Offseason In Evaluation: San Diego Padres

The Padres had a reasonably quiet offseason coming off a 93-win season. They had been working with restricted payroll room for the second straight winter, however they determined to not transfer any key items in cost-cutting trades. A couple of late signings — together with a backloaded four-year deal for a mid-rotation starter — rounded out the offseason.

Main League Signings

2025 spending: $11MM
Complete spending: $62MM

Choice Selections

Trades and Claims

Notable Minor League Seasons

• Andrew Bellatti, Wes Benjamin, Trenton Brooks, Mike Brosseau, Austin Davis, Jose Espada, Logan Gillaspie, Moises Gomez, Oscar González, Niko Goodrum, Yuli Gurriel (will probably be added to 40-man roster), Jose Iglesias (will probably be added to 40-man roster), Reiss Knehr, Tim Locastro, Martín Maldonado (will probably be added to 40-man roster), Mason McCoy (added to 40-man roster), Luis Patiño, Gavin Sheets (added to 40-man roster), Forrest Wall, J.B. Wendelken

Extensions

• Signed SS Tyler Wade to one-year, $900K take care of $1MM membership possibility for 2026

Notable Losses

The Padres confronted a pair of accidents late final season that had a big influence on their offseason. In August, Ha-Seong Kim injured his shoulder diving again into first base on a pickoff try. He underwent a season-ending labrum restore just a few weeks later. Joe Musgrove left a begin early within the postseason with elbow tightness. He required Tommy John surgical procedure that’ll value him your entire ’25 season.

Kim’s damage was “solely” anticipated to hold into the early a part of this season, although it got here with a nebulous sufficient timeline that it is attainable he’ll miss a lot of the first half. The Padres by no means appeared prone to meet the asking worth to retain free company’s #2 shortstop. Nonetheless, there is a first rate likelihood they might have issued Kim a qualifying supply if he had been totally wholesome.

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