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Pivetta showed pretty good velocity in his spring debut and pitched around a first-inning triple from Elly De La Cruz, but the Reds worked two walks and got two hits against him in the second.

Machado is typically pretty quiet most springs — he hasn’t had more than two homers or six RBI in an entire Cactus League season since joining the Padres in 2019 — but he certainly made his presence known today. He’ll soon join the Dominican team in the WBC, and he figures to get most of the playing time at third base with José Ramírez absent initially and Junior Caminero likely to DH.

Musgrove believes he’ll make his Cactus League debut soon after coming off the (simulated) mound feeling well. Coming off Tommy John surgery, he’ll be a candidate to be in the top-75 starters in 2026 should his rehab continue to progress positively.

Yumeto Kanemaru will take Matsui’s place on Japan’s WBC roster. Matsui told reporters he is continuing a build-up, but hasn’t yet progressed to throwing off a mound. It sounds like he might have an early-season IL stint if he can’t progress to throwing off a mound in the near future.

Missing time with shoulder and knee injuries last season cost King on the free agent market, but he did get $25 million per season for three years to stay with the Padres. He was strong today in his spring debut, averaging 94.9 mph with his fastball. That’s 1.2 mph better than his 2025 average.

Gillaspie was actually supposed to start the Padres’ spring opener last Friday, but he left the team after his wife went into labor. The 28-year-old is competing for a bullpen spot after posting a 5.40 ERA in 18 1/3 innings for the Padres over the last two seasons.

Villalobos made three relief appearances for the Marlins back in 2024 and didn’t pitch at all last year. The 28-year-old represents a zero-risk lottery ticket for the Padres as organizational depth at Triple-A El Paso.

The first base experiment has gone swimmingly for both San Diego and Castellanos during the early stages of camp. The 33-year-old veteran doesn’t offer a ton of fantasy appeal at this stage of his career but he makes sense as a platoon partner with righty-masher Gavin Sheets at the cold corner and could pry some at-bats away from Miguel Andujar at DH, especially if he gets off to a hot start at the dish.

Waldron is considered week-to-week, but this procedure will make it far less likely that he can make the starting rotation out of spring training. However, Waldron has zero minor league options, which means he either needs to make the team out of camp or land on the injured list, or else the Padres have to designate him for assignment.

Ornelas remains with San Diego after passing through waivers unclaimed following his removal from the club’s 40-man roster earlier this week. The 25-year-old slugging outfielder got into seven games for the Padres this past season, going 1-for-14 with an RBI during that span. He’ll stick around as emergency organizational depth on the doorstep of the big leagues.