

J.P. Hoornstra
Joined: Dec 4, 2023
J.P. Hoornstra is an On SI Contributor. A veteran of 20 years of sports coverage for daily newspapers in California, J.P. covered MLB, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the Los Angeles Angels (occasionally of Anaheim) from 2012-23 for the Southern California News Group. His first book, The 50 Greatest Dodgers Games of All-Time, published in 2015. In 2016, he won an Associated Press Sports Editors award for breaking news coverage. He once recorded a keyboard solo on the same album as two of the original Doors.




Two years after Peter Seidler's passing, the Padres franchise could be on the brink of another ownership change.
The starting backstop on the Padres' 2023 National League Championship Series team appears ready to call it a career.
A fan favorite outfielder is hanging up his spikes after 11 seasons at the MLB level, including his first five in San Diego.
Both pitchers are expected to decline the qualifying offer and head to the free-agent market after the Padres made a decision on tendering them a qualifying offer.