PEORIA, Ariz. -- Since A.J. Preller took over as GM in August 2014, the Padres have been as aggressive as any franchise in baseball. They aren't afraid to shuffle their big league roster, trade big-name prospects or challenge players in their farm system. Catcher Ethan Salas (No. 2/MLB No. 33)

PEORIA, Ariz. -- It's been precisely one year since the Padres traded for Dylan Cease. Nearly two months later, they landed Luis Arraez. At the ensuing Trade Deadline, they made two major moves to bolster their bullpen. Naturally, those deals depleted the upper levels of their farm system. Still, the

The MLB Spring Breakout returns with 16 matchups from March 13-16. After beating the Mariners 13-10 in last year’s edition, the Padres will face off against the A’s this year. Here’s what you need to know about the 2025 Padres Spring Breakout, how to watch it and which players you

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PEORIA, Ariz. -- Late last August, after Padres prospect Leo De Vries suffered the right shoulder injury that would eventually end his first professional season, farm director Ryley Westman briefly raised the possibility of sending him to the team's Spring Training complex in Peoria. There, San Diego's staff could closely

PEORIA, Ariz. -- It was only a matter of time before Padres top prospects Leo De Vries and Ethan Salas were cut from big league camp, which officially came to be on Thursday morning. The 18-year-olds both still have plenty of work to do before they are ready to make

If you only check out the Padres’ Top 30 prospects list right when it’s released before the start of the season, you have much catching up to do. Twelve of last year’s Top 30 have been traded to new organizations since the 2024 release, including 10 of the top 14

PEORIA, Ariz. -- It was only one at-bat in the ninth inning of a Cactus League game in February. And yet Leo De Vries' opposite-field double against the Angels on Tuesday afternoon set Padres camp abuzz.

PEORIA, Ariz. -- Tirso Ornelas was enjoying his All-Star break in Guadalajara last summer, when he got the call he’d been waiting on for years. Triple-A manager Pete Zamora was on the other end. In each of the previous three offseasons, Ornelas had been Rule 5 Draft-eligible, and in each

PEORIA, Ariz. -- Padres right-hander Cole Paplham sustained multiple facial fractures after he was struck in the face by a line drive on Sunday, but he has remained alert and is in decent spirits, manager Mike Shildt said Monday. Paplham was hit in the face by a 102.4 mph line

PEORIA, Ariz. -- Ethan Salas and Leodalis De Vries were together in a San Diego Padres starting lineup for the very first time on Sunday. It won’t be the last.

This story was excerpted from AJ Cassavell’s Padres Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. PEORIA, Ariz. -- Enter the Padres clubhouse through the hallway doors at the Peoria Sports Complex. To your immediate right? The team’s present --

After two consecutive years of signing the No. 1 overall prospect in the international class – and reportedly making a Herculean effort to do so for the third straight year with right-hander Roki Sasaki – the Padres have taken a different path in 2025: spreading around their bonus pool to

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Ever since Roki Sasaki's agent, Joel Wolfe, met with the media at the Winter Meetings, there’s been speculation about which team might be the best fit to land the prized right-hander, who was recently posted by his Japanese team, the Chiba Lotte Marines. As one executive put it when asked

MLB Pipeline gives our organizational Top 30 prospect rankings complete refreshes twice per calendar year (once in spring, once in-season) and provides other live updates as graduations and other transactions necessitate them. In the latter category, two dates in particular are our busiest for Top 30 updates: the Trade Deadline

Each week, MiLB.com profiles an elite prospect by chronicling the steps he's taken toward achieving his Major League dream. Here's a look at top Padres prospect Ethan Salas. For more stories about players on The Road to The Show, click here. Ethan Salas has been among the most important players

Now that the Arizona Fall League has crowned a new champion and MLB's awards season is winding down, the baseball world in the United States is preparing to turn its attention to the Hot Stove. But that doesn't mean baseball isn't being played. There are plenty of exciting and talented

SAN DIEGO -- The Padres added three Minor League pitchers to their 40-man roster on Tuesday, ahead of the deadline to protect prospects from next month's Rule 5 Draft. Right-handers Henry Baez and Ryan Bergert and lefty Omar Cruz had their contracts selected, bringing the San Diego 40-man roster to