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• Padres show their preference before Opening Day

Brandon Lockridge | Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images Experience and leadership light the way The San Diego Padres made it clear during their last three days of spring training that they value veteran experience and leadership. With two of their most versatile players left off the 26-man roster, they showed that the value they place on experience is above all else. Catcher Martin Maldonado, who ha...2025
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• Padres roster taking shape

Gavin Sheets | Photo by Jeff Dean/Getty Images Gavin Sheets added to 40-man roster The San Diego Padres have until Wednesday of next week to finalize their 26-man roster for the beginning of the 2025 season. Outfielder/first baseman Gavin Sheets had an opt-out available to him with his minor league contract, and the spring production he has shown would absolutely guarantee he would be grab...2025
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• Padres rotation could lose Yu Darvish

Yu Darvish | Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Veteran experiencing elbow inflammation San Diego Padres manager Mike Shildt admitted today that veteran starter Yu Darvish is experiencing elbow inflammation and is day-to-day with his ramp up to the start of the season. A tweet from San Diego Union-Tribune reporter Kevin Acee stated that Shildt acknowledged today during the...2025
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• Spring training update: Padres roster fight continues

Michael King | Photo by Harry How/Getty Images Michael King starts opening day The San Diego Padres have one week left in the Cactus League season. With six games left to play, multiple roster spots are still open and the competition is fierce. Injury and illness have contributed to some of the final decisions but there is still work to be done to finalize the roster for Opening Day. Veter...2025
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• Good Morning San Diego: Gavin Sheets homers off Luis Castillo as he goes for roster spot

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images Everything you need to know about your San Diego Padres on the morning of March 16, 2025. Articles to read With Matt Waldron out, fifth starter competition is down to three and maybe two (Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune) Spring training update: Gavin Sheets homers again, Connor Joe has big day; Michael King sharp in Padres’ win over Mariners (Kevin Acee...2025
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• Padres P Waldron suffers mild oblique strain
Padres right-hander Matt Waldron suffered a mild oblique strain on Friday and is going to "need some rest for some period of time," manager Mike Shildt says....2025
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• Matt Waldron Suffers Oblique Strain, May Begin Season On IL
Right-hander Matt Waldron sustained a mild oblique strain yesterday, Padres manager Mike Shildt told MLB.com’s AJ Cassavell and other reporters. Waldron suffered the injury while warming up in the bullpen for a scheduled relief appearance in the Padres’ Cactus League game. While Waldron is officially considered day-to-day, Shildt said the knuckleballer is “going to need…...2025
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• Padres FA signing Kyle Hart unlikely fifth starter candidate

San Diego Padres SP Kyle Hart | Photo by Caitlin O’Hara/MLB Photos via Getty Images The former KBO star is battling Randy Vasquez, Matt Waldron and Stephen Kolek for a spot in the starting rotation The San Diego Padres have a pitching award winner vying for a starter’s role in camp this spring. No Cy Young winner, but left-handed starting pitcher Kyle Hart is the reigning Choi Dong-won Awa...2025
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• Padres spring training update

Kyle Hart | Photo by Caitlin O’Hara/MLB Photos via Getty Images Camp roster cuts have begun The San Diego Padres made their first spring training roster cuts last Thursday, sending prospects Leo DeVries and Ethan Salas to the just opened minor league camp. The two top prospects made the headlines but were also joined by other prospects and minor league invitees. Pitchers Austin Krob, Ryan ...2025
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• Taking a look at the Padres bullpen depth

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Many talented pitchers vying for spots Every pitcher on the Padres spring training roster is on a throwing program. A slow buildup to Opening Day that carefully balances getting ready with managing health, as well as not exposing them to opponents too soon. The starters throw a lot on back fields, building up pitch counts and working...2025
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• Competition tightens for Padres 5th starter

Stephen Kolek | Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Stephen Kolek and Matt Waldron shine The first third of Padres spring training is complete. The competition for the fifth starter position continues with Matt Waldron and Stephen Kolek showing fast starts out of the gate. Randy Vasquez clearly struggled with his command on Sunday, with Kolek coming in behind him and pitching three sc...2025
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• Stephen Kolek making case for starter role

Stephen Kolek | Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images Padres rotation competition heating up San Diego Padres pitcher Stephen Kolek turned in three scoreless innings against the Kansas City Royals on Sunday. Kolek came on in relief in the third inning and recorded a strikeout, while not allowing a hit or a walk in his second Cactus League outing. Stephen Kolek discussed his three scoreless innings a...2025
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• Diamondbacks 10, Cubs 2: Pete Crow-Armstrong held out with hamstring tightness

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs center fielder missed a scheduled start. Before Monday’s Cubs game against the Diamondbacks even started, we got some not-great news: Cubs saying Pete Crow Armstrong precautionary benching today is tightness in the hamstring.— Bruce Levine (@MLBBruceLevine) March 3, 2025 “Precautionary” is likely good news. There’s no reason to...2025
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"Matt Waldron will go for San Diego."

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"Jordan Wicks will start for the Cubs and Matt Waldron will go for San Diego."

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"The Padres announced a series of roster moves today, recalled left-hander José Castillo, right-hander Matt Waldron and infielder Matthew Batten."

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"Per announcements from both teams, the Padres have acquired right-hander Matt Waldron."

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• Padres FA signing Kyle Hart unlikely fifth starter candidate
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• Taking a look at the Padres bullpen depth
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• Stephen Kolek making case for starter role
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• Padres add lefty Kyle Hart to rotation mix

Kyle Hart in 2020 | Bob DeChiara-Imagn Images A welcome surprise The report on Wednesday, February 12, of the Padres signing right-handed starter Nick Pivetta was a welcome relief to Padres fans, especially considering that the fanbase was widely under the impression that there was no money to spend. Pivetta appears to be the logical fourth starter behind Dylan Cease, Michael King, and Yu ...2025
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• Three questions A.J. Preller must answer before Opening Day

San Diego Padres closer Robert Suarez | Photo by Harry How/Getty Images The Padres have time to revamp the roster By making very few moves during the offseason, the San Diego Padres have dampened the hope of the Friar Faithful for the 2025 season. This reflects the current state of the franchise, and there is no point in debating the topic…or is there? The Padres 93-win 2024 season was dis...2025
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• Padres spring training primer

Ethan Salas | Orlando Ramirez-Imagn Images Many questions remain to be answered The San Diego Padres report for the 2025 spring training season very soon. Pitchers and catchers report on February 12, with the first full squad workout on February 17. The first game of spring, the annual exhibition opener vs. the Seattle Mariners is on February 21. With just a few days before things get real...2025
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• Cubs vs. Padres at Mesa preview, Tuesday 3/4, 2:05 CT

Steve Sher The Cubs return to Sloan Park. Tuesday notes... GOTTA GET THAT WORK IN BEFORE JAPAN: Only four Cubs have 20 at-bats so far this spring: Michael Busch, Ben Cowles, Christian Franklin and Gage Workman. Of those, only Busch is guaranteed to go to Tokyo. THE MOST INNINGS PITCHED BY A CUB THIS SPRING: Six, by Brad Keller and Caleb Kilian. RUN DIFFERENTIAL: After losses by four ru...2025
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• Diamondbacks 10, Cubs 2: Pete Crow-Armstrong held out with hamstring tightness
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• Opinion: Padres should extend Michael King

Michael King | Photo by Harry How/Getty Images San Diego has an opportunity to secure a piece for the future Pitcher Michael King agreed to a deal with the Padres that keeps him in San Diego for 2025 with an option for 2026. It was the first feel-good move—if we can call it a move—of a grueling offseason for Padres fans. I wouldn’t stop at agreeing to contract terms to avoid arbitration, I...2025
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• Pitching rotation candidates for Padres

Matt Waldron | Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images A look at five players who could win a job The current pitching rotation for San Diego consists of Yu Darvish, Dylan Cease and Michael King. The fourth and fifth spots in the rotation are vacant and need to be filled prior to Opening Day. The Padres have several options on their 40-man roster and each has potential to make an impact as a sta...2025
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• 2024 Padres Season Reviews: Matt Waldron, Randy Vasquez, Jhony Brito, Martín Pérez

Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images Some smaller names who helped get the Padres through the regular season! 2024 Regular Season Statistics Matt Waldron (major league stats): 1.8 fWAR, 27 G, 146.2 IP, 4.91 ERA, 1.261 WHIP, 133 K, 40 BB, 21 HR, 11 HBP Baseball Savant Positives From This Season Let’s not forget how great of a story Matt Waldron was from early to mid-2024. P...2024
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• A look at the Braves/Padres 2024 regular season series

Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images If the Braves can repeat what they did in Petco Park in July, they could be heading to Los Angeles for the weekend. The Atlanta Braves and the San Diego Padres have already faced each other seven times here in 2024 and depending on how this series goes, it’ll take either the perfect baseball number of nine games or possibly ten to decide which one of these...2024
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• A refresher on the Padres and how they got here

Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Braves draw one of the best teams in baseball in the first round. There’s no rest for the wicked, no rest for the weary, and no rest for a team that had to play a hurricane-induced doubleheader to clinch a playoff spot in Game 162. About 24 hours after their brief celebration, the Braves will start fighting for their postseason...2024
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• Padres fan wishlist one week from Christmas

Photo by Eric Espada/Getty Images No significant moves have been made but that means there’s a lot to come There are thousands of kids across San Diego making their wish lists before Christmas but for the die-hard Padres fans, maybe they don’t have any physical gifts they want. Maybe their wish is for A.J. Preller to acquire specific players. Feel free to put your wish list in the comment...2024
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• Braves’ last stop before All-Star Break takes them to San Diego for three

Photo by Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Braves lost three of four to the Padres in Atlanta and will look to knock them down further in the Wild Card standings For the Braves, July has started much like the entirety of May and June: a whole lotta meh. The Braves are 5-5 in July so far, winning a series, losing a series, and splitting a four-game series against the ...2024
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• Good Morning San Diego: Padres snap losing streak vs. Phillies

Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports Everything you need to know about MLB news and your San Diego Padres for Thursday, June 20, 2024. San Diego Padres News Matt Waldron continues to pitch like Padres’ ace (San Diego Union Tribune) Padres beat Ranger Suarez, Phillies, avoid winless road trip (San Diego Union Tribune) Yankees Could Trade For Padres Gold Glove Winner To Fill Biggest Need (Sport...2024
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• Padres send Jairo Iriarte, 10 others to minor league camp

Fort Wayne TinCaps Iriarte made a strong impression but had others in his way who were more big league ready After Sunday’s big win over the Mariners, the Padres sent 11 minor leaguers back to minor league camp after spending their first days of 2024 with the big league squad. We have re-assigned the following players to Minor League camp: RHPs Nick Hernandez, Jairo Iriarte, Adam Mazur,...2024
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• Good Morning San Diego: Padres option knuckleballer Matt Waldron
Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports Everything you need to know about MLB news and your San Diego Padres for Monday, June 26, 2023. San Diego Padres News Padres option knuckleballer Matt Waldron after debut (ESPN.com) Padres’ Matt Waldron becomes first knuckleball pitcher in MLB since 2021 (CBS Sports) MLB News Best moments from Game 2 of the London Series (MLB.com) Surging clubs closing in...2023
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• Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats shut Padres out, 2-0, rubber match today in Petco Park...
Notes and quotes from the Nationals’ 2-0 win over the Padres in Petco... Gray Takes Petco: Josiah Gray gave up nine hits (two of them home runs) and a season-high six earned runs in five innings on the mound the last time out, before facing the San Diego Padres on the road in Petco Park on Saturday. His manager said after Gray’s 15th start of the season he hoped it would be a learning opportunity ...2023
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• Padres Designate Nelson Cruz For Assignment
The Padres announced a series of roster moves today, recalled left-hander José Castillo, right-hander Matt Waldron and infielder Matthew Batten. In corresponding moves, right-hander Domingo Tapia was optioned to Triple-A El Paso, righty Michael Wacha was placed on the 15-day injured list (retroactive to July 2) with right shoulder inflammation and designated hitter Nelson Cruz…...2023
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• Cubs 5, Guardians 3: David Bote, star man

Allan Henry-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs infielder is making a bid for the Opening Day roster. MESA, Arizona — I keep telling you guys that David Bote has a real chance to make the Cubs this year, and he put another point on the board in his favor when he hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning against the Guardians Sunday. That gave the Cubs the lead and proved to be the winning blow in a ...2024
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• Padres Designate Jose Castillo For Assignment
The Padres have designated left-hander Jose Castillo for assignment and optioned righty Matt Waldron to Triple-A El Paso, per a team announcement. That pair of moves clears roster space for righty Robert Suarez, who has been formally reinstated from the 60-day injured list. Castillo, 27, posted a strong 3.23 ERA through his first 39 big…...2023
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• Padres Place Yu Darvish On Injured List
The Padres announced that right-hander Yu Darvish has been placed on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to August 26, due to right elbow inflammation. Righty Matt Waldron was recalled in a corresponding move. At this point, it’s unclear what kind of absence the club is expecting from Darvish. Kevin Acee of the San Diego Union-Tribune…...2023
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• Padres Option Matt Waldron
The Padres optioned starter Matt Waldron to Triple-A El Paso. San Diego recalled reliever Logan Gillaspie to step into the bullpen before tonight’s series opener with the Mets. Waldron, MLB’s lone knuckleballer, has held a rotation spot all year. He has made 26 starts and is second on the team behind Dylan Cease with 142 2/3 innings. His…...2024
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• Padres calling up knuckleballer Matt Waldron to start Saturday vs. Nationals

Waldron will be the first knuckleballer to pitch in the big leagues since 2021...2023
• Matt Waldron Brought the Knuckleball Back to the Majors
In a spot start, the Padres righty became the first true pitcher to throw a knuckler in a major league game since 2021....2023
• Padres' Matt Waldron becomes first knuckleball pitcher in MLB since 2021 vs. Nationals

Waldron threw 13 knuckleballers on Saturday, inducing one swing and miss along the way...2023

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• Good Morning San Diego: Matt Waldron suffers oblique strain

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Everything you need to know about your San Diego Padres on the morning of March 15, 2025. Padres pitcher Matt Waldron did not appear in tonight’s game due to a mild left oblique strain suffered while warming up in the bullpen. He will be reevaluated tomorrow, currently considered day to day.— Sammy Levitt (@SammyLev) March 15, 2025 ...2025
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• Padres build depth for 2025 season

Eguy Rosario | Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images Many changes since the start of February Catcher The San Diego Padres have spent their spring camp looking for solutions to their depth issues for the coming season. It seems clear that the biggest need still remaining is catching depth. The team has to keep Brett Sullivan on the 26-man roster or make him available to waivers. That leave...2025
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