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As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists and consistently look to update them when necessary and based on necessity. As such, we are delighted to present our post-2024 revision of our top 50 San Diego Padres.

As for all of our top 50 players in baseball, we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National League.

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles that are not reflected in a stat sheet.

Please note that our algorithm has changed, which yielded minor changes throughout the baseball lists.

Last year, the Padres won 93 Games and made it to the Division Series, where they lost to the eventual World Series Champions, the Los Angeles Dodgers.  There were four new entrants bases on 2024, and several elevations.

As always, we present our top five, which saw one change based on the new algorithm.

1. Tony Gwynn

2. Trevor Hoffman

3. Dave Winfield

4. Jake Peavy

5. Randy Jones

You can find the entire list here.

Winfield moved ahead of Peavy to claim the #3 spot.

Infielder Manny Machado climbed one spot to #6.

Another Infielder, Fernando Tatis Jr., moved to #7 from #10.

The first of four new entrants is Infielder, Ha-Seong Kim, who is now with Tampa.  He enters at #25, and was erroneously left off last year’s revision.

Second Baseman Jake Cronenworth advanced to #28 from #34.

Pitcher Blake Snell, who is now with the Giants, climbed to #34 from #40.

Outfielder Jurickson Profar, who is now an Atlanta Brave, debuts at #42.

Pitcher Joe Musgrove enters at #43.

Pitcher Yu Darvish begins his Padres list at #44. 

We thank you for your continued support of our lists on Notinhalloffame.com.

Yu Darvish was highly sought after in 2012, and the Japanese star signed with the Texas Rangers where he was a four-time All-Star.  The hurler later played for the Dodgers and the Cubs, and in 2021, as a veteran star, Darvish was dealt to the Padres, where he still plies his trade.

Darvish, and his primary Catcher, Victor Caratini have played well for the Padres where the hurler was an All-Star in 2021, and won 16 Games with a 3.10 ERA the year after.   

Entering 2025, Darvish is in his late 30s, but still is a potent starter in the Majors.  If he has a solid campaign in 2025. He should be able to vault at least ten spots in next year’s rank.

From the basbeall factory of Japan, Yu Darvish arrived after a specacular career in the Nippon League to the Texas Rangers where he got off to a very good start.  Darvish would be named an All Star in his first three seasons where his best year would be in 2013 where he led the American League in Strikeouts and H/9 and was the second place finisher for the Cy Young.  Tommy John suregery took him out of the 2015 season but he would return in 2016 and in the 2017 season he was named an All Star again, though he would b traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers that year.  Darvish would win 52 Games with 960 Ks as a Ranger.