The San Diego Padres suffered an 11-1 drubbing at the hands of the Arizona Diamondbacks in their Cactus League meeting at the Peoria Sports Complex on Sunday. Walker Buehler took the mound for his finals start of spring and looked good through two innings despite allowing a run. He ran into trouble in the third and fourth innings, allowing three runs in each inning as Arizona jumped out to a 7-0 lead after four innings. San Diego added its lone run of the game in the bottom of the fourth inning when
Gavin Sheets blasted his fourth home run of the spring to make the score, 7-1. Buehler completed 3.1 innings and allowed seven runs on 11 hits with one walk and three strikeouts. The real concerning part of the outing for Buehler was he allowed four home runs during his time on the mound. Matt Waldron was also touched up by the Diamondbacks. He allowed four runs on three hits with three walks and four strikeouts over three innings pitched. San Diego plays its final game of spring against the Seattle Mariners at the Peoria Sports Complex at 12:10 p.m.
Padres News:
- Cheri Bell of Gaslamp Ball looks at the team and the individual results from the third annual Spring Breakout between the San Diego prospects and the Chicago Cubs prospects.
- Sung-Mun Song was signed as a free agent out of Korea and was expected to fill the utility infielder role for San Diego. Song has been working through an oblique injury for much of the offseason and will start the year on the IL, which means the Padres will have a different look to their roster than what was expected at the outset of Spring Training.
- The Padres have seen the benefit of scoring runs early; it takes pressure off the offense and gives the pitching staff room for error and the ability to pitch with a lead. San Diego has to figure out how to do so more consistently as the Padres prepare for the start of the 2026 season.
Baseball News:
- Pitcher Christopher Sanchez and the Philadelphia Phillies agreed to a six-year contract extension that will keep him in Philadelphia through 2032. Not all news was good for the Phillies on Sunday, pitcher Daniel Robert had a “cardiac event” at the Spring Training complex, but he has been released from the hospital and said he is feeling okay.
- New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone announced Sunday that the Yankees will employ a four-man rotation to start the season, which means Luis Gil does not have spot in the rotation after Max Fried, Cam Schlittler, Will Warren and Ryan Weathers. He could potentially start the season in the minors.
- The Los Angeles Dodgers sent infielder Hyeseong Kim to the minors to start the season.
- Craig Kimbrel had a difficult spring with the New York Mets and will not make their Opening Day roster. In other Mets news, free agent signee Mike Tauchman had surgery to repair a meniscus tear, which means prospect Carson Benge should be on the Opening Day roster.
- Reese McGuire and the Chicago White Sox agreed to a one-year deal which will likely bump Korey Lee off the Chicago roster.
- Miami Marlins outfielder Kyle Stowers, who is recovering from a hamstring injury, is set to open the season on the IL.
- Michael Conforto, who signed with the Chicago Cubs as a non-roster invitee in the offseason, has done enough to earn himself a spot on the Opening Day roster.
- Mitch Garver beat out Andrew Knizner for the backup catcher position with the Seattle Mariners.
