MLB player prop bets and odds for Manny Machado on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, as the San Diego Padres take on the Cleveland Guardians.

MLB player prop bets and odds for Luis Arraez on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, as the San Diego Padres take on the Cleveland Guardians.

The San Diego Padres might have been the best team in baseball last October. We’ll never know for sure. There was the agonizing, 24-inning scoreless streak that ended their run. There was the quiet winter that ensued.

At Petco Park, they couldn’t quite believe it. Gavin Sheets, a non-roster invitee to Padres Spring Training, had just driven in his fourth run of the night with his third hit -- all three of them scorched off the bat of the hulking 28-year-old slugger.

Here are three of the most surprising Opening Day roster decisions by the San Diego Padres for the 2025 season.

The San Diego Padres beat the Atlanta Braves 7-4 to cap off a spectacular Opening Day. Per president of baseball operations AJ Preller, the roster fans saw bea

Five games and 14 at-bats is a small sample size but things couldn't be going any better for Gavin Sheets or his new team.

Sheets went 3-for-3 with two doubles, a walk, two runs and four RBI in Monday's 7-2 victory over the Guardians.