Tommy Pham

This edition of the Padres mailbag also features questions about the team's long-term payroll plans and Jackson Merrill's future.

After creating spending room with the Jorge Polanco trade, the Twins are searching for lineup help, especially from the right side.

When the Diamondbacks say no one outside their clubhouse believed this was possible, they’re not wrong.

"I kind felt like I was getting singled out,” Pham said of being left out of the lineup for Game 5. In Game 6, he set the tone with a homer.

The Diamondbacks are doing the little things in the NLDS. The Dodgers aren't doing much of anything, as their 0-2 hole shows.

The D-Backs' offensive onslaught changed the entire series. They have the pitching advantage and the hot offense.

The inside story, from interviews with nearly two dozen players and staffers, of how a team carrying such high hopes went so wrong.

Inside clubhouses, Pham’s intensity and the way he sees the game has won him respect from teammates, coaches and executives.

Pham, 35, is batting .268 with 10 home runs and 36 RBIs in 79 games this season.

This isn’t the most compelling trade of the deadline, but it undoubtedly makes the Diamondbacks more dangerous.

On Thursday night, the Mets started their selloff. Pham could be a prime target for other teams. He talked about his trade market.

The Yankees lineup needs help. Can they strike a deal for one of these eight hitters?

One scout listed the Mets’ most tradeable players as Pham, David Robertson, Brooks Raley and Mark Canha.

To avoid wasting their best pitching staff in years, the Twins need to bring in hitting help. But where? And what kind?

Pham learned that the Mets' analytics staff determined that he couldn't hit righties. He's created a compelling case that he can ever since.

As the losses mount, Vogelbach has drawn the ire of a frustrated fan base that wants more from a team with a historic payroll.

After a winter spending spree that focused on pitching, the Mets would still like to add more.

The Mets enter the Memorial Day weekend in Colorado at 26-25 after salvaging one win in the three-game series against the Cubs.