2023 San Diego Padres season explained

San Diego Padres
Season:	2023
League:	National League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Petco Park
City:	San Diego, California
Divisional Place:	3rd
Owners:	Peter Seidler
General Managers:	A. J. Preller
Managers:	Bob Melvin
Television:	Bally Sports San Diego (Until May 30) MLB.tv & YurView California (From May 31) (Don Orsillo, Mark Grant, Mike Pomeranz, Mark Sweeney, Jesse Agler)
Radio:	KWFN 97.3 FM (Jesse Agler, Tony Gwynn Jr., Mark Grant) XEMO 860 AM (Spanish) (Eduardo Ortega, Carlos Hernandez, Pedro Gutierrez)

The 2023 San Diego Padres season was the 55th season of the San Diego Padres franchise. The Padres played their home games at Petco Park as members of Major League Baseball's National League West. The Padres had a record of 82–80. The Padres drew an average home attendance of 40,389 in 81 home games in the 2023 MLB season, the 3rd highest in the league.^[1]

The Padres were coming off a season in which they made it to the 2022 NLCS and an offseason in which they signed prized free agent Xander Bogaerts to an 11-year deal.^[2] Furthermore, the Padres anticipated that their star shortstop and right fielder, Fernando Tatis Jr., would return to the team on April 20 after missing the entire 2022 season due to an injury and an 80-game suspension.^[3] Given the Padres' performance in 2022 and their reinforcements for 2023, the 2023 Padres entered the season with high expectations. In fact, several observers, analysts, and pundits predicted that the Padres would win the division over the perennial favorite Los Angeles Dodgers, who had won the NL West in nine of the previous ten seasons.^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7] However, the Padres failed to meet the lofty expectations. They disappointingly hovered around or below a .500 winning percentage for much of the season, and despite a strong September, the Padres missed the playoffs.

On July 22, they beat the Detroit Tigers for their 4,000th win in franchise history.^[8] This was the Padres' final season under owner Peter Seidler. Seidler died on November 14 at the age of 63.

Offseason

Acquisitions

	Position		Player	2022 Team
SS	Xander Bogaerts	Boston Red Sox
RP	Drew Carlton	Detroit Tigers
DH	Matt Carpenter	New York Yankees
DH	Nelson Cruz	Washington Nationals
OF	David Dahl	Washington Nationals
OF	Adam Engel	Chicago White Sox
RP	Brent Honeywell Jr.	Oakland Athletics
SP	Seth Lugo	New York Mets
IF	Rougned Odor	Baltimore Orioles
RP	Domingo Tapia	Oakland Athletics
SP	Michael Wacha	Boston Red Sox

Departures

	Position		Player	2023 Team
RP	Austin Adams	Arizona Diamondbacks
C	Jorge Alfaro	Boston Red Sox
OF/1B	Matt Beaty	San Francisco Giants
1B	Josh Bell	Cleveland Guardians
SP	Mike Clevinger	Chicago White Sox
UTL	Brandon Drury	Los Angeles Angels
RP	Pierce Johnson	Colorado Rockies
SP	Sean Manaea	San Francisco Giants
OF	Wil Myers	Cincinnati Reds
LF	Jurickson Profar	Colorado Rockies

Rule changes

Pursuant to the CBA, new rule changes were put in place for the 2023 season:^[9]

institution of a pitch clock between pitches;
limits on pickoff attempts per plate appearance;
limits on defensive shifts requiring two infielders to be on either side of second and be within the boundary of the infield; and
larger bases (increased to 18-inch squares);

Regular season

Game Log

Legend
	Padres win
	Padres loss
	Postponement
	Eliminated from playoff race
Bold	Padres team member

|- style="background:#fbb;"| 1 || March 30 || Rockies || 2–7 || Márquez (1–0) || Snell (0–1) || — || 45,103 || 0–1 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 2 || March 31 || Rockies || 1–4 || Freeland (1–0) || Martinez (0–1) || Johnson (1) || 43,177 || 0–2 || L2|- style="background:#bfb;"| 3 || April 1 || Rockies || 8–4 || Wacha (1–0) || Ureña (0–1) || — || 42,663 || 1–2 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 4 || April 2 || Rockies || 3–1 || Lugo (1–0) || Gomber (0–1) || Hader (1) || 43,972 || 2–2 || W2|- style="background:#bfb;" | 5 || April 3 || Diamondbacks || 5–4 || T. Hill (1–0) || McGough (0–1) || — || 37,602 || 3–2 || W3|- style="background:#fbb;" | 6 || April 4 || Diamondbacks || 6–8 || Ginkel (1–0) || García (0–1) || Jameson (1) || 34,542 || 3–3 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 7 || April 6 || @ Braves || 6–7 || Minter (1–0) || Crismatt (0–1) || — || 42,803 || 3–4 || L2|- style="background:#bfb;" | 8 || April 7 || @ Braves || 5–4 || Honeywell Jr. (1–0) || Tonkin (0–1) || Hader (2) || 41,963 || 4–4 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 9 || April 8 || @ Braves || 4–1 || Wacha (2–0) || Morton (1–1) || Hader (3) || 40,154 || 5–4 || W2|- style="background:#bfb;"| 10 || April 9 || @ Braves || 10–2 || Lugo (2–0) || Dodd (1–1) || — || 40,138 || 6–4 || W3|- style="background:#fbb;" | 11 || April 10 || @ Mets || 0–5 || Scherzer (2–1) || Darvish (0–1) || — || 30,244 || 6–5 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 12 || April 11 || @ Mets || 4–2 || Weathers (1–0) || Peterson (0–2) || Hader (4) || 30,769 || 7–5 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 13 || April 12 || @ Mets || 2–5 || Megill (3–0) || Snell (0–2) || Ottavino (1) || 34,876 || 7–6 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 14 || April 13 || Brewers || 3–4 || Williams (2–0) || García (0–2) || Payamps (1) || 43,296 || 7–7 || L2|- style="background:#fbb;" | 15 || April 14 || Brewers || 2–11 || Lauer (2–1) || Wacha (2–1) || Wilson (2) || 43,822 || 7–8 || L3|- style="background:#bfb;" | 16 || April 15 || Brewers || 10–3 || Wilson (1–0) || Peralta (2–1) || — || 42,284 || 8–8 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 17 || April 16 || Brewers || 0–1 || Miley (2–1) || Darvish (0–2) || Williams (2) || 43,875 || 8–9 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 18 || April 17 || Braves || 0–2 || Fried (1–0) || Weathers (1–1) || Minter (4) || 31,846 || 8–10 || L2|- style="background:#fbb;" | 19 || April 18 || Braves || 1–8 || Strider (2–0) || Snell (0–3) || — || 42,693 || 8–11 || L3|- style="background:#bfb;" | 20 || April 19 || Braves || 1–0 || Martinez (1–1) || Morton (2–2) || Hader (5) || 29,581 || 9–11 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 21 || April 20 || @ Diamondbacks || 7–5 || Honeywell Jr. (2–0) || Nelson (3–1) || Hader (6) || 16,734 || 10–11 || W2|- style="background:#fbb;" | 22 || April 21 || @ Diamondbacks || 0–9 || Gallen (3–1) || Lugo (2–1) || — || 21,308 || 10–12 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 23 || April 22 || @ Diamondbacks || 5–3 || Musgrove (1–0) || Kelly (1–3) || Hader (7) || 28,419 || 11–12 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 24 || April 23 || @ Diamondbacks || 7–5 || Darvish (1–2) || Jameson (2–1) || Hader (8) || 23,655 || 12–12 || W2|- style="background:#fbb;" | 25 || April 25 || @ Cubs || 0–6 || Steele (4–0) || Snell (0–4) || — || 27,956 || 12–13 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 26 || April 26 || @ Cubs || 5–3 || Martinez (2–1) || Hughes (0–1) || Hader (9) || 28,955 || 13–13 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 27 || April 27 || @ Cubs || 2–5 || Wesneski (2–1) || Lugo (2–2) || Boxberger (2) || 26,588 || 13–14 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 28 || April 29 || Giants* || 16–11 || Cosgrove (1–0) || Rogers (0–1) || — || 19,611 || 14–14 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 29 || April 30 || Giants* || 6–4 || García (1–2) || Rogers (0–2) || Hader (10) || 19,633 || 15–14 || W2|-|colspan="10"|*April 29 and 30 games played in Mexico City, Mexico|- |- style="background:#bfb;" | 30 || May 1 || Reds || 8–3 || Snell (1–4) || Weaver (0–2) || Tapia (1) || 37,491 || 16–14 || W3|- style="background:#fbb;" | 31 || May 2 || Reds || 1–2 || Law (1–4) || García (1–3) || Díaz (5) || 43,127 || 16–15 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 32 || May 3 || Reds || 7–1 || Lugo (3–2) || Cessa (1–4) || — || 30,531 || 17–15 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 33 || May 5 || Dodgers || 5–2 || Darvish (2–2) || Kershaw (5–2) || Hader (11) || 45,116 || 18–15 || W2|- style="background:#fbb;" | 34 || May 6 || Dodgers || 1–2 || May (3–1) || Snell (1–5) || Phillips (4) || 42,402 || 18–16 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 35 || May 7 || Dodgers || 2–5 || Ferguson (2–0) || Honeywell Jr. (2–1) || Phillips (5) || 43,994 || 18–17 || L2|- style="background:#bfb;" | 36 || May 9 || @ Twins || 6–1 || Wacha (3–1) || Jax (1–4) || — || 16,882 || 19–17 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 37 || May 10 || @ Twins || 3–4 || Jax (2–4) || Tapia (0–1) || — || 18,467 || 19–18 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 38 || May 11 || @ Twins || 3–5 || Pagán (3–0) || Honeywell Jr. (2–2) || López (3) || 23,365 || 19–19 || L2|- style="background:#fbb;" | 39 || May 12 || @ Dodgers || 2–4 || Ferguson (3–0) || T. Hill (1–1) || Phillips (7) || 49,399 || 19–20 || L3|- style="background:#fbb;" | 40 || May 13 || @ Dodgers || 2–4 || Urías (5–3) || Musgrove (1–1) || Ferguson (1) || 51,334 || 19–21 || L4|- style="background:#fbb;" | 41 || May 14 || @ Dodgers || 0–4 || Gonsolin (1–1) || Weathers (1–1) || — || 46,201 || 19–22 || L5|- style="background:#bfb;" | 42 || May 15 || Royals || 4–0 || Wacha (4–1) || Keller (3–4) || — || 43,828 || 20–22 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 43 || May 16 || Royals || 4–5 || Singer (3–4) || Lugo (3–3) || Barlow (5) || 36,060 || 20–23 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 44 || May 17 || Royals || 3–4 || Taylor (1–1) || Darvish (2–3) || Barlow (6) || 32,416 || 20–24 || L2|- style="background:#fbb;" | 45 || May 19 || Red Sox || 1–6 || Paxton (1–0) || Snell (1–6) || Winckowski (2) || 41,530 || 20–25 || L3|- style="background:#fbb;" | 46 || May 20 || Red Sox || 2–4 || Sale (4–2) || Musgrove (1–2) || Jansen (10) || 40,215 || 20–26 || L4|- style="background:#bfb;" | 47 || May 21 || Red Sox || 7–0 || Wacha (5–1) || Kluber (2–6) || — || 42,825 || 21–26 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 48 || May 23 || @ Nationals || 7–4 || Darvish (3–3) || Ramírez (2–2) || Hader (12) || 21,438 || 22–26 || W2|- style="background:#fbb;" | 49 || May 24 || @ Nationals || 3–5 || Williams (2–2) || Weathers (1–3) || Finnegan (10) || 20,388 || 22–27 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 50 || May 25 || @ Nationals || 8–6 || Carlton (1–0) || Harvey (2–2) || Hader (13) || 17,524 || 23–27 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 51 || May 26 || @ Yankees || 5–1 || Musgrove (2–2) || Vásquez (0–1) || — || 46,724 || 24–27 || W2|- style="background:#fbb;" | 52 || May 27 || @ Yankees || 2–3 || Holmes (3–2) || Martinez (2–2) || — || 46,963 || 24–28 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 53 || May 28 || @ Yankees || 7–10 || Cole (6–0) || Darvish (3–4) || — || 47,295 || 24–29 || L2|- style="background:#bfb;" | 54 || May 30 || @ Marlins || 9–4 || Martinez (3–2) || Floro (3–3) || — || 11,930 || 25–29 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 55 || May 31 || @ Marlins || 1–2 || Okert (2–0) || Hader (0–1) || — || 11,773 || 25–30 || L1|- |- style="background:#bfb;" | 56 || June 1 || @ Marlins || 10–1 || Musgrove (3–2) || Luzardo (4–4) || — || 8,405 || 26–30 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 57 || June 2 || Cubs || 1–2 || Taillon (1–3) || Wacha (5–2) || Leiter Jr. (3) || 43,593 || 26–31 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 58 || June 3 || Cubs || 6–0 || Darvish (4–4) || Smyly (5–3) || — || 42,655 || 27–31 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 59 || June 4 || Cubs || 1–7 || Stroman (6–4) || Weathers (1–4) || — || 44,811 || 27–32 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 60 || June 5 || Cubs || 5–0 || Snell (2–6) || Hendricks (0–2) || — || 43,629 || 28–32 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 61 || June 6 || Mariners || 1–4 || Gilbert (4–3) || Honeywell Jr. (2–3) || Sewald (12) || 40,395 || 28–33 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 62 || June 7 || Mariners || 10–3 || Wacha (6–2) || Kirby (5–5) || — || 35,490 || 29–33 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 63 || June 9 || @ Rockies || 9–6 || Darvish (5–4) || Gomber (4–5) || Hader (14) || 32,551 || 30–33 || W2|- style="background:#bfb;"| 64 || June 10 || @ Rockies || 3–2 || Carlton (2–0) || Bird (1–1) || Hader (15) || 37,234 || 31–33 || W3|- style="background:#fbb;" | 65 || June 11 || @ Rockies || 4–5 || Lawrence (3–3) || Honeywell Jr. (2–4) || — || 34,724 || 31–34 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 66 || June 13 || Guardians || 6–3 || Musgrove (4–2) || Bibee (2–2) || Hader (16) || 40,197 || 32–34 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 67 || June 14 || Guardians || 5–0 || Wacha (7–2) || Civale (2–2) || — || 43,660 || 33–34 || W2|- style="background:#fbb;" | 68 || June 15 || Guardians || 6–8 || Stephan (3–2) || Weathers (1–5) || Clase (21) || 41,864 || 33–35 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 69 || June 16 || Rays || 2–6 || McClanahan (11–1) || Darvish (5–5) || Fairbanks (7) || 42,367 || 33–36 || L2|- style="background:#bfb;" | 70 || June 17 || Rays || 2–0 || Snell (3–6) || Eflin (8–3) || Hader (17) || 43,180 || 34–36 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 71 || June 18 || Rays || 5–4 || Musgrove (5–2) || Chirinos (3–2) || Hader (18) || 44,404 || 35–36 || W2|- style="background:#fbb;" | 72 || June 19 || @ Giants || 4–7 || Doval (2–2) || Kerr (0–1) || — || 35,376 || 35–37 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 73 || June 20 || @ Giants || 3–4 || Rogers (2–4) || Martinez (3–3) || — || 32,060 || 35–38 || L2|- style="background:#fbb;" | 74 || June 21 || @ Giants || 2–4 || Hjelle (2–1) || Darvish (5–6) || Doval (20) || 33,332 || 35–39 || L3|- style="background:#bfb;" | 75 || June 22 || @ Giants || 10–0 || Snell (4–6) || Wood (2–2) || — || 38,638 || 36–39 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 76 || June 23 || Nationals || 13–3 || Musgrove (6–2) || Corbin (4–9) || — || 42,510 || 37–39 || W2|- style="background:#fbb;" | 77 || June 24 || Nationals || 0–2 || Gray (5–6) || Waldron (0–1) || Harvey (5) || 43,364 || 37–40 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 78 || June 25 || Nationals || 3–8 || Gore (4–6) || Lugo (3–4) || — || 41,503 || 37–41 || L2|- style="background:#fbb;" | 79 || June 27 || @ Pirates || 4–9 || Hill (7–7) || Knehr (0–1) || Contreras (1) || 16,539 || 37–42 || L3|- style="background:#fbb;" | 80 || June 28 || @ Pirates || 1–7 || Keller (9–3) || Snell (4–7) || — || 14,604 || 37–43 || L4|- style="background:#fbb;" | 81 || June 29 || @ Pirates || 4–5 || Moreta (4–2) || T. Hill (1–2) || Bednar (16) || 16,871 || 37–44 || L5|- style="background:#fbb;" | 82 || June 30 || @ Reds || 5–7 || Duarte (1–0) || Carlton (2–1) || — || 31,772 || 37–45 || L6|- |- style="background:#bfb;" | 83 || July 1 || @ Reds || 12–5 || Wacha (8–2) || Williamson (1–2) || — || 30,895 || 38–45 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 84 || July 2 || @ Reds || 3–4 || Sims (2–1) || Cosgrove (1–1) || Díaz (23) || 37,714 || 38–46 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 85 || July 3 || Angels || 10–3 || Snell (5–7) || Barría (2–4) || — || 45,101 || 39–46 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 86 || July 4 || Angels || 8–5 || Musgrove (7–2) || Ohtani (7–4) || Hader (19) || 44,725 || 40–46 || W2|- style="background:#bfb;" | 87 || July 5 || Angels || 5–3 || Martinez (4–3) || Webb (1–1) || Hader (20) || 43,401 || 41–46 || W3|- style="background:#fbb;" | 88 || July 7 || Mets || 5–7 || Smith (4–3) || Cosgrove (1–2) || — || 42,712 || 41–47 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 89 || July 8 || Mets || 3–1 || Snell (6–7) || Peterson (2–7) || Hader (21) || 42,647 || 42–47 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 90 || July 9 || Mets || 6–2 || Musgrove (8–2) || Scherzer (8–3) || — || 42,745 || 43–47 || W2|-style="text-align:center; background:#bbcaff;"| colspan="10"|93rd All-Star Game in Seattle, WA|- style="background:#bfb;"| 91 || July 14 || @ Phillies || 8–3 || Darvish (6–6) || Sánchez (0–3) || Hader (22) || 44,028 || 44–47 || W3|- style="background:#fbb;" | 92 || July 15 || @ Phillies || 4–6 || Strahm (6–3) || T. Hill (1–3) || Kimbrel (15) || 43,712 || 44–48 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 93 || July 15 || @ Phillies || 4–9 || Walker (11–3) || Weathers (1–6) || — || 33,132 || 44–49 || L2|- style="background:#fbb;" | 94 || July 16 || @ Phillies || 6–7 || Hoffman (3–1) || T. Hill (1–4) || — || 37,204 || 44–50 || L3|- style="background:#bfb;" | 95 || July 18 || @ Blue Jays || 9–1 || Musgrove (9–2) || Manoah (2–8) || — || 42,680 || 45–50 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 96 || July 19 || @ Blue Jays || 2–0 || Darvish (7–6) || Berríos (8–7) || Hader (23) || 42,948 || 46–50 || W2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 97 || July 20 || @ Blue Jays || 0–4 || Bassitt (10–5) || Snell (6–8) || — || 43,196 || 46–51 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 98 || July 21 || @ Tigers || 5–4 || Lugo (4–4) || Olson (1–4) || Hader (24) || 28,834 || 47–51 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 99 || July 22 || @ Tigers || 14–3 || Wolf (1–0) || Englert (4–3) || — || 31,974 || 48–51 || W2|- style="background:#fbb;" | 100 || July 23 || @ Tigers || 1–3 || Faedo (2–4) || Musgrove (9–3) || Lange (17) || 24,523 || 48–52 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 101 || July 24 || Pirates || 4–8 || Priester (1–1) || Darvish (7–7) || — || 43,419 || 48–53 || L2|- style="background:#bfb;" | 102 || July 25 || Pirates || 5–1 || Snell (7–8) || Hill (7–10) || — || 43,448 || 49–53 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 103 || July 26 || Pirates || 2–3 || Oviedo (4–11) || Lugo (4–5) || Bednar (20) || 41,394 || 49–54 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 104 || July 28 || Rangers || 7–1 || Musgrove (10–3) || Dunning (8–4) || — || 44,241 || 50–54 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 105 || July 29 || Rangers || 4–0 || Darvish (8–7) || Pérez (8–4) || — || 42,677 || 51–54 || W2|- style="background:#bfb;" | 106 || July 30 || Rangers || 5–3 || Snell (8–8) || Leclerc (0–2) || Hader (25) || 42,943 || 52–54 || W3|- style="background:#fbb;" | 107 || July 31 || @ Rockies || 3–4 || Hand (3–1) || Martinez (4–4) || — || 25,582 || 52–55 || L1|- |- style="background:#bfb;" | 108 || August 1 || @ Rockies || 8–5 || Suárez (1–0) || Lambert (2–2) || Hader (26) || 27,417 || 53–55 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 109 || August 2 || @ Rockies || 11–1 || Kerr (1–1) || Freeland (4–12) || — || 28,437 || 54–55 || W2|- style="background:#fbb;" | 110 || August 4 || Dodgers || 5–10 || Brasier (3–0) || Suárez (1–1) || Phillips (14) || 42,930 || 54–56 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 111 || August 5 || Dodgers || 8–3 || Martinez (5–4) || Almonte (3–2) || — || 42,567 || 55–56 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 112 || August 6 || Dodgers || 2–8 || Lynn (8–9) || R. Hill (7–11) || — || 43,306 || 55–57 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 113 || August 7 || Dodgers || 7–13 || Gonsolin (7–4) || Lugo (4–6) || — || 44,455 || 55–58 || L2|- style="background:#fbb;" | 114 || August 8 || @ Mariners || 0–2 || Gilbert (10–5) || Barlow (2–5) || Muñoz (6) || 40,231 || 55–59 || L3|- style="background:#fbb;" | 115 || August 9 || @ Mariners || 1–6 || Brash (8–3) || Wilson (1–1) || — || 39,546 || 55–60 || L4|- style="background:#bfb;" | 116 || August 11 || @ Diamondbacks || 10–5 || Snell (9–8) || Nelson (6–7) || — || 26,210 || 56–60 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 117 || August 12 || @ Diamondbacks || 0–3 || Gallen (12–5) || R. Hill (7–12) || Sewald (22) || 41,351 || 56–61 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 118 || August 13 || @ Diamondbacks || 4–5 || Nelson (6–3) || Suárez (1–2) || Sewald (23) || 29,277 || 56–62 || L2|- style="background:#fbb;" | 119 || August 14 || Orioles || 1–4 || Rodriguez (3–3) || Darvish (8–8) || Bautista (32) || 38,176 || 56–63 || L3|- style="background:#bfb;" | 120 || August 15 || Orioles || 10–3 || Wacha (9–2) || Flaherty (8–8) || — || 35,604 || 57–63 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 121 || August 16 || Orioles || 5–2 || Snell (10–8) || Kremer (11–5) || Hader (27) || 42,318 || 58–63 || W2|- style="background:#fbb;" | 122 || August 17 || Diamondbacks || 1–3 || Gallen (13–5) || R. Hill (7–13) || Martinez (1) || 38,020 || 58–64 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 123 || August 18 || Diamondbacks || 4–0 || Suárez (2–2) || Castro (5–6) || — || 40,945 || 59–64 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 124 || August 19 || Diamondbacks || 4–6 || Kelly (10–5) || Waldron (0–2) || Sewald (26) || 34,220 || 59–65 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 125 || August 19 || Diamondbacks || 1–8 || Jarvis (1–0) || Darvish (8–9) || — || 41,074 || 59–66 || L2|- style="background:#bbb;" | — || August 20 || Diamondbacks || colspan=7| Rescheduled due to Hurricane Hilary;^[10] Moved to August 19|- style="background:#bfb;" | 126 || August 21 || Marlins || 6–2 || Wacha (10–2) || Weathers (1–8) || — || 32,192 || 60–66 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 127 || August 22 || Marlins || 0–3 || Luzardo (9–8) || Snell (10–9) || Robertson (18) || 43,430 || 60–67 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 128 || August 23 || Marlins || 4–0 || Lugo (5–6) || Alcántara (6–11) || — || 33,640 || 61–67 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 129 || August 25 || @ Brewers || 3–7 || Woodruff (3–1) || Darvish (8–10) || — || 33,089 || 61–68 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 130 || August 26 || @ Brewers || 4–5 || Peralta (11–8) || Ávila (0–1) || Williams (31) || 39,945 || 61–69 || L2|- style="background:#fbb;" | 131 || August 27 || @ Brewers || 6–10 || Wilson (6–0) || Wilson (1–2) || — || 36,528 || 61–70 || L3|- style="background:#bfb;"| 132 || August 28 || @ Cardinals || 4–1 || Snell (11–9) || Wainwright (3–10) || Hader (28) || 35,917 || 62–70 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 133 || August 29 || @ Cardinals || 5–6 || Romero (4–1) || Hader (0–2) || — || 36,851 || 62–71 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 134 || August 30 || @ Cardinals || 4–5 || Pallante (4–1) || Hader (0–3) || — || 32,583 || 62–72 || L2|- style="background:#fbb;"| 135 || August 31 || Giants || 2–7 || Manaea (5–5) || Ávila (0–2) || — || 36,639 || 62–73 || L3|- |- style="background:#bfb;"| 136 || September 1 || Giants || 7–3 || Wacha (11–2) || Beck (3–3) || — || 40,326 || 63–73 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 137 || September 2 || Giants || 6–1 || Snell (12–9) || Harrison (1–1) || — || 41,983 || 64–73 || W2|- style="background:#bfb;"| 138 || September 3 || Giants || 4–0 || Lugo (6–6) || Cobb (7–6) || — || 41,050 || 65–73 || W3|- style="background:#fbb;"| 139 || September 4 || Phillies || 7–9 || Walker (15–5) || R. Hill (7–14) || Alvarado (7) || 39,719 || 65–74 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 140 || September 5 || Phillies || 8–0 || Ávila (1–2) || Lorenzen (8–9) || — || 42,970 || 66–74 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;"| 141 || September 6 || Phillies || 1–5 || Wheeler (11–6) || Wacha (11–3) || — || 34,317 || 66–75 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 142 || September 8 || @ Astros || 11–2 || Snell (13–9) || Brown (10–11) || — || 39,516 || 67–75 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 143 || September 9 || @ Astros || 5–7 || Maton (4–3) || Lugo (6–7) || Pressly (30) || 39,452 || 67–76 || L1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 144 || September 10 || @ Astros || 2–12 || France (11–5) || Waldron (0–3) || — || 41,073 || 67–77 || L2|- style="background:#bfb;"| 145 || September 11 || @ Dodgers || 11–8 || Suárez (3–2) || Phillips (1–4) || — || 40,072 || 68–77 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 146 || September 12 || @ Dodgers || 2–11 || Lynn (11–11) || Wacha (11–4) || — || 42,194 || 68–78 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 147 || September 13 || @ Dodgers || 6–1 || Snell (14–9) || Pepiot (2–1) || — || 41,810 || 69–78 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 148 || September 15 || @ Athletics || 8–3 || Lugo (7–7) || Newcomb (1–1) || — || 17,828 || 70–78 || W2|- style="background:#bfb;" | 149 || September 16 || @ Athletics || 5–2 || Waldron (1–3) || Miller (0–3) || Hader (29) || 14,876 || 71–78 || W3|- style="background:#bfb;"| 150 || September 17 || @ Athletics || 10–1 || Ávila (2–2) || Waldichuk (3–8) || — || 8,680 || 72–78 || W4|- style="background:#bfb;"| 151 || September 18 || Rockies || 11–9 || Wacha (12–4) || Blach (3–2) || Hader (30) || 42,062 || 73–78 || W5|- style="background:#bfb;"| 152 || September 19 || Rockies || 2–0 || Hader (1–3) || Kinley (0–3) || — || 39,809 || 74–78 || W6|- style="background:#bfb;"| 153 || September 20 || Rockies || 3–2 || García (2–3) || Anderson (0–6) || Hader (31) || 35,479 || 75–78 || W7|- style="background:#bfb;"| 154 || September 22 || Cardinals || 4–2 || Suárez (4–2) || Liberatore (3–6) || — || 42,983 || 76–78 || W8|- style="background:#fbb;"| 155 || September 23 || Cardinals || 2–5 || Lawrence (1–0) || Barlow (2–6) || — || 42,525 || 76–79 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;"| 156 || September 24 || Cardinals || 12–2 || Wacha (13–4) || Rom (1–4) || — || 42,505 || 77–79 || W1|- style="background:#fbb;" | 157 || September 25 || @ Giants || 1–2 || Webb (11–13) || Suárez (4–3) || — || 28,557 || 77–80 || L1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 158 || September 26 || @ Giants || 4–0 || Lugo (8–7) || Brebbia (3–3) || Hader (32) || 28,183 || 78–80 || W1|- style="background:#bfb;" | 159 || September 27 || @ Giants || 5–2 || Hader (2–3) || Brebbia (3–4) || Cosgrove (1) || 32,151 || 79–80 || W2|- style="background:#bfb;" | style="background:#993333;color:white;"| 160 || style="background:#993333;color:white;"| September 29 || style="background:#993333;color:white;"| @ White Sox || 3–2 || Martinez (6–4) || Cease (7–9) || Hader (33) || 20,491 || style="background:#993333;color:white;"|80–80 || style="background:#993333;color:white;"|W3|- style="background:#bfb;"| 161 || September 30 || @ White Sox || 6–1 || Wacha (14–4) || Clevinger (9–9) || — || 30,118 || 81–80 || W4|- style="background:#bfb;"| 162 || October 1 || @ White Sox || 2–1 || R. Hill (8–14) || Cronin (0–1) || — || 20,588 || 82–80 || W5|-

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Record vs. American League

Roster

2023 San Diego Padres
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

Player statistics

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="20%"	Player	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	G	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	AB	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	R	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	H	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	2B	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	3B	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	HR	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	RBI	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	SB	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	BB	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	AVG	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	SLG
Xander Bogaerts	155	596	83	170	31	2	19	58	19	56	.285	.440
Fernando Tatís Jr.	141	575	91	148	33	1	25	78	29	53	.257	.449
Juan Soto	162	568	97	156	32	1	35	109	12	132	.275	.519
Manny Machado	138	543	75	140	21	0	30	91	3	50	.258	.462
Ha-seong Kim	152	538	84	140	23	0	17	60	38	75	.260	.398
Trent Grisham	153	469	67	93	31	1	13	50	15	75	.198	.352
Jake Cronenworth	127	458	54	105	24	7	10	48	6	46	.229	.378
Gary Sánchez	72	234	33	51	9	0	19	46	0	21	.218	.500
Matt Carpenter	76	188	18	33	12	0	5	31	1	41	.176	.319
Luis Campusano	49	163	27	52	7	0	7	30	0	7	.319	.491
Nelson Cruz	49	143	9	35	5	1	5	23	1	6	.245	.399
Rougned Odor	59	138	21	28	9	0	4	18	2	17	.203	.355
Austin Nola	52	130	9	19	3	0	1	8	0	18	.146	.192
Matthew Batten	43	120	19	31	6	0	2	11	2	17	.258	.358
Garrett Cooper	41	117	14	28	7	0	4	15	0	14	.239	.402
José Azócar	55	91	16	21	6	0	2	9	8	4	.231	.363
Brett Sullivan	33	81	7	17	3	0	1	6	0	4	.210	.284
Brandon Dixon	33	79	10	16	4	0	2	9	1	1	.203	.329
Jurickson Profar	14	44	4	13	2	0	1	7	0	5	.295	.409
Eguy Rosario	11	36	6	9	1	1	2	6	0	1	.250	.500
Ji-man Choi	16	31	3	2	1	0	0	2	0	8	.065	.097
Alfonso Rivas	8	15	2	3	2	0	0	1	0	2	.200	.333
Ben Gamel	6	15	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	.200	.267
Taylor Kohlwey	5	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.154
David Dahl	4	9	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	.111	.444
Adam Engel	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Chandler Seagle	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Totals	162	5401	752	1316	273	14	205	719	137	653	.244	.413
Rank in NL	—	13	6	11	8	13	6	6	5	1	11	7

Source:https://baseball-reference.com/teams/SDP/2023-batting.shtml

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="20%"	Player	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	W	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	L	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	ERA	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	G	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	GS	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	SV	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	IP	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	H	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	R	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	ER	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	BB	bgcolor=#DDDDFF; width="7%"	SO
Blake Snell	14	9	2.25	32	32	0	180.0	115	47	45	99	234
Seth Lugo	8	7	3.57	26	26	0	146.1	140	62	58	36	140
Yu Darvish	8	10	4.56	24	24	0	136.1	134	71	69	43	141
Michael Wacha	14	4	3.22	24	24	0	134.1	113	49	48	43	124
Nick Martinez	6	4	3.43	63	9	1	110.1	99	45	42	40	106
Joe Musgrove	10	3	3.05	17	17	0	97.1	90	35	33	21	97
Luis García	2	3	4.07	61	0	0	59.2	59	30	27	24	53
Josh Hader	2	3	1.28	61	0	33	56.1	32	11	8	30	85
Steven Wilson	1	2	3.91	52	0	0	53.0	35	23	23	27	57
Tom Cosgrove	1	2	1.75	54	0	1	51.1	31	12	10	19	44
Pedro Ávila	2	2	3.22	14	6	0	50.1	43	23	18	25	54
Brent Honeywell Jr.	2	4	4.05	36	0	0	46.2	44	22	21	20	42
Ryan Weathers	1	6	6.25	12	10	0	44.2	55	33	31	17	29
Tim Hill	1	4	5.48	48	0	0	44.1	59	36	27	14	26
Matt Waldron	1	3	4.35	8	6	0	41.1	39	20	20	12	31
Scott Barlow	0	2	3.07	25	0	0	29.1	23	13	10	12	32
Robert Suárez	4	3	4.23	26	0	0	27.2	15	13	13	10	24
Rich Hill	1	4	8.23	10	5	0	27.1	36	28	25	11	25
Ray Kerr	1	1	4.33	22	0	0	27.0	25	15	13	9	35
Drew Carlton	2	1	4.35	11	0	0	20.2	18	12	10	6	18
Domingo Tapia	0	1	3.57	15	0	1	17.2	13	8	7	12	14
Nabil Crismatt	0	1	9.82	7	0	0	11.0	17	12	12	7	9
Adrián Morejón	0	0	7.00	8	1	0	9.0	14	7	7	5	8
Reiss Knehr	0	1	15.88	4	1	0	5.2	10	10	10	5	4
Jackson Wolf	1	0	5.40	1	1	0	5.0	6	3	3	1	1
Alek Jacob	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	1	5
Nick Hernandez	0	0	12.00	2	0	0	3.0	3	4	4	4	5
Brandon Dixon	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
José Espada	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	2	2
José Castillo	0	0	108.00	1	0	0	0.1	2	4	4	2	0
Totals	82	80	3.73	162	162	36	1441.0	1270	648	598	557	1445
Rank in NL	8	7	2	—	—	11	4	2	2	2	10	4

Source:https://baseball-reference.com/teams/SDP/2023-pitching.shtml

Farm system

Level	Manager	W	L	Position
		61	85	4th East
		70	68	2nd South
	Jon Mathews	69	63	3rd East
	Pete Zamora	63	66	3rd South
Rookie	Lukas Ray	30	36	4th West
Rookie	Diego Cedeno	37	17	1st Baseball City
Rookie	Luis Mendez	16	38	8th Baseball City

External links

San Diego Padres official site
2023 San Diego Padres at baseball-reference.com

Notes and References

https://www.espn.com/mlb/attendance/_/year/2023
Web site: 2022-12-08 . Xander Bogaerts signs 11-year deal with Padres; deal pays $280M, sources confirm. 2023-09-30 . ESPN . en.
Web site: 2023-04-20 . Fernando Tatis Jr.'s Padres teammates have his back as he returns. 2023-10-02 . ESPN . en.
Web site: 2023-03-30 . MLB predictions 2023: Expert picks for full baseball standings, playoff fields and World Series champions. 2023-09-30 . CBS Sports . en.
Web site: 2023-03-29. MLB Playoff Odds. 2023-09-30 . FanGraphs . en.
Web site: 2023-03-28 . MLB season preview: Rankings, playoff odds for all 30 teams. 2023-09-30 . ESPN . en.
Web site: 2023-03-28 . MLB predictions 2023: Expert picks for World Series, division winners, MVP and Cy Young awards. 2023-09-30 . USA Today . en.
Web site: Padres 14-3 Tigers (Jul 22, 2023) Game Recap .
Web site: Associated Press . 2022-09-09 . Pitch clocks and shift limits: MLB adopts sweeping rule changes for 2023 . 2022-10-13 . the Guardian . en.
Web site: AZ-SD, TB-LAA, MIA-LAD finales moved from Sun. to Sat. . August 18, 2023 . mlb.com . MLB Advanced Media . August 18, 2023.