Korean pitcher Go Woo-suk has signed with the San Diego Padres on a two-year deal, the club announced Wednesday. Go, 25, will reportedly earn $4.5 million, according to an X post from New York Post columnist Joel Sherman. The Padres have not confirmed the figure, but did confirm that there is a mutual option to extend the deal for the 2026 season. Go was the KBO-winning LG Twins' final pitcher on the mound during Game 5 of last year's historic Korean Series.

New San Diego Padres manager Mike Shildt won't have a traditional bench coach on his staff but will utilize the input of several coaches during games.

New San Diego Padres manager Mike Shildt won't have a traditional bench coach on his staff but will utilize the input of several coaches during games. The Padres unveiled the full staff Wednesday, including new hitting coach Victor Rodriguez, who spent the previous six seasons as assistant hitting coach for the Cleveland Guardians.

The new year is chugging along and so are we, as we continue with the 2024 Willie McCovey Memorial Community Prospect List, our annual endeavor to rank the top 44 prospects in the San Francisco Giants organization. Voting in the latest chapter was close, but the end result allowed me to use one of the happiest genres of sports photography: someone celebrating getting drafted. That's because the community has selected shortstop Walker Martin as the No. 7 prospect in the farm system. Martin was selected in the second round of July's MLB Draft , though it feels a little disingenuous to describe him as such. He was viewed by most evaluators as a first-round talent, and the Giants gave him a signing

Padres News: NL West Rival 'Ideal' Landing Spot for Blake Snell Could Blake Snell be a perfect fit with this division rival? Author: Thomas Murray Publish date: Jan 3, 2024 4:00 PM EST With many highly touted names still available in free agency, it appears reigning National League Cy Young award winner Blake Snell would be a perfect fit with the Padres' divisional rival, the San Francisco Giants. According to Joel Reuter of Bleacher Report , Snell could end up signing with the Giants on a six-year $168 million deal. The Giants have been linked to Snell all offseason , as they missed out on both Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Both players signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers. "The

The San Francisco Giants always manage to be in the mix for big names. Then recently, the ball club was a serious contender to get Shohei Ohtani and/or Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Unfortunately, the Los Angeles Dodgers swooped in and stole both.

Happy Wednesday, San Francisco Giants fans. It's been nearly two weeks since Yoshinobu Yamamoto broke your heart by not only rejecting the Giants, but then signing with the one team you really, really didn't want to see him sign with. And in the days since then, the Giants have ... well ... done nothing. Nothing at all. So we're just sitting around here waiting. Waiting and waiting and waiting. And waiting. The bad news is the thing I just mentioned: they ain't done [bleep!]. The good news is that no one else has done much of anything, either. Which means nearly all the moves that were available when Yamamoto signed are still available. Blake Snell is still a free agent. Matt Chapman is still

It was a big year for Ryan Walker. Among my favorite notes about his season is that he opened enough games (13) to throw off FanGraphs' starter/reliever measure, a situation that befell John Brebbia in 2022 when we all agreed that he was the next-best reliever in the pen after Camilo Doval.

Contrary to popular belief, the Giants do not need to spend the massive pile of money they allocated for Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto. In fact, the Giants would be foolish to sign a big-money free agent now that those two players are Dodgers. No, San Francisco needs to stay nimble. With big money comes long terms — the Giants might be able to afford the pay, but they can't afford four-plus years of a second-tier free agent.

Where Do the Padres Currently Rank in the NL West? There's no way 2024 could be worse, right? Author: Kevin Skinner Publish date: Jan 2, 2024 11:00 AM EST The 2024 offseason is well underway and the San Diego Padres' National League West rivals are loading up. The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, and traded for Tyler Glasnow. The San Francisco Giants signed Jung-Hoo Lee. The Arizona Diamondbacks signed Eduardo Rodriguez and Lourdes Gurriel Jr., and traded for Eugenio Suárez. So far, the Padres' only major league free agent signing is Yuki Matsui, the veteran closer from Japan. San Diego's most notable offseason transaction saw superstar Juan Soto

2023 stats: 135 games, 519 PA, .256/.373/.417 (.790 OPS), 17 HR, 45 RBI 95-76 K-BB, 2.1 fWAR Happy Birthday, LaMonte Wade, Jr.! (Yes, he's a New Year's baby) I'm sure the front office has been very pleased with the majority of the results across the organization, but their projections for the major league team haven't quite worked out in a way that's made them look like the unimpeachable geniuses that they are*, and so LaMonte Wade Jr.'s fantastic 2023 for the San Francisco Giants deserves extra credit for helping them save face. I basically wrote off Wade Jr. at the end of 2022 because of his injured-plagued follow-up to 2021 (381 PA; 117 OPS+) that saw him post just an 89 OPS+ in 251 plate

Last year, David Villar was the recipient of the Good Luck, We're All Counting On You medal when Farhan Zaidi considered him — along with Casey Schmitt and J.D. Davis — enough depth to overcome the loss of Evan Longoria. Villar had just hit .231/.331/.455 (.787 OPS) in 52 games for the Giants, with 9 home runs, 6 doubles, and a triple in 181 plate appearances; although, most of that success came in the final month of the season, where in September and the beginning of October (29 games), he slashed .269/.327/.570 (.897 OPS) with 8 home runs and 4 doubles.

The Giants have been clear about their goals for the 2024 MLB season and need to make sure they are hitting each one, or else the grumbling from an already-frustrated fanbase will grow louder and louder. Here are four Giants New Year's resolutions for the 2024 season.

While many big name free agents have rejected the San Francisco Giants, Jung Hoo Lee thought the franchise represented the perfect fit. As Lee prepares for his first season in San Francisco, the outfielder had a message for all Giants fans. San Francisco signed Lee to a six-year, $113 million contract. Making his MLB debut in 2024, Lee is excited it's coming with the Giants, he shared on Instagram.

New Year's Eve is right around the midway point in MLB free agency. Just about every team needs to supplement their pitching staff at the onset of the offseason. There are three big fish remaining in the free-agent pond, all of whom could earn nine-figure contracts of at least five years in length.

It seems that Dusty Baker might be coming home. Baker — who just retired from managing after four years with the Houston Astros — was on 95.7 and mentioned that he's had discussions with Larry Baer about re-joining the Giants organization, though it's not clear in what capacity (obviously not as a manager). Baker specifically mentioned that the Giants have a Minor League affiliate in Sacramento (the AAA River Cats), where Baker lives.