• Padres right-hander Yu Darvish, a friend and mentor to Sasaki, expressed some disappointment that his countryman chose to sign elsewhere. “It ultimately comes down to what the player wants to do, so you have to live with that,” Darvish said through interpreter Shingo Horie.

San Diego Padres pitcher Dylan Cease has his name mentioned in MLB trade rumors of late, but it’s something that doesn’t seem to affect him a lot. After all, he’s used to it, having been traded to San Diego in 2024 by the Chicago White Sox in exchange for Samuel Zavala Jairo Iriarte,

When Xander Bogaerts arrived at spring training one year ago this month, he was informed his new position was second base. This time around, Bogaerts will be back at his familiar shortstop spot when the team opens spring training later this month in Peoria,