Hot links for Friday, June 26

The Padres dropped a 9-3 decision at Seattle on Thursday. ... More game coverage comes from the San Diego Union-Tribune, the Tacoma News-Tribune, the Seattle Times, the Associated Press and the Mariners website. ...

Thowing a curveball more has been beneficial to RHP Kevin Correia. ...

MLB.com breaks down what got 1B/OF Kyle Blanks to the Big Leagues. ...

RHP Walter Silva starts tonight at Texas. ...

RHP Chris Young isn't close to a return. ...

Padres Executive Vice President Paul DePodesta blogs about when it's the correct time to promote a prospect. ...

Double-A San Antonio SS Lance Zawadski is No. 11 on the latest Baseball American prospect hot sheet. ...

Minor league games:
Reno 8, Portland 6
Corpus Christi 1, San Antonio 0: More from the Corpus Christi Caller-Times.
Lake Elsinore 5, Inland Empire 3
Fort Wayne 8, South Bend 4: More from the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette and MadFriars.com.
Yakima 12, Eugene 6: More from the Yakima Herald-Republic.
AZL Mariners 3, AZL Padres 2
DSL Padres 6, DSL Diamondbacks 5 ...

The Rangers might be a bit weary today. They needed 12 innings to beat the Diamondbacks at Arizona at Thursday. ...

Texas has a good problem: two closers. ...

Rangers SS Omar Vizquel -- yes, he's still player -- just become No. 1 in career hits for players from Venezuela. ...

Strange as it sounds, hitting has been the Rangers' weak point. ...

Former Padres RHP Rudy Seanez is in Triple-A in the Angels chain this year. He came off the DL today, having healed from a torn pectoral muscle. ...

Former Padres INF and batting coach Dave Magadan will miss tonight's Red Sox game because he is serving a suspension. ...

Former Padres OF Xavier Nady had a rehab setback.

FJ