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Good Morning San Diego: Jason Heyward returns to a place he’s loved

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Everything you need to know about your San Diego Padres on the morning of April 4, 2025.

Articles to read​

Notes on Padres perfect start at Petco Park (Cheri Bell, Gaslamp Ball)

Gavin Sheets fitting in quickly with Padres — and having fun, too (Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune)

‘This is Jason’s city’: Padres will follow new teammate Heyward during Chicago off day (Annie Heilbrunn, San Diego Union-Tribune)

Padres back with vengeance, ready to compete for NL West crown (Mike Lupica, MLB.com)

Analyzing Merrill’s massive contract extension: ‘My goal is to win’ (AJ Cassavell, MLB.com)

Source: https://www.gaslampball.com/2025/4/...go-jason-heyward-returns-to-a-place-hes-loved

 

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Good Morning San Diego: Padres drop series opener in Chicago

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Everything you need to know about your San Diego Padres on the morning of April 5, 2025.

Articles to read​

San Diego suffers first loss of season (Matt DeWalt, Gaslamp Ball)

San Diego Padres Minor League Update: Week 1 (Cheri Bell, Gaslamp Ball)

Padres’ perfect start comes to an end against Cubs (Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune)

Padres Daily: Streak ended, that’s all; Vásquez can’t stretch it out; Maldonado does his part (Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune)

Where the Padres’ top 20 prospects are to start 2025 (Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune)

Gavin Sheets fitting in quickly with Padres — and having fun, too (Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune)

Talking with … Padres pitcher Kyle Hart (Annie Heilbrunn, San Diego Union-Tribune)

Padres notes: Comfortable Wandy Peralta continues his renaissance; Eguy surprise (Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune)

Jeremiah Estrada is back at Wrigley Field, now in control of a blossoming career (Dennis Lin, The Athletic)

San Diego’s record-setting week ends in ‘game of inches’ (AJ Cassavell, MLB.com)

Source: https://www.gaslampball.com/2025/4/...an-diego-padres-drop-series-opener-in-chicago

 

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Dylan Cease continuing to evolve in walk year with Padres

Dylan Cease | Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images

New pitches for his free agency season

The San Diego Padres have one last season of Padres co-ace Dylan Cease. He is represented by Scott Boras, who has a history of taking his clients into free agency rather than signing extensions with their current team. The chances of keeping him beyond 2025 seem slim.

During spring training and early-season interviews, Cease has spoken about the adjustments he has made to his pitches and his repertoire for this season. Specifically, a new changeup and a two-seam fastball will be increasingly utilized.

2024 Dylan Cease pitching

His four-seam fastball and slider were used equally, which is unusual for a power pitcher. The norm for a starter with an exceptional fastball is to use it predominantly and throw everything else off that pitch as the set up. Cease has such a dominant slider that he often uses it as much or more than his fastball during games. His curve and sweeper were both used less than 10% and his cutter was used very rarely.

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2025 Dylan Cease pitching

Given it is a small sample size, just two appearances (10.2 innings), this is what Cease talked about during the spring. Increased use of off-speed and the addition of a two-seam pitch, his sinker, as well as a new changeup. These numbers will undoubtedly change as the season goes on but Cease continues to pitch against modern convention.

He has an exceptional four-seamer but his secondary pitches give him a dimension most other pitchers don’t have; three plus pitches that are complemented by three others that he can throw for strikes so that hitters have challenges in all areas of the strike zone.

As the 2025 season goes along, it will be interesting to see how these numbers change and how effective his two new pitches become in getting hitters out.

Source: https://www.gaslampball.com/2025/4/...continuing-to-evolve-in-walk-year-with-padres

 

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Game 10: San Diego Padres at Chicago Cubs

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Your game thread for April 6, 2025.

San Diego Padres at Chicago Cubs, April 6, 2025, 11:20 a.m. PST​

Location: Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL

Watch: Padres TV

Listen: 97.3 The Fan

Projected matchup: Kyle Hart vs. Ben Brown

We have selected the contract of RHP Logan Gillaspie and optioned LHP Omar Cruz to Triple-A El Paso. To make room on the 40-man roster, LHP Tom Cosgrove has been designated for assignment.

— San Diego Padres (@Padres) April 6, 2025​

Series finale coming up next. pic.twitter.com/rZEssLjFuj

— San Diego Padres (@Padres) April 6, 2025​

Finishing off the first home series.

Watch live on the Marquee Sports Network App. pic.twitter.com/hCdr2y2o73

— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) April 6, 2025​

Today's Padres bullpen usage chart pic.twitter.com/0IxqdwcDj9

— Talking Friars (@TalkingFriars) April 6, 2025​

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Source: https://www.gaslampball.com/2025/4/6/24399332/game-10-san-diego-padres-at-chicago-cubs