

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.




The six Padres most likely to be gone before Opening Day of next year include a trade candidate, several free agents and a couple players with mutual options.
A 36-year-old infielder has been a free agent since his final game with the Padres in 2025, and his non-baseball ambitions have been on the front burner ever since.
The Padres' starting rotation needs to start next season stronger at the top and deeper at the bottom than the unit that lost to the Milwaukee Brewers in the NLDS.
Xander Bogaerts had a busy day at shortstop Tuesday, including an easily overlooked play in the fifth inning that set the stage for the Padres' Game 3 victory.