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.
The 31-year-old outfielder is hanging up his cleats more than a year after his final big league game, and more than two years after his Padres career ended abruptly.
Rumblings of a blockbuster deal are swirling around AJ Preller again, and the president of baseball operations didn't deny he's listening to offers from other teams.
A right-hander who debuted with the Padres in 2024 and was non-tendered after the 2025 season signed a free agent contract with a surprising team, according to a new report.
As a recently retired Padres player entering his first season as manager, Craig Stammen probably didn't need to embark on a goodwill tour to the Dominican Republic; he did anyway.
ESPN finalized its purchase of the rights to Padres.TV as part of a massive new media-rights contract with MLB, but for now it seems unlikely fans will notice any difference.