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Dark Clouds Loom Over New York After Latest Update on Padres' Star Juan Soto - EssentiallySports
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Bob Melvin Says Team Will Continue to Exercise Caution in Regards to Joe Musgrove Injury
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Faces in new places for the 2023 MLB season
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Padres News: AJ Preller Feels Friars Have Shown Enough to Be Buyers at Deadline - Sports Illustrated Inside The Padres News, Analysis and More
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MLB teams that will improve in the second half
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Padres News: Joe Musgrove Believes Friars are Cursed this Season - Sports Illustrated Inside The Padres News, Analysis and More
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Soto wasn't going to change their pitching issues Imagine if they don't make the playoffs - MLB fans offer reality check as the Padres lose five in a row following Juan Soto
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1 perfect MLB trade deadline deal to make the Padres World Series contenders
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Padres News: MLB Insider Believes Nick Martinez's Has a Shot at His First All-Star Bid - Sports Illustrated Inside The Padres News, Analysis and More