Sizing up the Padres’ 40-man roster heading into the 2025 season: Elías Díaz was released in August after five years in Colorado and finished the season as the No. 2 catcher on San Diego’s

Díaz also received a mutual option for 2026. An All-Star Game MVP in 2023, Díaz caught on with the Padres in September after the Rockies released him toward the end of an injury-plagued 2024. Díaz hit .

After being promoted, the former All-Star appeared in 24 games for San Diego, but he recorded just four hits across 21 at-bats. He became the team's number two catcher behind Kyle Higashioka following Luis Campusano's demotion to Triple-A El Paso in September.

Following five seasons in Denver with the Colorado Rockies, free agent catcher Elias Díaz has found a new home with the San Diego Padres after spending the second half of 2024 with them.

The San Diego Padres have made their first major league signing this offseason. All-Star catcher Elias Diaz has signed a one-year, $3.5 million deal to return

The San Diego Padres have re-signed catcher Elias Díaz to a one-year contract that includes a mutual option for the 2026 season.

The San Diego Padres agreed to a deal with catcher Elias Díaz, reports the New York Post's Jon Heyman.Díaz appeared in 12 games for the Padres last season after the Colorado Rockies released him in August.

Keith Law of the Athletic dropped his farm system rankings on Thursday, and the Atlanta Braves have dropped a couple spots since his rankings in February 2024. Law now has Atlanta in the lowest tier,

A lot of the conversation about a potential New York Mets trade with the San Diego Padres has turned its eye on what it would cost to land Michael King. Fair enough. The purse strings are tightening on the Padres and finding any way to relieve themselves of significant salary has become the priority.

AMERICAN LEAGUE BALTIMORE (4) —Daniel Coulombe, lhp; Brooks Kriske, rhp; James McCann, c; John Means, lhp. BOSTON (6) — Luis A. García, rhp; Kenley Jansen, rhp; James Paxton, lhp; q-Nick Pivetta,

Montes, the San Diego Padres re-signed catcher Elias Diaz to a one-year deal worth $3.5 million that contains a mutual option for the 2026 season. Diaz joined the Padres in August and will return to San Diego.