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Padres Opening Day Roster, Lineups, Rotation & Bullpen

Cheers to a lovely 2025 season.
ByPJ Potter|
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Opening Day for the 2025 season is here. The San Diego Padres and the other 29 Major League Baseball teams have a clean slate as they all hope to reel in a successful campaign.

The Padres begin their season at Petco Park against the Atlanta Braves for a four-game series. Their first opponent will be Chris Sale, who won the National League Cy Young Award in 2024, which is set for 1:10 PDT. He will have a tall task ahead of him against a strong Padres lineup. Have a look here at the starting lineup, along with San Diego's roster, starting rotation, and bullpen.

Padres Opening Day Roster

Starting pitchers: Dylan Cease, Kyle Hart, Michael King, Nick Pivetta, Randy Vásquez

Relief pitchers: Jason Adam, Omar Cruz, Jeremiah Estrada, Alek Jacob, Yuki Matsui, Adrian Morejon, Wandy Peralta, Robert Suarez

Catcher: Elias Díaz, Martín Maldonado

Infielders: Luis Arraez, Xander Bogaerts, Jake Cronenworth, Yuli Gurriel, Jose Iglesias, Manny Machado

Outfielders: Jason Heyward, Brandon Lockridge, Jackson Merrill, Gavin Sheets, Fernando Tatis Jr.

Injuries: Jhony Birto, Yu Darvish, Bryan Hoeing, Jose Musgrove, Juan Nuñez, Sean Reynolds, Matt Waldron,

Padres Opening Day Lineup

With 2025 spring training stats:

Lineup

2025 Spring Training Stats

Fernando Tatis Jr. - RF

.259, 1 HR, 1 RBI

Luis Arraez - 1B

.349, 1 HR, 7 RBI

Manny Machado - 3B

.212, 2 HR, 3 RBI

Xander Bogaerts - SS

.297, 0 HR, 7 RBI

Jackson Merrill - CF

.239, 4 HR, 10 RBI

Yuli Gurriel - DH

.306, 1 HR, 6 RBI

Jake Cronenworth - 2B

.308, 0 HR, 3 RBI

Brandon Lockridge - LF

.356, 0 HR, 2 RBI

Elías Diaz - C

.182, 0 HR, 1 RBI

Michael King - P

1-1, 3.95 ERA, 13 K's, 13 2/3 IP

Padres Opening Day Starting Rotation

With 2025 spring training stats:

Michael King

1-1, 3.95 ERA, 13 K's, 13 2/3 IP

Dylan Cease

1-0, 3.26 ERA, 26 K's, 19 1/3 IP

Kyle Hart

0-2, 9.39 ERA, 7 K's, 7 2/3 IP

Nick Pivetta

1-0, 3.38 ERA, 17 K's, 13 1/3 IP

Randy Vásquez

0-1, 3.38 ERA, 7 K's, 8 IP

Padres Opening Day Bullpen

With 2025 spring training stats:

Jason Adam

1-0, 6.00 ERA, 8 K's, 9 IP

Omar Cruz

0-0, 4.05 ERA, 5 K's, 6 2/3 IP

Jeremiah Estrada

0-0, 6.00 ERA, 9 K's, 6 IP

Alek Jacob

0-0, 3.00 ERA, 12 K's, 9 IP

Yuki Matsui

1-0, 3.72 ERA, 10 K's, 9 2/3 IP

Adrian Morejon

0-0, 3.12 ERA, 6 K's, 8 2/3 IP

Wandy Peralta

0-0, 5.87 ERA, 8 K's, 7 2/3 IP

Robert Suarez

0-1, 15.43 ERA, 6 K's, 4 2/3 IP

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