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Padres Designate Eguy Rosario, Tyler Wade For Assignment

By Anthony Franco | March 27, 2025 at 11:20am CDT

The Padres finalized their Opening Day roster. As previously reported, they selected catcher Martín Maldonado and infielders Jose Iglesias and Yuli Gurriel onto the roster. San Diego created one vacancy on Tuesday when they returned Rule 5 pick Juan Nunez to the Orioles. They cleared the final two spots by designating out-of-options infielders Eguy Rosario and Tyler Wade for assignment.

Both moves were expected. San Diego announced on Monday that outfielder Brandon Lockridge had made the club. Maldonado, Iglesias, Gurriel, Lockridge and Gavin Sheets would round out the bench and designated hitter position. That left no room for Rosario and Wade, neither of whom could be sent to the minors without going on waivers.

Rosario, 25, has taken exactly 100 major league plate appearances over the past three seasons. He’s a .245/.283/.500 hitter. He has hit five homers but struck out 34 times while drawing four walks. The righty-swinging infielder hit .200 with three homers but 16 strikeouts over 61 plate appearances this spring. He owns a .275/.362/.502 slash line in nearly 1200 career Triple-A plate appearances. There’s a decent chance he’ll land elsewhere on waivers.

Wade appeared in 90 games last season in a utility role. He hit .217/.285/.239 through 156 plate appearances. The Padres signed him to a $900K deal to avoid arbitration in his final year of control. That included a $1MM club option for 2026. Wade has more than five years of service time, so he could decline a minor league assignment while retaining that salary if he goes unclaimed. He hit .209 with one homer in 19 Spring Training games.

Meanwhile, left-hander Omar Cruz cracked the Opening Day bullpen. San Diego added him to the 40-man roster in November to keep him out of the Rule 5 draft. He’ll make his big league debut with his first appearance of the season. The 26-year-old southpaw worked 6 2/3 innings of three-run ball in Spring Training. He pitched mostly in a long relief role last year in the upper minors. Cruz combined for a 3.96 ERA with an excellent 32.3% strikeout rate over 86 1/3 innings between the top two minor league levels. He’ll provide a long relief option out of Mike Shildt’s bullpen with Bryan Hoeing and Jhony Brito each starting the year on the injured list.

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39 Comments

  1. Gwynning

    7 months ago

    LFGSD! Happy Opening Day everybodyyyy

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    • Jesse Chavez enthusiast

      7 months ago

      Happy opening day Gwynning! I wouldn’t mind Eguy Rosario joining the Braves honestly, anything but Arcia please!! No matter who wins today I hope it’s at least an entertaining watch! GG good sir!

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      • Gwynning

        7 months ago

        Really cool standing ovation for Profar leading off, Jesse!

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    • James Midway

      7 months ago

      I’m eating breakfast a block from the stadium right now. LFGSD

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    • Brew’88

      7 months ago

      L F ing G S D

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    • Steinbrenner2728

      7 months ago

      Happy opening day to you too, Gwynning. Happy opening day to all as well!

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    • Friarguy19

      7 months ago

      LFGSD! Gonna have to surprise people again!

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      • Gwynning

        7 months ago

        Go slay some dragons for Pete, Pads.
        🙂

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        • Jesse Chavez enthusiast

          7 months ago

          @gwynning

          Yeah I saw that! That was a really nice gesture from you guys, you can really tell Profar meant a lot to Padres fans! It was an entertaining game even though my favorite team lost. Unfortunately for me I got my first look at the “Hector Neris experience” and it felt like slamming head into the wall over and over and over again. I hope you guys surprise some people this year! Even though the Friars didn’t sign any of the biggest names this off-season they still have a great core of guys!

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        • Brew’88

          7 months ago

          @Jesse You’re gonna love Pro, and even though he only went 1 for 5 yesterday, he fouled off about 400 pitches and made pitchers work hard for outs. Huge fan favorite in SD.

          With Profar add and if Acuna comes back at least 90% I think that the Braves have the scariest lineup in MLB.

          At the end of a great story on Profar this morning in the SD Union Tribune:

          [Asked if he, too, was sad that the Padres didn’t bring him back, Profar paused for several moments. Then he looked around the Braves clubhouse at his new teammates. “I think this team wouldn’t give me a chance to be sad,” he said. “No. I’m not sad. I’m in a great place.”]

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  2. mikevm3

    7 months ago

    come home Tyler

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  3. Brew’88

    7 months ago

    Congrats to Omar Cruz, Pads need some long-relief and L arm in pen

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  4. Ronk325

    7 months ago

    There were rumors yesterday that the Yankees were looking to acquire a RH bat and Rosario was a name mentioned. I wonder if a deal gets done now?

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    • Brew’88

      7 months ago

      Eguy will definitely get picked up by any number of teams.

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      • Herc33

        7 months ago

        Kyle Glasser just tweeted that Preller said they are weighing multiple offers for him so looks like he’s going to get traded somewhere

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        • Brew’88

          7 months ago

          That’s a hope and I’ve been keeping an eye out for a deal He’s major-league ready so that could bring a descent med/low end prospect.

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        • James Midway

          7 months ago

          Hopefully they can get something for him

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        • padrepapi

          7 months ago

          Glad they’ll get something for him but I think it’s very likely going to be a trade the Padres lose.

          It will be great if he gets 400-500 PA’s and establishes himself like I expect him to. Hopefully an AL team.

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  5. ChetLemonaid

    7 months ago

    C’mon Scott Harris…

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    • Motor City Beach Bum

      7 months ago

      Amen.

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  6. wallabeechamp

    7 months ago

    I was listening to, I think, the BA podcast ‘s NL West preview & one of the hosts had an outstanding analogy for what the Padres are.
    He said that the Padres were like a mullet.
    ‘Dodgers in front, Rockies in the back’
    It helped me to understand why some people are so delusional about San Diego’s chances.

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    • Brew’88

      7 months ago

      hey glad to hear you’re seeking help

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  7. That Baseball Fan

    7 months ago

    Does “Designated for assignment” mean they’ve already cleared waivers and are off the 40-man but still a member of the Padres? If not, how long is the period until the waivers are cleared? I assume this means the Padres want to keep both players, otherwise they’d be released?

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    • Informed Sportsball Discussion

      7 months ago

      The DFA starts the process of the club either working out a trade with interested teams, the players clearing waivers and being assigned to the minors, or the players clearing waivers and being released.

      I think a team has to go through the DFA process for out-of-option players regardless. I don’t know if they can just release players outright. I could be wrong.

      The players have not yet cleared waivers, and it is pretty likely they will not. The good news is that means the Pads may be able to get something back for them.

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  8. holecamels35

    7 months ago

    Still cracks me up when people say “spring training doesn’t matter”. Clearly these guys won roster spots because of it along with tons of other players around the league. May not stick but that’s how you figure out your 4th OF and 5th starter/low leverage pen arms a lot of the time. Options come into play as well but can’t just keep an awful player because he has no minor league options.

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  9. chrisjaybecker

    7 months ago

    They found out Eguy was not THE guy…

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    • Easy as 1 2 3

      7 months ago

      Should have went with THEE GUY

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    • Brew’88

      7 months ago

      nor the Dude. His Dudeness, or, uh, Duder, or El Duderino

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    • Bart Harley Jarvis

      7 months ago

      He might want to rebrand himself as ‘eGuy’.

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  10. Easy as 1 2 3

    7 months ago

    Aren’t you fun at parties. Opening day and you’re already sad miserable whiney before guys even take at bats

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    • padrepapi

      7 months ago

      Yup, some folks glasses are filled with piss and vinegar. Cheers!

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  11. Old York

    7 months ago

    Rosario’s .500 slugging in the majors and .502 in Triple-A scream he’s got untapped power. Teams might miss that he’s a young, cheap hitter who could explode with a tweak to cut his strikeouts—think of him as a discount lottery ticket.

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  12. Longtimecoming

    7 months ago

    Hey are you the new Towinagain?

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  13. Butter Biscuits

    7 months ago

    0-1 by about 4pm today

    1
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    • Easy as 1 2 3

      7 months ago

      LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

      I hope you put a lot of money down on that bet and lost it all. You’re probably punching air right now

      LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

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      • Butter Biscuits

        7 months ago

        1 and 1 after today’s game

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        • Easy as 1 2 3

          7 months ago

          LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

          Did you lose more money son?

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  14. Snakessweep

    7 months ago

    1-0 by about 4pm today

    There, fixed it for u

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  15. Snakessweep

    7 months ago

    2 and 0 after today’s game

    There. Fixed it for u… Again

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