Padres Announcement on $280 Million All-Star Casts Bleak Shadow On Pennant Hopes

[ad_1] The San Diego Padres haven't received the Nationwide League West division pennant since 2006, whereas the Los Angeles Dodgers have received it in 11 of the final 12 years. However this season the Padres appeared to have their greatest shot at overtaking their Southern California rivals, even surging into first place for 3 days in August, twice.

On Friday, nevertheless, the Padres noticed their outlook get considerably darker once they introduced that four-time All-Star shortstop Xander Bogaerts had been positioned on the 10-day injured checklist with what the staff described as "a non-displaced fracture in his left foot."

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - AUGUST 27: Xander Bogaerts #2 of the San Diego Padres reacts after he fouled a ball off his ankle in the course of the eighth inning in opposition to the Seattle Mariners at T-Cell Park on August... SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - AUGUST 27: Xander Bogaerts #2 of the San Diego Padres reacts after he fouled a ball off his ankle in the course of the eighth inning in opposition to the Seattle Mariners at T-Cell Park on August 27, 2025 in Seattle, Washington. Extra Steph Chambers/Getty Photographs The damage seems to have occurred on Wednesday in a sport in Seattle in opposition to the Mariners when the 32-year-old, who signed an 11-year, $280 million free agent contract with the Padres earlier than the 2023 season, drove a foul ball off of his left foot.

Xander Bogaerts will miss the remainder of the common season with a non-displaced fracture in his left foot, per the staff, after he fouled a ball off his foot Wednesday.

The Padres are hopeful he can return for the Postseason. pic.twitter.com/AKdoB1cjas

— Simply Baseball (@JustBB_Media) August 29, 2025 Although he was positioned on the 10-day IL, Bogaerts seems more likely to miss the rest of the common season, or most of it, and hopes to return for the postseason, in keeping with a report by The Athletic.

"Couple weeks, and trying to be again, hopefully, proper earlier than the common season ends," Bogaerts stated on Friday, as quoted by The Athletic.

Whereas Bogaerts on the plate has had a usually mediocre season, with 10 residence runs, down from 19 in his first season in San Diego, and a .717 OPS, he has additionally stolen a profession excessive 20 bases and is credited with seven outs above common on protection.

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Because the Padres make a push to catch the Dodgers, nevertheless, they lack a real alternative for Bogaerts.

Slick-fielding 13-year veteran Jose Iglesias seems more likely to get a lot of the enjoying time that will have belonged to Bogaerts, however brings a painful .578 OPS and a minus-0.3 wins above alternative quantity.

The Padres recalled 30-year-old journeyman shortstop Mason McCoy from the Triple-A El Paso Chihuahuas to take Bogaerts' roster spot. However McCoy, regardless of posting a stable .804 OPS at El Paso this season, has managed only a .468 OPS in 63 plate appearances on the massive league degree.