The San Diego Padres played their final Spring Training game on Monday. So, what will their Opening Day roster look like?
PEORIA, AZ – MARCH 22: Fernando Tatis Jr. #23 of the San Diego Padres leaves the field during the game between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the San Diego Padres at Peoria Sports Complex on Sunday, March 22, 2026 in Peoria, Arizona.
On Monday afternoon at the Peoria Sports Complex, San Diego Padres reliever David Morgan got Seattle Mariners outfield prospect Korbyn Dickerson to ground into a double play to finish off a 10-3 Friars win.After six weeks of training the Padres will open the regular season on Thursday, March 26 with a 1:10 p.m. start at Petco Park against the Detroit Tigers . As expected, the team that will be introduced that afternoon is very different than the one that reported to Arizona in mid-February. While manager Craig Stammen says they'll probably wait to make their final roster decisions until Wednesday we have a pretty good idea of what the 26-man crew will look like. For example, infielder Sung-Mun Song is going to start the year on the injured list with an oblique issue, a development that cleared a path for former Padre and Aztec infielder Ty France to earn a spot with the team that drafted him.Obviously, there will be changes throughout the year. Joe Musgrove and Griffin Canning are starting pitchers who will be on the injured list until at least April but figure to be staples of the rotation at some point. Several of the infielders will get starts as the designated hitter and can even spend time in the outfield, including Andujar, Castellanos, and Sheets. This is a guess but if it is how the roster shakes out, new manager Craig Stammen will have plenty of options and the"positional flexibility" that many teams crave.
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