The Padres beat the Mariners 5-2 on Friday at Peoria Stadium in both teams’ spring training opener. Batter’s box: Manny Machado hit the first pitch he saw halfway up the batter’s eye directly beyond the center field wall.

The San Diego Padres announced their broadcast schedule for 2025 Spring Training presented by Southwest Airlines, featuring 30 preseason games that will be available to fans via television, radio or webcast.

Manny Machado got straight to business during the San Diego Padres' spring training opener on Friday. Machado took the first pitch he saw deep over the center field wall for a two-run homer off Seattle Mariners left-handed pitcher Jhonathan Díaz.

The Padres need an arm or two this season. They'll have plenty to look at in spring training. Let's break them down.

The San Diego Padres reported to the Peoria Sports Complex on last week for the start of Spring Training, warming up for the team's first postseason game against the Seattle Mariners on Friday.

Outside three split-squad games, the Padres will broadcast their entire spring training exhibition schedule via television, radio or webcast, which includes 20 games on Padres.TV that will be available as part of a free preview. Those 20 games will also be broadcast by local cable providers.

This offseason, the Padres lost Jurickson Profar, Ha-Seong Kim, Kyle Higashioka, Donovan Solano and David Peralta to free agency. According to FanGraphs, those five players combined in 2024 for 9.7 wins above replacement — or more than one-third of the WAR that San Diego’s offense produced.

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The stars showed out Monday for the start of Padres spring training. Big-time players like two-time All-Star Fernando Tatis Jr. and newly-signed pitcher Nick Pivetta arrived in Peoria, Arizona. However, there was one surprise sighting that many San Diegans may recognize.