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San Diego Padres reliever Jason Adam suffered a season-ending ruptured quad tendon in his left leg in the top of the seventh inning during San Diego’s 4-3 loss to the Baltimore Orioles at Petco Park, Monday.
Adam was one of five dominating high-leverage relievers who called
the Padres’ bullpen home and was joined by several other arms to create one of the best bullpens in all of baseball. Adam finished the season with a record of 8-4 and a 1.93 ERA over 65 games, which included 65 1/3 innings pitched to lead all San Diego relievers. Adam also amassed 70 strikeouts and allowed 25 walks.
The bullpen was the biggest strength for the Padres prior to the Adam injury and perhaps, still is despite the loss of the 2025 MLB All-Star. The remainder of the high-leverage situations for the season and the playoffs will be left in the capable hands of Jeremiah Estrada, Adrian Morejon, Mason Miller and Robert Suarez.
This week, Gaslamp Ball would like to ask the Friar Faithful how you think the injury to Adam will affect the remainder of the 2025 season for the Padres? We will see the Adam-less ‘pen in action for the first time against the Orioles, Tuesday at 6:40 p.m.
