Padres Notes: Top Prospect Faces Suspension, SD Linked to Trade, Walker Buehler Talks Dodgers

The San Diego Padres lost to the Boston Red Sox on Thursday by a score of 5-2 in the first of three games between the teams this weekend.

The Padres mustered just two runs in the fifth inning thanks to some help from the sun. Michael King was pitching well to keep San Diego in the game, but was taken out with two outs in the sixth inning and a runner on first base. Wandy Peralta gave up a two-run home run on his first pitch, putting the game was out of reach.

In other news, a Padres top prospect was placed on the restricted list last month and could face a potential suspension. He was already set to miss most if not all of the 2026 season after undergoing elbow surgery, but now could potentially face a suspension, too.

Additionally, the Padres have been linked to an All-Star slugger in a potential blockbuster trade. The former Padres top prospect has flourished with the Washington Nationals, but could be a potential trade candidate later this season.

Finally, right-handed pitcher Walker Buehler downplayed the Padres' rivalry with the Dodgers. Buehler has now been on both sides of it after spending the first seven years of his career with the Dodgers before joining the Padres on a minor league deal this offseason.

“Rivalries are a thing and we feel them on the field,” Buehler said. “But largely rivalries are for fanbases.”

The Padres and Dodgers have become rivals over the last six years with three meetings in the playoffs — two going the Dodgers' way and one going the Padres' way. The Dodgers took down the Padres in the 2024 NLDS en route to their first of two World Series championships over the last two seasons.

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