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Padres pregame: Fernando Tatis Jr. gets a DH day, Friars seeking .500 road trip

San Diego Union-Tribune 23 Apr 2025
The Padres are 11 games over .500 at home so far to start 2025 ... First pitch is at 10.10 a.m. on Padres.TV ... Second baseman Jose Iglesias will hit seventh, followed by center fielder Tyler Wade and catcher Martín Maldonado in the nine-hole ... .
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Padres pregame: Mason McCoy up as Luis Arraez hits concussion list

San Diego Union-Tribune 21 Apr 2025
McCoy, however, is not in Monday’s lineup, as Gavin Sheets will draw the start at first base. First pitch is at 3.40 p.m. (3.40 p.m ... Tyler Wade will serve as the center fielder and bat eighth and catcher Martín Maldonado will bat ninth. Monday in Motown.
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MLB power rankings: Next man up, over and over

San Diego Union-Tribune 21 Apr 2025
Their left fielder (Oscar Gonzalez) and catcher (Martín Maldonado) signed before spring training this year and their second baseman (Jose Iglesias) and first baseman (Yuli Gurriel) arrived after camp had begun ... So far, so good. 1 ... 1) ... 2 ... 3) ... Great. 3 ... 5).
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Padres pregame: Short-handed and looking to avoid first sweep of the season

San Diego Union-Tribune 20 Apr 2025
As for the other four players who began this year on minor league deals, Oscar Gonzalez is in left field and in the five-hole, followed by first baseman Yuli Gurriel, second baseman Jose Iglesias, Wade and catcher Martín Maldonado ... Happy Easter!. ... ... ... ... .
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Padres Daily: Tough times, same plan; Tirso Ornelas arrives; starter schedule

San Diego Union-Tribune 20 Apr 2025
So … ... He is not here now, but the Padres have other veterans with similar backgrounds who need to either start producing (Yuli Gurriel) or continue producing (Gavin Sheets) or produce a little more (Jose Iglesias, Elias Díaz, Martín Maldonado) ... .
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Padres pregame: Tyler Wade back in center to start Astros series

San Diego Union-Tribune 18 Apr 2025
Friday’s first pitch is at 5.10 p.m ... Behind the plate, 38-year-old Martín Maldonado gets a second straight pairing with left-hander Kyle Hart in a homecoming. Maldonado won a World Series with the Astros in 2022 and played six years in Houston ... ... ... ... ... .
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Padres Daily: Walk this way; Pivetta’s start; Wanderful; Estrada’s ongoing revenge

San Diego Union-Tribune 17 Apr 2025
... major leagues, and it is noticeable how seldom opposing baserunners take a big lead out of respect for the arms of Díaz and Martín Maldonado and how effectively Padres pitchers are holding runners.
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Padres pregame: Centering Jason Heyward, smiling Bryan Hoeing, still booing Justin Turner

San Diego Union-Tribune 16 Apr 2025
... C Martin Maldonado. Heyward will hit eighth in Tuesday’s lineup, between second baseman Jose Iglesias, the de facto starter with Jake Croneworth (rib) on the injured list, and catcher Martín Maldonado.
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Padres no longer perfect at Petco Park after extra-inning loss to Cubs

San Diego Union-Tribune 16 Apr 2025
They entered the game 14-3, same as the 1998 club, which lost its 18th game as well ... Twice ... He got the second out when Arraez sure-handedly fielded a grounder by pinch-hitter Jon Berti and threw home, where Martín Maldonado tagged out Hoerner ... .
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Padres pregame: Oscar Gonzalez’s opportunity, progress for Jackson Merrill, Brandon Lockridge

San Diego Union-Tribune 16 Apr 2025
SS Xander Bogaerts (3-for-14, 1 HR, 3 RBIs, BB, 2 Ks) C Martín Maldonado (2-for-12, 2B, 3 Ks) 3B Manny Machado (4-for-10, 2 2Bs, 2 RBIs, 3 Ks) DH Yuli Gurriel (1-for-10, K) 1B Luis Arraez (2-for-4, ...
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Padres pregame: Dylan Cease’s fresh start, Connor Joe up, Brandon Lockridge to IL

San Diego Union-Tribune 15 Apr 2025
... from Triple-A El Paso and Tyler Wade got the start in center field, batting eighth between left fielder Jason Heyward and catcher Martín Maldonado to start a three-game series with the Chicago Cubs.
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Padres Daily: Why they win; comfort of home; Tatis’ humanity

San Diego Union-Tribune 15 Apr 2025
For the record — and maybe for those wondering why catcher Martín Maldonado was bunting with runners at first and third in the fifth inning — Maldonado laid down a pretty good bunt Saturday and in 2023 led the American League with 12 sacrifice bunts.
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Padres minors: Luis Campusano powering up in El Paso; Tyson Neighbors’ first pro save

San Diego Union-Tribune 14 Apr 2025
He is hitting .395/.490/.674 with nine RBIs in 12 games since he was optioned to the minors, leaving Elias Diaz and Martín Maldonado to serve as the catchers in San Diego. Díaz is hitting .233/.343/.267, while Maldonado is hitting .292/.292/.417 ... .
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Padres pregame: Martín Maldonado paired with Kyle Hart, Jackson Merrill update

San Diego Union-Tribune 13 Apr 2025
Some two weeks into the season, Martín Maldonado is hitting .333/.333/.476 with a homer as the No ... It’s also another reason to expand his palate as Maldonado will catch left-hander Kyle Hart for the first time this season.
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Padres Daily: Good win vs. bad team; Tatis does it all; Hart attacks; Manny and Merrill

San Diego Union-Tribune 13 Apr 2025
Last night was one of the games that explains why the Padres put 38-year-old Martín Maldonado on their roster when he came into the season batting .178 since 2021 ... Maldonado never caught Hart in spring training.
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