The Latest Breaking News from Bob Melvin

NEW YORK — Buck Showalter has managed in a myriad of situations throughout his 21-year major league managerial career. When the Mets skipper takes the field Friday night in the NL wild-card series, he’ll look over in the dugout and see an opposing manager that he once managed (Bob Melvin)…

Bob Melvin didn't care where, or so he said.

Joe Musgrove’s playoff tuneup went about as well as the Padres could script.

Blake Snell was wonderful but wild, the bullpen tripped, the offense napped for six innings.

If this series is a playoff preview, the Cardinals are seeing a Padres team that might actually be ready.

SAN DIEGO — The Padres can be a hard, frustrating follow. Far too often, I feel as though I'm binge-watching C-SPAN with pink eye.

PHOENIX — The Padres worked and worked before it ultimately worked for them.

SEATTLE — Yu Darvish turned 36 a month ago, and if not for the cake the Padres gave him before a game in Miami, we might have missed it.

The Padres can take comfort in knowing they still lead the race for the third wild card that Major League Baseball adopted this year, despite their offense stinking up Petco Park once again Monday afternoon in a 5-0 loss to a loose Diamondbacks team.

This year when Padres fans chant his name as he bats — "Ha-Seong-Kim! Ha-Seong-Kim!" — it feels less like they're providing moral support.

SAN DIEGO — Sean Manaea strolled through the clubhouse Saturday afternoon, turned the clubhouse stereo up and belted out classic rock songs, one after another, as he dressed at his locker.