for the Winter Meetings. It's the flurry of trades, signings,…

The Post's Mark W. Sanchez previews the NL West O/U wins: 97.5 Key player: Mookie Betts. For the Dodgers to be historically great - which is a real possibility - they could use their $365 million man in peak form. The right fielder was merely very good (.854 OPS) but not great last season, and the lineup is even more ludicrous with the addition of…

Coming into this game, both teams are in significantly different positions in the standings. While Chicago is down in the dumps, San Diego looks to take control of its division. See what we like in our MLB betting picks and predictions for Padres vs. Cubs. The Chicago Cubs and San Diego Padres will meet up for a four-game series starting Monday…

Happy Thanksgiving from all of us here at BCB After Dark: the swingin' spot for night owls, early-risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. We're still open here for the evening if you want to have a bit of a break before the holiday. Come on in and relax for a while. Get out of the cold. Grab a table near the stage. Have a tasty beverage-which you…

The MLB offseason is only just beginning, and the Mariners still have some notable items left on their to-do list. One of those tasks is to acquire another outfielder, either through free agency or via trade. Seattle has already added Teoscar Hernández in a trade with the Toronto Blue Jays. Hernández figures to be the team's opening day right…

Nick Martinez bet on himself when he went to Japan in 2017. He became a better pitcher and returned to Major League Baseball in 2022, signing a contract with the Padres that was essentially another bet on himself. That four-year deal allowed him to opt out after every season if he chose, which is what Martinez did earlier this month before…

The Arizona Diamondbacks and San Diego Padres clash for another NL West matchup! It's time to continue our MLB odds series with a Diamondbacks-Padres prediction and pick. The Diamondbacks are coming off of a series loss to the San Francisco Giants. They won the first game but lost the second two by a combined score of 17-3. They look to bounce back…

During Diamondbacks' GM Mike Hazen's ZOOM media session last night he made clear that he is going to pursue a right handed outfield bat this off season. At the same time the team just designated for assignment two such players, removing them from the 40-Man roster, Jordan Luplow and Stone Garrett. Part of that decision had to do with the roster…

The San Diego Padres host the San Francisco Giants for Game 2 of the final series of the season! It's time to continue our MLB odds series with a Giants-Padres prediction and pick. San Francisco is a competitive baseball team. They proved this year that they can stick around and play with the best of the teams in the league. The Giants are (80-80)…

Free agents will be able to negotiate with other teams beginning this evening, and while the Royals have downplayed being active in free agency, they may be looking to sign a few players. Previous reports indicated they were looking to sign a starting pitcher or two, but in a recent interview with MLB.com reporter Anne Rogers, J.J. Picollo…

The Pittsburgh Pirates will visit the San Diego Padres in the second game of their series in the National League West versus National League Central matchup from Petco Park on Saturday Night. The weather is expected to be very humid with a 0% chance of rain and 5.1 miles per hour winds. The Pittsburgh Pirates are coming off of a 2 run win against…

The baseball community felt the clock struck midnight for the San Diego Padres after Philadelphia Phillies left-handed slugger Bryce Harper stroked an opposite-field two-run home run that punched his team's ticket to the World Series. The timing could not have come at a worst time. The Padres season came to a screeching halt. Now, the Friar…

The 2022 season was a success for the San Diego Padres, even though they fell short of their goal. The team went deep into the playoffs, and for the Padres, that was a massive step in the right direction. The Padres will return in 2023 with a mostly intact roster, though they will be missing a few players from the 2022 team that surprised many in…

The Mets and Padres open a three-game set in San Diego tonight and we like New York to open the series with a third straight win on the road. Despite this, Mets starter Carlos Carrasco has been prone to allowing plenty of hits and that should continue. The New York Mets travel south to continue their road trip, this time facing the San Diego Padres…

The San Diego Padres hope to keep the momentum going after last year's playoff appearance, the franchise's first since 2006. Below, we look at the San Diego Padres' MLB futures odds, including their projected 2021 win total and World Series odds at BetMGM. The Friars finished 37-23 in the pandemic-shortened season, placing second in the NL West.…

LOS ANGELES -- The Dodgers continued their season-long dominance over the division-rival Padres with a 5-3 win in Game 1 of the National League Division Series on Tuesday at Dodger Stadium, but Game 2 is set to be a showdown between a pair of veteran aces in Clayton Kershaw and Yu Darvish on Wednesday. Kershaw is looking to add to his postseason…

The Los Angeles Dodgers host the San Diego Padres in Game 2 of an MLB 2022 National League Division Series Wednesday, October 12, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. The game will be live streamed on fuboTV. Left-hander Clayton Kershaw gets the start on the mound in Game 2 for the Dodgers, vs. right-hander Yu Darvish for the Padres. Los Angeles leads…

Is it 100 years of history? Is it proximity? Is it a mutual hatred of each other's respective teams? The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres certainly don't have a storied rivalry that goes back decades, but the feud between the two Southern California franchises is as intense and furious as a lion snatching at meat. The two teams wrote…

Yu Darvish (17-8, 3.03) is scheduled to start for the Padres against left-hander Clayton Kershaw (12-3, 2.28). Darvish will be pitching on four days of rest and Kershaw on six. Darvish was outstanding in beating the Mets in Game 1 of their NL Wild Card Series last Friday in New York. He gave up one run and six hits in seven innings with four…

The Wild Card is upon us! The New York Mets host the San Diego Padres for the best of three games at Citi Field. It's time to continue our MLB odds series with a Padres-Mets series prediction and pick. The Padres are a sleeper team heading into the postseason. They finished second in a tough NL West Division that was dominated by the Los Angeles…

Wil Myers and the San Diego Padres will take on the San Francisco Giants and Thairo Estrada on Wednesday at 4:10 PM ET, at PETCO Park. The Padres rank 20th in MLB play with 153 home runs. They average one per game. The Giants have pitched to a 3.91 ERA this season, which ranks 15th in baseball. Prepare for the Padres vs. Giants with everything you…

With the Padres opting for a bullpen game on Thursday, right-hander Yu Darvish will have an extra day of rest when he starts Friday's series opener against the Chicago White Sox. In a perfect world, it would be Darvish's last start of the regular season. "You hope," Padres manager Bob Melvin said, "but you also have to look at the last game, too.…

As in any combination of four Padres wins or four Brewers losses will punch the team's ticket to a full-season postseason for the first time since 2006. Sure, anything can still happen but the folks at Baseball Prospectus project the Padres' playoff odds at 98.9 percent after shaving two wins off their magic number with eight games left in the…

Back-to-back losses have dropped the Padres' playoff odds, according to Baseball Prospectus, from 96 percent before Thursday's game down to 83 percent heading into Saturday. That's because both the Phillies and the Brewers have won each of the last two days, dropping the Padres into the No. 6 seed, just two games ahead of the Brewers. First pitch…

As Wil Myers was making his way back from the injured list, he demonstrated just how self-aware he is as a player. "I've still got one more hot streak in me," he said earlier this summer. Myers had one homer at the time. He's hit three for the Padres in 36 games since returning from the injured list Aug. 1, a stretch in which he has a.277/.333/.429…

Twice this season the Padres have had a five-game winning streak. A third - which is possible Wednesday with a 6:40 p.m. home game against St. Louis - will inch the Padres ever closer to clinching a postseason berth. After Tuesday's victory over the Cardinals, which came on the same night the Phillies and Brewers lost, the Padres had their…

The Washington Nationals are currently in a complete re-build. The first of many signs of that came after trading away Trea Turner and Max Scherzer last season at the trade deadline. Now, GM Mike Rizzo, has traded away Juan Soto and Josh Bell signaling that the team is starting over. Through these trades, the Nats have piled up many top prospects…