SHOCKING NEWS : San Diego Padres confirmed key player departure

The San Diego Padres had a quiet offseason.

There have been no major-league additions to their roster, and there is little indication that the current team will improve.

The Padres are still competitors as of right now, even with an unaltered roster. The Padres won 93 regular-season games in 2024 and advanced to the final game of the NLDS against the eventual World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers.

Home support has never been stronger than this year. The Padres set a new attendance record with over 3.3 million spectators flocking to Petco Park.

The Padres were ‘cautiously hopeful’ about making the deal of the summer by signing Roki Sasaki.

Sasaki, on the other hand, declined a greater offer from San Diego to join the Los Angeles Dodgers, extending his quiet winter.

Even if San Diego isn’t seeking for outside players around the league, keeping the present roster is the least that should be done.

The Padres avoided arbitration with Luis Arraez, Dylan Cease, Jason Adam, and Luis Campusano, which is a positive start. However, San Diego is still facing its first arbitration case since 2014, involving Michael King.

Utility man Ha-Seong Kim is now available as a free agent. He’s unlikely to return, and Fox Sports baseball analysts Deesha Thosar and Rowan Kavner have lately connected Kim to the New York Yankees. Losing the infielder, let alone to the American League pennant winners, would be a major setback in a difficult offseason. The Yankees are a team that will go to any length to add quality to their roster, especially with an obvious infield need following the loss of second baseman Gleyber Torres to the Detroit Tigers.

The Gold Glove award winner has spent all four MLB seasons in San Diego since his arrival in December 2020.

Kim’s production was slightly lower this season, but he still hit a lot.233/.330/.370 with

47 RBIs with a WAR of 2.6.

The Padres do not need to replicate their $381 million offseason spending spree from 2023, but they do need to keep their competing squad together as the rest of MLB appears to be improving everywhere. Most importantly, they need to start making some movements.