2025 San Diego Padres

2025 San Diego Padres / Franchise: San Diego Padres / BR Team Page

Record: , Finished in NL Western Division (2025 NL)

Managed by Mike Shildt

Coaches: Brian Esposito, Ben Fritz, Tim Leiper, Mike McCoy, David Macias, Ruben Niebla, Nick Punto, Pat O'Sullivan and Vic Rodriguez

Ballpark: Petco Park

History, Comments, Contributions

The 2025 San Diego Padres got off to a great start, sweeping the Atlanta Braves at home in a four-game series to open the season. The last of the four games was broadcast nationally on "Sunday Night Baseball" and ended with three pitchers, led by Nick Pivetta, who was making his first start in a Padres uniform, combining to pitch a one-hitter in which the Braves sent the minimum number of batters - 27 - to the plate, their two baserunners having both been erased on double plays. They then won their next two games as the Cleveland Guardians were the next team to visit Petco Park, to improve to 6-0, the best start in franchise history. The only problem was that their long-time nemesis, the Los Angeles Dodgers, were also off to the races, having won all seven of their games at that point, so the Padres were just keeping pace with their rivals, and even trailing them by a half game in spite of their great play. The strong start was no fluke, given they had been outstanding during the second half of 2024, going 43-19 over their last 62 games, then taking the Dodgers to the limit in the Division Series, providing them with the strongest opposition they would face all postseason. The Padres made it seven straight wins by completing a sweep of the Guardians on April 2nd - but the Dodgers also won that day to keep their half-game lead. On April 9th, they became the first team to 10 wins in the majors after a 2-1 win over The Athletics, but that also coincided with the absence of some key players from the line-up: 2B Jake Cronenworth, RF Fernando Tatis Jr. and CF Jackson Merrill. While the first two were expected to return in short order, Merrill was placed on the injured list with a pulled hamstring that same day and was going to miss 10 games at a minimum. Their 12th win of the year on April 12th was also their fifth shutout already - 2-0 over the Colorado Rockies; both totals were major league bests at that point. The next day, Mike King pitched the first complete game and shutout of his career in defeating Colorado, 6-0, to complete a three-game sweep in which their opponent failed to score a single run - the first time a major league team had accomplished this since 2017. With a record of 13-3, the Padres were in first place, one a half games ahead of the surprising San Francisco Giants.

Further Reading

• AJ Cassavell: "What does 2025 hold for the Padres?", mlb.com, January 2, 2025. [1]
• Sarah Langs: "California dreamin' ... and winning: Dodgers, Padres both open unbeaten: 1st time 2 teams in same division have both been at least 7-0", mlb.com, April 2, 2025. [2]

2025 MLB season by team