The Padres might start two rookies on Opening Day who don't have much professional experience above Single A.
PEORIA, Ariz. — It’s about to get weird. The are scheduled to land, after a roughly 13-hour flight, well past midnight Friday in Seoul, South Korea. On that Sunday, they’ll play the first of two exhibition games . The regular season opens March 20 with the first of two games against the . Then the Padres will fly to San Diego, catch up on rest, host the for a pair of exhibitions and — finally, on March 28 — open their domestic regular season against the .
He has minor-league options left, as do Azocar and Rosario. Perhaps the Padres, who remain conspicuously thin in the outfield, instead will carry a non-roster invitee such as or , who made an appearance in center field Saturday. Saturday also saw recent minor-league signee , another lefty hitter, appear at first base. Miller, 34, hit 20 home runs for the in 2021, but he has only a .606 OPS over the past two seasons.