GM: AJ Preller
2022: made playoffs · 89–73. Ranks are vs the 30 teams that season.
Each position lists its starter then backups by games (so platoons & bench show). Starters (mound) & bullpen (left, foul territory) are ranked by WAR; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.
| Player | Age | Service | G | fWAR | Salary $M | Surplus $M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manny Machado | 29 | FA-elig | 150 | 7.1 | 32.0 | -5.8 |
| Yu Darvish | 35 | FA-elig | 30 | 4.2 | 19.0 | -3.7 |
| Ha-Seong Kim | 26 | pre-arb | 150 | 3.6 | 6.0 | +7.4 |
| Jake Cronenworth | 28 | pre-arb | 158 | 3.6 | 0.8 | +12.6 |
| Blake Snell | 29 | FA-elig | 25 | 3.6 | 13.1 | +0.2 |
| Joe Musgrove | 29 | FA-elig | 30 | 3.4 | 8.6 | +3.9 |
| Jurickson Profar | 29 | FA-elig | 152 | 2.5 | 8.0 | +1.2 |
| Trent Grisham | 25 | pre-arb | 152 | 1.7 | 0.7 | +5.6 |
| Luis García | 35 | FA-elig | 64 | 1.6 | 3.2 | +2.5 |
| Taylor Rogers↔ MIL | 31 | – | 42 | 1.3 | 0.2 | +4.7 |
| Juan Soto↔ WSN | 23 | arb | 52 | 1.2 | 5.8 | -1.5 |
| Sean Manaea | 30 | arb | 30 | 1.1 | 9.8 | -5.8 |
| Wil Myers | 31 | FA-elig | 77 | 1.0 | 22.5 | -18.9 |
| MacKenzie Gore | 23 | – | 16 | 0.8 | 0.4 | +2.5 |
| Nabil Crismatt | 27 | pre-arb | 50 | 0.8 | 0.6 | +2.2 |
| Robert Suarez | 31 | – | 45 | 0.7 | 6.0 | -3.5 |
| José Azocar | 26 | – | 98 | 0.6 | 0.6 | +1.8 |
| Eric Hosmer↔ BOS | 32 | FA-elig | 90 | 0.6 | 18.2 | -15.9 |
| Luke Voit↔ WSN | 31 | arb | 82 | 0.5 | 3.3 | -1.4 |
| Tim Hill | 32 | arb | 55 | 0.5 | 1.3 | +0.4 |
| Nick Martinez | 31 | FA-elig | 47 | 0.4 | 6.0 | -4.5 |
| Mike Clevinger | 31 | FA-elig | 23 | 0.4 | 8.0 | -6.5 |
| Brandon Drury↔ CIN | 29 | FA-elig | 46 | 0.4 | 0.2 | +1.2 |
| Jorge Alfaro | 29 | FA-elig | 82 | 0.4 | 2.7 | -1.3 |
| Pierce Johnson | 31 | arb | 15 | 0.3 | 3.0 | -1.9 |
| Steven Wilson | 27 | – | 50 | 0.3 | 0.7 | +0.4 |
| Adrian Morejon | 23 | pre-arb | 26 | 0.2 | 0.7 | +0.1 |
| Nomar Mazara | 27 | – | 55 | 0.2 | 0.3 | +0.5 |
| Josh Hader↔ MIL | 28 | arb | 19 | 0.2 | 3.7 | -3.0 |
| Austin Nola | 32 | pre-arb | 110 | 0.2 | 0.7 | -0.1 |
| Tayler Scott | 30 | – | 8 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +0.1 |
| Eguy Rosario | 22 | – | 7 | 0.0 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
| Michel Baez | 26 | pre-arb | 2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | -0.1 |
| Ryan Weathers | 22 | pre-arb | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +0.1 |
| Kyle Tyler | 25 | – | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | +0.1 |
| Reiss Knehr | 25 | pre-arb | 5 | 0.0 | 0.1 | -0.0 |
| José Castillo | 26 | arb | 1 | -0.0 | 0.0 | -0.0 |
| Austin Adams | 31 | arb | 2 | -0.0 | 0.9 | -1.0 |
| Pedro Avila | 25 | pre-arb | 2 | -0.0 | 0.1 | -0.2 |
| Brandon Dixon | 30 | pre-arb | 5 | -0.0 | 0.0 | -0.2 |
| Matthew Batten | 27 | – | 15 | -0.0 | 0.2 | -0.4 |
| Luis Campusano | 23 | pre-arb | 16 | -0.1 | 0.2 | -0.4 |
| CJ Abrams↔ WSN | 21 | – | 46 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -0.4 |
| Ray Kerr | 27 | – | 7 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -0.4 |
| Javy Guerra↔ TBR | 26 | – | 1 | -0.1 | 0.0 | -0.3 |
| Dinelson Lamet↔ COL | 29 | arb | 13 | -0.1 | 1.9 | -2.3 |
| Luis Liberato | 26 | – | 7 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -0.6 |
| Esteury Ruiz↔ MIL | 23 | – | 14 | -0.2 | 0.1 | -0.7 |
| Brent Rooker↔ KCR | 27 | – | 2 | -0.2 | 0.0 | -0.7 |
| Sergio Alcántara↔ ARI | 25 | – | 22 | -0.3 | 0.1 | -1.2 |
| Trayce Thompson↔ LAD | 31 | – | 6 | -0.3 | 0.0 | -1.3 |
| Craig Stammen | 38 | FA-elig | 33 | -0.4 | 4.0 | -5.5 |
| Robinson Canó↔ ATL | 39 | FA-elig | 12 | -0.5 | 7.2 | -9.0 |
| Josh Bell↔ WSN | 29 | FA-elig | 53 | -0.7 | 3.4 | -5.8 |
| Matt Beaty | 29 | – | 20 | -0.7 | 0.6 | -3.1 |
| Player | fWAR |
|---|---|
| Luis García | 1.6 |
| Taylor Rogers | 1.3 |
| Juan Soto | 1.2 |
| Sean Manaea | 1.1 |
| MacKenzie Gore | 0.8 |
| Robert Suarez | 0.7 |
| Player | 2021 fWAR |
|---|---|
| Fernando Tatis Jr. | 6.8 |
| Chris Paddack | 1.6 |
| Mark Melancon | 1.1 |
| Tommy Pham | 1.1 |
| Adam Frazier | 0.6 |
| Webster Rivas | 0.3 |
What the front office was committed to as of 2022, 2022–2028. Guaranteed $ are contract commitments signed by 2022; arbitration & free-agent years are projected from service time. Hover a figure for its luxury-tax (CBT) & actual-cash values.
| Player | Age | Svc | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manny Machado | 29 | 9.056 | $32.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Wil Myers | 31 | 8.104 | $22.5M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Yu Darvish | 35 | 10.000 | $19.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Eric Hosmer | 32 | 10.146 | $18.2M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Jurickson Profar | 29 | 7.165 | $8.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Robinson Canó | 39 | 17.000 | $7.2M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Craig Stammen | 38 | 10.160 | $4.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Luis García | 35 | 9.000 | $3.2M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Nomar Mazara | 27 | 6.000 | $308k | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blake Snell | 29 | 5.072 | $13.1M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Sean Manaea | 30 | 5.157 | $9.8M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Joe Musgrove | 29 | 5.063 | $8.6M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Mike Clevinger | 31 | 5.033 | $8.0M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Nick Martinez | 31 | 3.002 | $6.0M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Juan Soto | 23 | 3.134 | $5.8M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Josh Hader | 28 | 4.115 | $3.7M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Josh Bell | 29 | 5.053 | $3.4M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Luke Voit | 31 | 3.169 | $3.3M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Jorge Alfaro | 29 | 4.083 | $2.7M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Dinelson Lamet | 29 | 4.130 | $1.9M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Tim Hill | 32 | 3.112 | $1.3M | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Austin Adams | 31 | 3.015 | $925k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |||
| Brandon Drury | 29 | 5.001 | $233k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Taylor Rogers | 31 | 5.145 | $159k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| José Castillo | 26 | 3.121 | $12k | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Suarez | 31 | 0.000 | $6.0M | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Ha-Seong Kim | 26 | 1.000 | $6.0M | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Pierce Johnson | 31 | 2.137 | $3.0MCLUB | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Jake Cronenworth | 28 | 2.000 | $757k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Trent Grisham | 25 | 2.060 | $729k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Austin Nola | 32 | 2.106 | $727k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Adrian Morejon | 23 | 2.013 | $704k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Steven Wilson | 27 | 0.000 | $665k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Nabil Crismatt | 27 | 1.033 | $634k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Matt Beaty | 29 | 2.104 | $570k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| José Azocar | 26 | 0.000 | $562k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| MacKenzie Gore | 23 | 0.000 | $423k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Michel Baez | 26 | 1.104 | $271k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Tayler Scott | 30 | 0.047 | $238k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Matthew Batten | 27 | 0.000 | $223k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Luis Campusano | 23 | 0.095 | $181k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| CJ Abrams | 21 | 0.000 | $149k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Ray Kerr | 27 | 0.000 | $123k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Sergio Alcántara | 25 | 0.168 | $85k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Eguy Rosario | 22 | 0.000 | $77k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Pedro Avila | 25 | 0.004 | $73k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Reiss Knehr | 25 | 0.034 | $69k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Luis Liberato | 26 | – | $69k | ||||||
| Esteury Ruiz | 23 | 0.000 | $63k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Brandon Dixon | 30 | 1.142 | $31k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | |
| Trayce Thompson | 31 | 2.058 | $31k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Kyle Tyler | 25 | 0.000 | $19k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Brent Rooker | 27 | 0.167 | $14k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Javy Guerra | 26 | 2.052 | $9k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Ryan Weathers | 22 | 1.000 | $4k | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Padres 2022; the black line = the league-average player at each slot that season. Staying above the line deep into the roster is the depth edge; dropping below it = holes & dead weight.
| Regime | Seasons | Win % | Playoff % | Pennant % | WS % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WINDOW | 289 | 52.2 | 30.1 | 4.8 | 1.0 |
| CONTEND | 311 | 56.8 | 63.0 | 19.3 | 10.3 |
| FORCED-SPEND | 260 | 47.9 | 8.8 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| REBUILD | 328 | 43.3 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
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