At this point, I picture the Padres bullpen sitting around before the game drawing cards to see who gets to blow it today. Time for the bullpen to STEP IT UP. I know, I know. The Padres bullpen has been lights out for most of the season. They’ve been one of the reasons this team…
This is it. We’re in September. The Padres and Diamondbacks are separated by half a game for the final NL Wild Card spot. Every game matters. Every inning matters. Every at-bat matters. Every key pitch matters. Are you going to be one of the Jacked Up teams sitting at home watching the playoffs? Or are…
Call FEMA. I’d like to report a disaster. The Padres got swept by the Tampa Bay Rays this weekend, and Sunday’s finale was a certifiable disaster. A clown show of errors culminating in one of the strangest plays you’re ever going to see in a baseball game. The Padres were leading 3-1 in the bottom…
Who’s Hurt and Who’s Coming Back TOP 3 JACKED 1. Luis Rengifo — Padres — Right knee sprain This one looked bad. Rengifo went down Saturday against Tampa Bay while making a defensive play and had to be taken off on a medical cart. The Padres put him on the 10-day IL Sunday and sent…
The NL Wild Card race is getting crazy. Arizona refuses to go away. The Diamondbacks beat the Giants 10-6 last night, and with the Padres losing to Tampa Bay, Arizona is now just HALF A GAME behind San Diego for the final NL Wild Card spot. You’ve got to give Arizona credit. They’re showing some…
We’ve been on Jackson Merrill the last couple blogs. Apparently he reads JackedUpSportz. You’re welcome, Padres fans. Merrill finally stepped it up Wednesday, going 2-for-3 with a double, an RBI triple, a walk and a run scored as the Padres shut out the Pirates 3-0. That’s the Merrill we’ve been waiting for. After going hitless…
JUS BLOG — AUGUST 26, 2026 PADRES, READING THE JUS BLOG IS NOW REQUIRED By Kurtis Rintala Someone needs to tell the Padres that reading the JUS Blog every morning is required. Put it in their contracts. I’m serious. Because if Jackson Merrill had read yesterday’s blog, the Padres might have won last night. Yesterday’s…
WHO’S HURT, WHO’S COMING BACK & WHAT ACTUALLY MATTERS NL WEST INJURY BOARD PADRES CASEY MIZE — RHP Right ankle sprain. Mize left his August 22 start after slipping on the dugout steps. X-rays were negative, and he played catch yesterday. He’s hoping to make his next start on August 28. So this could have…
In all the years since MLB introduced the runner-on-second format for extra innings, I’ve never seen a home team have such garbage at-bats when winning the game was on the line. Three times the Padres started an extra inning with a runner on second and failed to score him. Twice they tried to bunt the…
WHO’S HURT, WHO’S COMING BACK & WHAT ACTUALLY MATTERS NL WEST INJURY BOARD PADRES NICK PIVETTA — RHP Right elbow inflammation. Pivetta’s rehab assignment was stopped earlier this month after he left an outing after only 14 pitches. He’s continued throwing, but there’s still no firm return date. At this point, every day that goes…
By Kurtis Rintala The Padres won again. The Dodgers won again. Arizona won again. As of today, the Padres are 71-60, they’ve won three straight, and they’re nine games behind the Dodgers in the NL West. And according to the playoff odds I’m looking at, the Padres now have a 0.1% chance of winning the…
By Kurtis Rintala The Padres won. Is it because of me? Possibly, we’ll get to that. San Diego beat Minnesota 6-2 Friday night, and this was exactly the kind of game I wanted to see after calling out the offense earlier this week. The bad news? The Dodgers won. Again. And Arizona won too. It’s…
WHO’S HURT, WHO’S COMING BACK & WHAT ACTUALLY MATTERS NL WEST INJURY BOARD PADRES NICK PIVETTA — RHP Right elbow inflammation. Pivetta’s rehab assignment was stopped after he left an August 4 appearance after only 14 pitches. He has continued playing catch and building his workload at the Padres’ complex in Arizona, but there’s still…
By Kurtis Rintala The NL West was mostly quiet yesterday, but injuries don’t take days off. As always, we’re starting in the NL West because that’s where the fun is, then we’ll hit the biggest injury news from around Major League Baseball and any major injury stories elsewhere in sports. If you’re hurt, you’re JACKED….
Yesterday almost the entire NL West had the day off. The Padres were off. The Dodgers were off. The Diamondbacks were off. The Rockies were off. The Giants? Nope. They played. And somehow they managed to lose again. So forget everybody else today. This blog is about my Giants and how a franchise goes from…
Who’s hurt. Who’s out. Who’s coming back. And when. We’re starting where we usually start, the NL West. Then we’ll hit the biggest injuries around baseball and the sports world. THE JACKED LIST RAMÓN LAUREANO, PADRES Right hip | 60-day IL This one remains one of the worst injuries on the Padres list. Laureano underwent…
The Padres offense has a problem. And at this point, it’s time to start calling some guys out. The Padres lost again Wednesday, and once again the offense simply didn’t do enough. You can talk about pitching. You can talk about defense. You can talk about matchups, bullpens, schedules and everything else that goes into…
Who’s hurt. Who’s out. Who’s coming back and when. THE JACKED LIST Jason Adam, Padres Right shoulder Adam is on the 15-day injured list with a right shoulder strain. An MRI showed a subscapularis strain without major structural damage. He played catch from about 90 feet on August 17, reported no pain and is targeting…
Fernando Tatis Jr. hit two home runs and robbed Francisco Lindor of a grand slam as the Padres beat the Mets and kept pressure on the Dodgers.
Who’s hurt, who’s out, who’s coming back and when. THE JACKED LIST NICK PIVETTA, PADRES Right elbow Pivetta remains the biggest question mark in the Padres rotation. He has been on the 60-day IL with right elbow inflammation after an MRI earlier this season revealed a flexor strain. His rehab hit another concerning moment when…