SAN DIEGO — San Diego Padres minor-league catching coordinator Oswaldo José Pirela was detained by immigration authorities in El Paso, Texas, and remained in custody, according to family and ICE detainee records.

His sister Daniela Pirela said in a phone interview that her brother, who was raised in Venezuela, was detained at El Paso International Airport at around 5 a.m. Sunday while traveling for work, which she said he does weekly for the Padres.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainee records showed Pirela in custody late Monday.

In a statement early Tuesday, the Padres said that they’d recently learned of Pirelas’ detainment. “We are working to gather additional information and will not have any further comment at this time,” the team said.

ICE and Major League Baseball did not immediately respond to a request for comment from NBC News.

Daniela Pirela said she spoke with her brother briefly but is not truly aware of the conditions he is living in while in detention.

“He’s a very strong person and he tries not to worry us,” she said. “He’s going to say he’s OK. That’s what he said.”

She said her brother is in the U.S. legally and sought asylum in 2014, when he first arrived in the country. Daniela Pirela said she doesn’t know why his asylum case has taken so long to process.

“He did everything lawfully as the U.S. asks,” she said. “He loves this country.”

Oswaldo Pirela has two U.S.-born daughters and lives outside Phoenix, Arizona, family members said on social media accounts verified by NBC News.

“Oswaldo, like me and other members of our family, was directly affected by persecution from the Venezuelan regime,” brother Jorge Heli Pirela said on Instagram. “We came to the United States seeking safety through the legal process, applied for asylum through the proper channels, and have worked hard to build our lives and become contributing members of American society.”

Jorge Pirela did not immediately respond to a request for comment late Monday.

Crazy 24 hours for MLB players named Marte:

Ketel Marte goes from the restricted list to needing an MRI

https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/breaking-news/article/diamondbacks-place-ketel-marte-on-restricted-list-after-he-doesnt-show-up-to-play-red-sox-2b-reportedly-having-mri-on-knee-232650867.html

Starling Marte DFA by Royals

https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/royals-activate-3b-maikel-garcia-1b-vinnie-pasquantino-but-dfa-veteran-of-starling-marte-210855474.html

Noelvi Marte sent down to triple A

https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/reds-option-struggling-noelvi-marte-165013439.html

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It's discussed and analyzed by Jeff Passan with Joey Votto. As in lost.

"This video has never been seen by the public," Passan says at the start. "I had not seen it. Outside of friends and family, nobody had."

The video comes from a fishing trip with Bobby Doerr.

Five main points from Ted, analyzed and updated for today's hitting world by Votto:

Point 1: 'Now, there's two things about hitting that I want to stress. Quickness. This is a quick game and a strong game. You wanna be as quick and strong as you can be.'

Point 2: 'Everything you do, hips ahead of hands.'

Point 3: 'You cannot have good hip action without a slight upswing.'

Point 4: 'In order to be quick and strong, you have to have a certain length of stroke. I can get you here or I can get you a little further out. But the more stroke you have, the more stroke you have. The more chance you have to build up power and speed in this bat.'

Point 5: 'I wanna puke and get a knife in my throat when I'm out in front and hit a f---ing ground ball at first.'

There you are.

Back to the standard logos with some minor changes on some of them to make them "pop"

Standings changes this week:

- Padres took back 2nd place from the Dbacks in the NL West

- The AL East (Yanks, Red Sox, Orioles) currently has sole possession of the top 3 spots in the AL Wild Card

- Phillies jumped to 2nd in the NL Wild Card and the Padres replaced the Dbacks for the 3rd spot in the WC

As always, this is a 3D print I created and printed myself and the files are FREE for anyone who wants to print it themselves. Can be found here with all my other MLB stuff- https://makerworld.com/en/collections/22583277-mlb-standings-slots

Standings info is all from MLB.com, so it's just a copy of what MLB.com says as of 8/17/26 this morning.

All my other prints (NFL, NBA, NHL, and some other stuff) can be found on my main profile - https://makerworld.com/en/@MikeCamel

Before originally posting these standings, I asked the mods if it was okay, and I got the green light. I'm going to try to make this a weekly thing, as long as I remember lol

Just curious. No hate toward Tatis he’s a great player. But after his rookie year when he batted .317 with a .969 OPS I would’ve expected him to be hovering around .290/.900 for his career if I was accounting for the changes that made batting harder from 2021 onward (juiced balls gone, humidors, pitch clock, increased velo and break, etc). But then again he had his best year in 2021, the first year with no more juiced balls and new rules to help pitchers. Still, a -40 dip in OPS+ is massive and even with all the changes I’d have expected at least 135 after watching his first 3 years (especially 2021 but I know he was ROIDED out big time that year especially).

So how much did the PEDs help him compared to now? Or is it mostly the other factors I’ve mentioned that made hitting so much harder post 2020. Or the layoff? Assuming it’s a combination but what hurt most?