Offseason Outlook: San Diego Padres

The Padres gained 93 video games and went into October as a classy decide for a protracted playoff run. Their bats stalled out within the remaining two video games towards the Dodgers, sending them into an offseason that might see a good quantity of turnover with a handful of necessary free brokers.

Assured Contracts

Manny Machado, 3B: $314MM by 2033 (together with $35MM in remaining signing bonus funds)
Fernando Tatis Jr., RF: $306MM by 2034
Xander Bogaerts, 2B: $225MM by 2033
Jake Cronenworth, 1B: $71MM by 2030
Yu Darvish, RHP: $63MM by 2028
Joe Musgrove, RHP: $60MM by 2027
Robert Suarez, RHP: $26MM by 2027 (can decide out after ’25)
Yuki Matsui, LHP: $24.75MM by 2028 (can decide out after ’26 barring intervening Tommy John surgical procedure)
Wandy Peralta, LHP: $13.15MM by 2027 (can decide out after ’24, ’25 and ’26)

Choice Selections

LHP Wandy Peralta can decide out of ultimate three years and $13.15MM on his deal
Crew, SS Ha-Seong Kim maintain $8MM mutual choice ($2MM buyout)

Further Monetary Commitments

Owe $12.24MM to Purple Sox as situation of Eric Hosmer commerce

2025 monetary commitments: $138MM
Complete future commitments: $1.117 billion

Arbitration-Eligible Gamers (projected salaries through MLBTR contributor Matt Swartz)

Non-tender candidates: Wade, Patiño

Free Brokers

It looks like each offseason in San Diego ends in a major shakeup. This winter will most likely be no exception, even when the Padres aren’t going to make a single transfer that’s as impactful as final winter’s Juan Soto/Michael King blockbuster. Between a hefty arbitration class, quite a few free brokers who performed key roles in 2024, and a late-season harm that dealt successful to their rotation, there’s loads for the entrance workplace to deal with.

The offseason kicks off with choice and qualifying provide selections. There’s not a lot intrigue with San Diego’s pair of choice calls. Wandy Peralta will forego his probability to decide out of the remaining $13.15MM on his free agent deal. Ha-Seong Kim will gather a $2MM buyout on his mutual choice and take a look at the market.

San Diego most likely will not situation a QO to any of their free brokers. The midseason commerce renders Tanner Scott ineligible, not that the Friars had been prone to provide a $21.05MM dedication to a reliever anyhow. Kim as soon as appeared like a straightforward name for the QO, however his late-season labrum surgical procedure makes that too dangerous. The one different candidate could be Jurickson Profar, who’ll be one of many harder free brokers to worth after a profession 12 months. If the Padres count on Profar to repeat this 12 months’s manufacturing, he’d be definitely worth the QO worth. Profar’s profession has been wildly inconsistent, although, and there is most likely not sufficient payroll area to supply the first-time All-Star greater than $21MM whereas addressing a number of holes on the roster.