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• Padres Option Stephen Kolek, Connor Joe
The Padres announced that they’ve optioned Stephen Kolek, Ron Marinaccio, Luis Campusano and Connor Joe to Triple-A El Paso. None of those players will start the season on the major league roster. Kolek’s demotion is most notable, as it essentially finalizes the Opening Day rotation. Kyle Hart and Randy Vásquez will open the year as the respective fourth and fifth starters…...2025
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• Which Padres bubble players have options?

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images The options could be a factor in who makes it and who doesn’t The Padres roster crunch is coming. There are so many guys fighting for a very limited amount of spots so things like options will likely come into play in those final debates at the Peoria Sports Complex. Below is part of MLB.com’s description of how Minor League options work: “Players on a 40-m...2025
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• Should the Padres be surprised Yu Darvish has an elbow problem?

Photo by Rob Leiter/MLB Photos via Getty Images Darvish is 38 with over 1,700 innings on his arm When the Padres gave Yu Darvish a 6-year, $108 million extension that would take him through his age 41 season, they had to know this was coming. It’s not Tommy John yet but what they know is coming is an IL stint to start the season due to elbow inflammation. Yu Darvish is expected to open t...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 Game: San Diego Padres at San Francisco Giants

Photo by Rob Leiter/MLB Photos via Getty Images Your game thread for March 18, 2025. San Diego Padres at San Francisco Giants, March 18, 2025, 6:05 p.m. PST Location: Scottsdale Stadium, Scottsdale, AZ Watch: Padres TV Listen: 97.3 The Fan Projected starter: Stephen Kolek Please remember our Game Day thread guidelines. Don’t troll in your comments; create conversation rather than destroy...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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• 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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• 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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"The Padres announced that they’ve optioned Stephen Kolek, Ron Marinaccio, Luis Campusano and Connor Joe to Triple-A El Paso."

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"com) San Diego Padres News & Notes: Tons of Signings, Catcher Problems, Arraez and Cronenworth Trades (KIII TV) Padres roster review: Tom Cosgrove (San Diego Union-Tribune) Peter Seidler’s brother, John, set to take control of Padres (San Diego Union-Tribune) Padres roster review: Stephen Kolek (San Diego Union-Tribune) MLB News World Series hero Buehler, Red Sox agree on 1-year deal (source) (MLB."

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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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• Padres FA signing Kyle Hart unlikely fifth starter candidate
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• Padres bats mostly quiet vs. Angels

Kyle Hart pitches in a sim game | Cheri Bell Righty Stephen Kolek got his first start Tuesday, February 24, in Peoria saw Fernando Tatis Jr. still missing from major league practice and the afternoon game. He did not participate in the team batting practice or fielding groups. The flu bug keeping him down was also a problem for catcher Luis Campusano, but he participated in practice for th...2025
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• Analyzing the Brewers’ potential wild card opponents

Allan Henry-Imagn Images With the Brewers currently sitting as the third seed in the NL, they’d take on the last wild card team in the field Coming off a big series win over the Diamondbacks and a series-opening win over the Phillies, the Brewers’ magic number now sits at two, meaning any combination of two Brewers wins and Cubs losses would clinch the NL Central division. After they surpa...2024
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• d’Arnaud’s dual dingers defeat drag (and Padres) in 6-3 win

Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images Travis d’Arnaud hit two absolute no-doubters (and also stole a base, somehow) on a day where a lot of fly balls died at the warning track. On an afternoon like many others during the 2024 season, when the fly balls had just enough ennui to morph into outs rather than homers, Travis d’Arnaud connected for two absolute moonshots, helping the Braves earn a 6-...2024
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers @ San Diego Padres

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports The Brewers and Padres meet for the second time this season The Brewers finish up their weeklong West Coast road trip this weekend in San Diego. They’ll face the Padres, who have been hanging around the .500 mark. Even though they are at 38-40 so far this season, they are just a half-game back in the wild card race. Entering Wednesday’s games, they have a...2024
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• Four-run ninth gives Royals walk off win against the Padres

Photo by Jeremy Chen/Getty Images Royals Devil Magic, spring training style. The Royals scored four runs in the bottom of the ninth to defeat the Padres 6-5 in the rain on Thursday afternoon. Daniel Lynch IV is engaged in a competition for a starting role this spring and has impressed in his outings so far. He had a quick 1-2-3 first inning, but rain into trouble in the second, giving up t...2025
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• Padres To Stretch Out Stephen Kolek As Starter
Padres manager Mike Shildt spoke to the media today and provided some updates on the club’s pitching plans. Per Dennis Lin of The Athletic, Shildt said that right-hander Stephen Kolek will be stretched out as a starter but fellow righty Bryan Hoeing will stay in a relief role this year. Kolek, 28 in April, worked…...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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• Good Morning San Diego: Padres free agency dormant, but change coming soon

Photo by Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images Everything you need to know about MLB news and your San Diego Padres for Tuesday, December 24, 2024. San Diego Padres News Dodgers Targeting Padres Star in Potential Blockbuster Free Agent Signing (Sports Illustrated) Every team’s best single-game performance of 2024 (MLB.com) Rickey Henderson, legendary leadoff hitter, passes away at 65 (MLB.com) He...2024
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• Guessing what the Padres Home Opener roster will look like

Photo by Yuki Taguchi/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Seoul Series roster was not exactly what the Thursday roster will look like The San Diego Padres split their first two games of the season last week in the Seoul Series with a roster that was built to win those two games. Dylan Cease, for example, wasn’t needed so he was on the taxi squad for those games but will make this next roster. ...2024
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• Good Morning San Diego: Stephen Kolek continues push for fifth starter

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Everything you need to know about your San Diego Padres on the morning of March 14, 2025. Articles to read Padres notes: Stephen Kolek keeps progressing; club dodges rain (Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune) Spring training update: Yu Darvish, Stephen Kolek sharp; Royals walk off on Padres (Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune) Wash, rinse, repeat ...2025
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• Padres FA signing Kyle Hart unlikely fifth starter candidate
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