The Padres are finalists for Roki Sasaki and they should follow up with these free agents this offseason amid ownership concerns.

The future is murky in San Diego after striking out on Roki Sasaki.The club has entertained the idea of trading away some of its star players to lower payroll commitments for 2025 and pursue more affordable talent,

Bleacher Report's Tim Kelly predicted that he ultimately will re-sign with the Padres on a two-year, $34 million deal.

San Diego Padres general manager A.J. Preller speaks out after his team's failed pursuit of Roki Sasaki, who chose to sign with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

According to a report from Francys Romero (and others), the San Diego Padres are no longer in the running for Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki, leaving the Toronto

In San Diego, news that one-man Powerball ticket Roki Sasaki has decided to join the Dodgers was more than a gut punch. It was a steel-toed boot to the shin, a Clydesdale stomp to the foot, a right hook to the jaw. This hurt in all kinds of ways, big and bigger than big.

While the Dodgers, Padres and Blue Jays were battling it out for Roki Sasaki, the defending World Series champs seem to have won.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prized Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki says in an Instagram post he intends to sign with the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers. A 23-year-old right-hander whose fastball tops 100 mph, Sasaki will join fellow Japanese stars Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto in a move many baseball executives have long expected.

The San Diego Padres could look to pursue former Los Angeles Dodgers star pitcher Jack Flaherty in free agency.

Patino originally debuted with the Padres but was traded to the Tampa Bay Rays in 2020 as part of the deal that brought Blake Snell to San Diego. With the Rays, he rose as high as the No. 19 ...

Zachary D. Rymer of Bleacher Report predicts that Los Angeles will ultimately be the ones to sign him. "This is a boring pick, given that the Dodgers have most often been Sasaki's favorite throughout this process. But that isn't even why they're also the sensible pick," Rymer wrote.

The San Diego Padres have one of the highest MLB payrolls in 2025 but the front office has spent the last year significantly reducing costs after failing to reach the World Series. Already floating multiple All-Star hitters and pitchers in MLB rumors,