San Diego, CA
San Diego Padres Extend Contract Of Versatile Infielder Jake Cronenworth
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Jake Cronenworth, a two-time All-Star who can play wherever within the infield, has been rewarded with a … [+]
On a group that has spent the low season signing stars to long-term contracts, Jake Cronenworth shouldn’t be precisely a family title.
However the San Diego Padres prize his versatility a lot that they gave him a seven-year extension Saturday.
A 29-year-old left-handed hitter beginning his fourth season with the group, Cronenworth his performed first, second, and shortstop throughout his transient profession, spent completely with San Diego. He introduced a .256 profession batting common and 42 dwelling runs into the 2023 marketing campaign.
A pitcher-infielder throughout his school days on the College of Michigan, the 6-foot, 187-pounder is now the common first baseman for the revamped Padres.
That’s as a result of the group signed erstwhile Boston shortstop Xander Bogaerts as a free agent, shifting slugger Fernando Tatís, Jr. to the outfield and bumping Ha-seoing Kim to the bench (Tatís, out all of final season, is due again from PEDs suspension on April 20).
Manny Machado, who also can play shortstop, anchors the infield at third base after ending second within the voting for Nationwide League Most Priceless Participant final fall.
With Cronenworth signed by way of 2030, San Diego has now locked up Machado and Bogaerts for 11 years every, Yu Darvish for six, Joe Musgrove and Robert Suarez for 5 years every, and Michael Wacha for 4.
Subsequent their want record could be Josh Hader, a possible free agent this fall, and Juan Soto, who turns into eligible after the 2024 season.
Based on Spotrac, San Diego ranks third within the majors with a payroll of $176,820,454. Solely the 2 New York groups, the Mets and Yankees respectively, pay their gamers extra.
The Padres hope their spending pays off in a pennant for the primary time since 1998. The group has reached the World Collection solely twice, additionally attending to the ultimate spherical in 1984, however has by no means gained a world championship.
A sparkplug on the plate or within the subject, Jake Cronenworth will spend most of this season as San … [+]
A two-time All-Star, Cronenworth got here to San Diego in a five-man swap with the Tampa Bay Rays in December 2019. In his first season, he completed tied for second in voting for Nationwide League Rookie of the 12 months. Then he had a career-best 21 homers in 2021.
Cronenworth’s new deal buys out his last two arbitration years plus a possible 5 years of free company. He’ll flip 36 earlier than it runs out.
The versatile infielder is incomes $4.225 million this season, with the seven-year extension set to begin in 2024. Jeff Passan of ESPN reported that the deal is value $80 million.
San Diego completed second within the Nationwide League West final summer time, 22 video games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers, however made a severe bid for the NL flag after reaching the playoffs as a wild-card. The Padres misplaced a five-game Championship Collection to the Philadelphia Phillies.
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San Diego, CA
UCSD Summer League: Rancho Buena Vista 59, Cathedral Catholic 51
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LA JOLLA (KUSI) – The Rancho Buena Vista Longhorns take down the Cathedral Catholic Dons at UCSD Summer League Basketball, 59-51.
The standout player in the game for the Longhorns was Junior Guard CJ Aldrich, while the leader for the Dons was Steven Evans-Glynn.
San Diego, CA
New Ziggi’s Coffee shop to open in San Diego County
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SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A specialty coffee concept is expanding its presence in California with a new shop slated to open in San Diego County this coming week.
Ziggi’s Coffee, a Colorado-born brand, will debut in Valley Center on Tuesday, June 25, marking the second location in the Golden State. The other shop is operating in the Los Angeles metropolitan area of Hawthorne.
San Diegans will soon be able to sip on “uniquely handcrafted drinks and wide variety of eats and treats,” a spokesperson for the shop announced.
Originally launched by husband and wife Brandon and Camrin Knudsen about 20 years ago, the pair’s goal for Ziggi’s Coffee was “to create space where people could gather and feel right at home.”
As for the new Valley Center location, it’s owned by the San Pasqual Economic Development Corporation, an organization authorized to pursue the economic development and sustainability activities on behalf of the San Pasqual tribal government and its members.
“We are excited to open our first Ziggi’s Coffee location within the San Pasqual Tribe,” said Brandon, who’s also the coffee brand’s CEO. “We look forward to bringing our uniquely positive customer experience and diverse menu to the area, supporting the tribe’s economic development and serving the residents of Valley Center.”
The shop will be located on the property of the Horizon Fuel Center. The 642-square-foot space will include a drive-thru design to meet the needs of customers on the go.
When it comes to the menu, there will be specialty coffees, chai and teas, energy infusions, smoothies, Italian sodas, boba and more. Ziggi’s Coffee will also serve a variety of food items such as breakfast sandwiches, burritos, paninis, as well as baked goods like breads, cinnamon rolls, scones, cookies and cake pops.
Located at 31269 Valley Center Rd., Ziggi’s Coffee will be open from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, and from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
San Diego, CA
Russian strikes continue to target Ukrainian energy facilities
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched a new barrage of missiles and drones in an overnight attack on Ukraine, officials in Kyiv said Saturday morning, damaging energy facilities in the country’s southeast and west and injuring at least two energy workers.
In its eighth major attack on Ukrainian power plants since Moscow intensified energy infrastructure attacks three months ago, Russia fired 16 missiles and 13 Shahed drones at energy facilities and critical infrastructure, the Ukrainian air force said.
Ukraine’s air defenses intercepted 12 of the 16 missiles and all 13 drones launched by Russia, the air force said.
State-owned power grid operator Ukrenergo said the strikes damaged equipment at facilities in Ukraine’s southeastern Zaporizhzhia region and western Lviv region.
Two energy workers were injured in the Zaporizhzhia region when a fire broke out at an energy facility, according to regional Gov. Ivan Fedorov.
With no major changes reported along the 1,000-kilometer (600-mile) front line, where a recent push by the Kremlin’s forces in eastern and northeastern Ukraine has made only incremental gains, both sides have taken aim at infrastructure targets, seeking to curb each other’s ability to fight in a war that is now in its third year.
Moscow’s overnight attack on Zaporizhzhia and Lviv follows Ukrainian military strikes on three oil refineries in southern Russia overnight into Friday.
Ukraine is struggling to cope with a new wave of rolling blackouts after relentless Russian attacks took out half the country’s power generation capacity.
In other developments, the governor of eastern Ukraine’s partly occupied Donetsk region said Saturday that Russian attacks had killed five people and wounded a further seven the previous day.
A policeman was killed in the partly occupied region of Kherson as a result of a Russian drone attack on a checkpoint, the Ukrainian National Police said.
In Russia, air defense systems overnight destroyed five drones over the Sea of Azov and the country’s western Bryansk and Smolensk regions, the Russian Ministry of Defense said.
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Follow AP’s coverage of the war in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine
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