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JANUARY 18 • MLB.COM

Padres chairman and owner Peter Seidler dies at age 63

San Diego Padres owner Peter Seidler died on Tuesday at the age of 63, the team announced.

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Notches 19th steal Bogaerts went 1-for-4 with a walk, a stolen base and a run scored in Tuesday's 4-0 win over the Giants.

Impact Bogaerts has gone 20-for-49 (.408) with four steals over his last 11 games. The shortstop is at 19 thefts on the year, as well as 19 home runs, putting him just shy of his first 20-20 campaign with four games left on the schedule. He's at a .283/.350/.441 slash line over 151 contests this season.

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Aaron Judge, Juan Soto headline Ben Verlander's team of the week

Some of the game's top stars put on strong performances to land spots on Ben Verlander's latest team of the week.

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Three more hits Wednesday Bogaerts went 3-for-4 with a double, a run scored and a stolen base in Wednesday's 3-2 win over the Rockies.

Impact After struggling for much of the year, Bogaerts is putting together a massive finish to his first season with the Padres. The shortstop has reeled off six straight multi-hit performances, and through 17 games in September he's batting .471 (32-for-68) with nine doubles, a triple, four homers, five steals, eight RBI and 19 runs. Bogaerts needs just one more home run and two more stolen bases to record his first career 20-20 campaign.

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Delivers walk-off homer Bogaerts went 2-for-5 with a two-run home run in Tuesday's 2-0 victory over the Rockies.

Impact The game was scoreless heading into the bottom of the ninth, however, Bogaerts stepped up and launched a two-out, two-run home run to plate Trent Grisham and win the ballgame. Bogaerts has collected multiple hits in five consecutive contests, a span in which he's 11-for-23 (.478) with six runs scored and three RBI while striking out at a 12 percent clip.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Productive in win Bogaerts went 3-for-4 with a triple, a double, a walk, a stolen base and three runs scored in Monday's 11-9 win over the Rockies.

Impact Bogaerts didn't get a chance to go for the home run he needed for the cycle, but he showed off some impressive speed Monday. He stole home and hit his first triple of the season in the contest, which was his fifth multi-hit effort over his last six games. The shortstop is up to a .279/.348/.433 slash line with 18 home runs, 51 RBI, 75 runs scored, 17 steals and 29 doubles through 144 contests. He hit leadoff Monday with Ha-Seong Kim (abdomen) out of the lineup -- Bogaerts has primarily hit fifth over the last month.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Records steal in win Bogaerts went 2-for-4 with a stolen base in Friday's 8-3 win over the Athletics.

Impact Bogaerts is batting .444 (20-for-45) with three steals over 12 contests in September. He's logged five multi-hit efforts in that span as he seems set to put together a strong finish after a challenging first season with the Padres. The shortstop is up to a career-high 16 steals this year while adding 18 home runs, 50 RBI, 70 runs scored and a .273/.343/.424 slash line through 141 contests.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Not in lineup Wednesday Bogaerts is absent from the lineup Wednesday versus the Dodgers.

Impact Ha-Seong Kim will play shortstop and bat leadoff as Matthew Batten handles second base and hits eighth. This appears to be a routine day off for Bogaerts, who has slashed .439/.489/.805 in 45 plate appearances since the calendar flipped to September.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Pads lead with homer Bogaerts went 3-for-5 with a solo home run, a double and an additional run scored in Monday's 11-8 win over the Dodgers.

Impact Bogaerts saw an eight-game hitting streak snapped Sunday, but he was right back at it Monday. His biggest knock was a ninth-inning homer to pad the Padres' lead to 11-7. The shortstop has gone deep three times this month and now has 18 long balls on the year. He's added a .273/.341/.425 slash line with 50 RBI, 70 runs scored, 15 stolen bases and 27 doubles over 139 contests.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Matt Olson's home run spree highlights Ben Verlander's team of the week

Braves slugger Matt Olson hit five homers in six days to retake the MLB lead. See who else made Ben Verlander's team of the week.

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Ties career-high mark in steals Bogaerts went 1-for-5 with a double and a stolen base in a loss to Houston on Saturday.

Impact Bogaerts put himself in position to score with a double and steal in the second inning, but the Padres stranded him at third. The theft was his 15th of the campaign, tying his career-best mark established in 2017 with Boston. Bogaerts' double also extended his hitting streak to eight games, during which he is slashing .469/.500/.813 with two homers, four RBI, 10 runs and two steals.

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Goes yard in win Bogaerts went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in Friday's 11-2 win over the Astros.

Impact Bogaerts' homer extended San Diego's lead to 5-1 in the third inning. The shortstop has been dialed in to begin September, going 14-for-27 (.519) with six extra-base hits over the first seven games of the month. He's at a .271/.340/.417 slash line with 17 homers, 49 RBI, 68 runs scored and 14 stolen bases through 136 contests in a near-everyday role.

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Another four-hit effort Tuesday Bogaerts went 4-for-4 with a double, one RBI and three runs scored in Tuesday's 8-0 win over the Phillies.

Impact This was Bogaerts' second four-hit effort in a span of three days. He's started September hot, going 12-for-18 (.667) with four extra-base hits, three RBI and eight runs scored over his last five games. The shortstop is up to a .272/.342/.413 slash line with 16 home runs, 14 stolen bases, 48 RBI, 66 runs scored and 24 doubles through 134 contests overall.

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Racks up four hits Sunday Bogaerts went 4-for-4 with a double, an RBI and a stolen base in Sunday's 4-0 win over San Francisco.

Impact Bogaerts produced San Diego's second run of the contest with an RBI double in the first inning and added three more singles and a theft the rest of the way. The shortstop notched his second four-hit effort of the season, with his previous such performance taking place Aug. 11 against Arizona. Bogaerts has three multi-hit outings over his past five games, going 9-for-17 with three extra-base hits and two RBI over that span.

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Pops solo shot Bogaerts went 2-for-2 with a solo home run, a walk and an additional run scored in Saturday's 6-1 win over the Giants.

Impact Bogaerts is up to 16 homers this year, four of which have come in his last 13 contests. While he's shown a little more power lately, he's batting just .220 (11-for-50) over that span. The shortstop is at a .261/.332/.399 slash line with 46 RBI, 61 runs scored and 13 stolen bases through 131 games this season, putting him on track for his worst numbers since 2014, which was his first full major-league campaign.

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Padres Daily: They're history unless they make history No team with a losing record has finished as strongly as the Padres need to since MLB went to a 162-game schedule 62 years ago

AUGUST 27, 2023 • SANDIEGOUNIONTRIBUNE.COM

Goes deep in loss Bogaerts went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in a loss to Milwaukee on Saturday.

Impact In another quiet performance by San Diego's offense, Bogaerts provided an early spark with his second-inning solo shot. The shortstop has been flashing more power of late, going deep three times in his past six games. However, he has only one other hit and no walks while batting just .174 over that span.

AUGUST 27, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Belts 14th homer Bogaerts went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Wednesday's 4-0 win over the Marlins.

Impact The shortstop took Sandy Alcantara deep in the sixth inning to break open what had been a 1-0 pitchers' duel. Bogaerts is still struggling to get into a groove at the plate, and through 21 games in August he's batting .256 (21-for-82) with three of his 14 homers on the season and seven of his 44 RBI.

AUGUST 24, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Homers in nightcap Bogaerts went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Game 2 of a twin bill against the Diamondbacks on Saturday.

Impact Bogaerts went 0-for-4 in the matinee but bounced back with a fifth-inning solo homer for the Padres' only run in Game 2. The long ball was just his third in 35 games since the All-Star break, though the shortstop has otherwise hit well over that stretch, slashing .292/.338/.401 with seven RBI, 12 runs and four thefts. Bogaerts has belted a modest 13 home runs this season, with four of them coming over his first 12 contests.

AUGUST 20, 2023 • ROTOWIRE

Goes deep, swipes bag Bogaerts went 4-for-5 with a home run, a double, three RBI and one stolen base in Friday's win over Arizona.

Impact Bogaerts started his big day with a two-run shot in the second inning. It was his 12th homer of the year and first since July 18, snapping a 21-game drought. During that stretch, he hit .293 but registered a lackluster .659 OPS. Bogaerts is now slashing .271/.344/.402 with 31 extra-base hits and 13 steals through 471 plate appearances.

AUGUST 12, 2023 • ROTOWIRE