The Padres announced that they have selected the contract of right-hander Logan Gillaspie from Triple-A. In corresponding moves, left-hander Omar Cruz was optioned to Triple-A, and left-hander Tom Cosgrove was designated for assignment.
Gillaspie first joined San Diego’s organization as a waiver claim off the Red Sox roster in November 2023, and he tossed 11 1/3 MLB innings (to a 7.15 ERA) last season. The Padres didn’t tender him a contract after the season, but then re-signed Gillaspie to a minors deal in December, and the righty has 2 2/3 innings of 6.75 ERA ball under his belt at Triple-A El Paso so far in the young minor league season.
Gillaspie is out of minor league options, so he’ll have to be designated for assignment the next time the Padres want to send him back to the minors. This could happen in relatively short order, as it would seem like Gillaspie has been promoted just to give San Diego a fresh arm in the bullpen. Cruz tossed 68 pitches over three innings of relief in yesterday’s 6-4 loss to the Cubs, and the Padres don’t have another off-day until Thursday. It wouldn’t be a shock to see Cruz recalled before the week is over, and once he’s had time to rest up from his extended outing.
Cosgrove is the other pitcher involved in today’s set of roster moves, and the 28-year-old heads to DFA limbo for the first time in his pro career. A 12th-round pick for San Diego in the 2017 draft, Cosgrove had an excellent 1.75 ERA in 51 1/3 innings during his 2023 rookie season, though secondary metrics indicated that Cosgrove enjoyed a lot of good fortune in managing that stellar ERA.
The luck turned in the other direction last season, as Cosgrove had only an 11.66 ERA in 14 2/3 big league innings, and he also struggled at the Triple-A level. In 2025, Cosgrove got off to another rough start, with a 7.36 ERA and four walks in his first 3 2/3 innings of work in El Paso. It was enough to make him the odd man out on the Padres’ 40-man roster, and Cosgrove will have to accept an outright assignment if he clears waivers since he doesn’t the service time or the past outright on his resume that would allow him to reject the assignment in favor of free agency.
Cosgrove started off so awesome and I don’t know what happened last year he just started getting torched and hasn’t seemed to recover. I hope they can hold on to him and he can put it together again.
Well said JM! Go Pads
Yeah, Cos hasn’t shown much so far this spring either.
SPs haven’t given much in Chicago last two days forcing Omar Cruz, Jacob and Peralta to be heavily used. They needed Gillespie to back up Hart today (or King tomorrow) but I’m guessing Cruz will be back soon.
Hope the bats show up today
I saw Omar Cruz’s MLB debut at PETCO. He closed out the second win against Cleveland. He has a great left arm! GO Padres. .
And Hart didn’t make it out of the first inning today.
Padres 3,4,5 didnt fair too well in Chicago. Vasquez walked five in 4IPs, Pivetta walked three and gave up six hits in 3IPs, Hart didnt get out of the first. It will be difficult to keep it rolling with that rotation.
Agree! For a time, Tom Cosgrove was the go-to lefty out of the Padres bullpen.
Im surprised he’s not related to Collin gillaspie and the Tennessee gillaspie
Where’s the headline that says Yuli Gurriel retires?
My guess is that’s tomorrow’s news!
Tomorrow’s news might be a trade for a 5th SP, or Kolek’s call-up. Can’t afford another Hart trainwreck
Not really a surprise.
Yuli Gurriel had an RBI pinch-hit single this season during the Padres 1-0 win against Atlanta. Without that knock….perhaps the Padres don’t win that game and SWEEP that series. He deserves more than three series’.
To be honest I will be surprised if Yuli and Heyward are on the roster by the end of May.
I’m hoping they succeed, or if not a decision is made sooner than end of May as by then too much damage would have been done
Pitchers have to stay a minimum of 15 days in the minors once sent down, so they couldn’t recall Cruz until then.