The international baseball winter leagues have been in progress since shortly after the MLB season ended. Although no San Diego Padres major league players are currently playing with any of the teams, multiple Padres minor league players are active.
Dominican Republic Winter League
Catcher/DH Luis Campusano, who recently signed a one-year contract with the organization, is playing in the Dominican Republic. Catcher Rudolfo Duran, right-handed reliever Francis Pena and recently signed utility player
Pablo Reyes are also playing in the DR leagues.
Campusano is with Tigres de Licey and has played in 13 games with 50 at-bats. He has a .200/.293/.340 batting line with two home runs and eight RBI.
Duran is with Estrellas Orienteles. He has played in 19 games and 52 at-bats with a .346/.370/.596 line with a .967 OPS. That includes three homer runs, two doubles and seven RBI.
Reyes is with the Gigantes de Cabao for 19 games and 59 at-bats. He is hitting .136/.164/.220 with a .384 OPS. He has two doubles and a homer with one RBI.
Pena has appeared in three games and 2.1 innings for Leones del Escogido with a 3.86 ERA with one strikeout and no walks.
Mexican Winter League
Outfielder Tirso Ornelas, infielder Marcos Castañon, RHP Victor Lizarraga and RHP Cole Paplham are all with Mexican winter league teams.
Ornelas is playing for Charros de Jalisco and has appeared in 14 games and 50 at-bats with a .220/.286/.280 line and .566 OPS. He has hit theee doubles and has four RBI with two stolen bases.
Lizarraga is with Jaguares de Nayarit with 33.1 innings pitched over seven games with a 2.43 ERA and a 3-0 record as a stater. He has 24 strikeouts and 14 walks.
Paplham, also with Jaguares, has pitched in 15 games with 16 innings and a 3.94 ERA with nine strikeouts and seven walks.
Castañon, also with Jaguares, has 69 at-bats in 18 games with a .203/.257/.348 line and .605 OPS. He has four doubles, two homers and 13 RBI with a stolen base. He also has 18 strikeouts to four walks.
Venezuela Winter League
RHP Igor Gil and RHP Eiker Huizi are playing in the Venezuelan winter leagues.
Gil is with Tiburones de La Guaira with only one appearance, allowing three runs, which gives him a ERA of 81.00
Huizi has 6.1 innings over eight games with Tigers de Aragua with a 7.11 ERA with five strikeouts and four walks.
Puerto Rican Winter League
RHP Josh Mallitz is the only player in Puerto Rico with the Senadores de San Juan. He has 12.2 innings over nine games with a 1.42 ERA with 11 strikeouts and seven walks.
With 2026 being a World Baseball Classic season, there is a good chance multiple roster changes could occur over the second half of the winter league season. Many teams send players for short stints in winter ball for specific purposes. This being a WBC tournament season, it is possible no major league players for the Padres will appear in winter league action.
Both Manny Machado and Fernando Tatis Jr. have played for the Dominican Republic in past WBC tournaments and that could be the case again this year. If so, it is unlikely Tatis Jr. will play in the DR this winter.
Gaslamp Ball will provide updates until the season ends.
