The Padres beat the Mariners 5-2 on Friday at Peoria Stadium in both teams’ spring training opener. Batter’s box: Manny Machado hit the first pitch he saw halfway up the batter’s eye directly beyond the center field wall.

The San Diego Padres announced their broadcast schedule for 2025 Spring Training presented by Southwest Airlines, featuring 30 preseason games that will be available to fans via television, radio or webcast.

The Padres need an arm or two this season. They'll have plenty to look at in spring training. Let's break them down.

Team returns most of core for 2025, but moves have yet to be made as quiet (and kind of ugly) offseason comes to an end

The San Diego Padres reported to the Peoria Sports Complex on last week for the start of Spring Training, warming up for the team's first postseason game against the Seattle Mariners on Friday.

This offseason, the Padres lost Jurickson Profar, Ha-Seong Kim, Kyle Higashioka, Donovan Solano and David Peralta to free agency. According to FanGraphs, those five players combined in 2024 for 9.7 wins above replacement — or more than one-third of the WAR that San Diego’s offense produced.

Outside three split-squad games, the Padres will broadcast their entire spring training exhibition schedule via television, radio or webcast, which includes 20 games on Padres.TV that will be available as part of a free preview. Those 20 games will also be broadcast by local cable providers.

The city of Peoria is getting ready for its first spring training game of the year on Friday, Feb. 21, and it has some new things in store for fans.

Bade explained her fandom for the Padres started with the San Diego Chicken, the former Padres mascot. “I was there opening day when Major League Baseball came to town in 1998, opening day the Arizona Diamondbacks at Bank One Ballpark,