Nick Castellanos or Richie Palacios
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| Nick Castellanos RF,DH - FA  | Richie Palacios 2B,LF - TB  | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 115 | 288 |
| Runs | 9 | 42 |
| Hits | 22 | 65 |
| Singles | 13 | 46 |
| Doubles | 5 | 12 |
| Triples | 0 | 2 |
| Home Runs | 4 | 5 |
| RBI | 20 | 39 |
| Stolen Bases | 2 | 11 |
| Caught Stealing | 0 | 5 |
| Walks | 5 | 39 |
| Strikeouts | 34 | 61 |
| Batting Average | .191 | .226 |
| On Base Pct | .221 | .322 |
| Slugging Pct | .339 | .333 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .560 | .656 |
| Nick Castellanos RF,DH - FA | Richie Palacios 2B,LF - TB | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 345 | 173 |
| Runs | 43 | 24 |
| Hits | 86 | 41 |
| Singles | 55 | 29 |
| Doubles | 17 | 7 |
| Triples | 1 | 0 |
| Home Runs | 12 | 4 |
| RBI | 47 | 17 |
| Stolen Bases | 3 | 8 |
| Caught Stealing | 1 | 1 |
| Walks | 22 | 21 |
| Strikeouts | 86 | 39 |
| Batting Average | .249 | .235 |
| On Base Pct | .295 | .317 |
| Slugging Pct | .409 | .346 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .704 | .663 |
| Nick Castellanos RF,DH - FA | Richie Palacios 2B,LF - TB | |
| News | ||
| Nick Castellanos was designated for assignment by the San Diego Padres on Wednesday. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jun 3rd | Richie Palacios went 2-for-3 with a double, a walk, two RBI and a stolen base in Saturday's 3-2 victory over the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Aug 9th | |
| Nick Castellanos went 1-for-3 with a home run and three RBI in the Padres 7-4 win over the Mariners on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 17th | Richie Palacios went 2-for-4 with a home run, a walk, two runs scored and two RBI in Monday's 13-9 win over the Colorado Rockies. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Aug 4th | |
| Nick Castellanos hit a game-tying, two-run home run in the ninth inning on Sunday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Mon, May 11th | Richie Palacios went 1-for-2 with a three-run home run in Friday's 11-3 win over the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 24th | |
| Nick Castellanos went 1-for-2 with a home run and two RBI in the Padres 5-4 loss against the Cubs on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th | Richie Palacios went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Red Sox with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th | |
| Padres manager Craig Stammen said he expects to give Nick Castellanos time as the designated hitter as well as in the outfield and at first base. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 15th | Richie Palacios went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Friday's 7-2 win over the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th | |
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Nick Castellanos RF,DH - FA | Richie Palacios 2B,LF - TB | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (5-12) | #100 | |||
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (5-9) | #122 | |||
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ STL | Dustin May (6-8) | #44 | |||
| Mon, Mar 30th | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison (10-3) | #54 | |||
| Tue, Mar 31st | @ MIL | Brandon Woodruff (2-2) | ||||
| Wed, Apr 1st | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (14-5) | #6 | |||
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ MIN | Bailey Ober (7-4) | #108 | |||
| Sat, Apr 4th | @ MIN | Mick Abel (1-2) | ||||
| Sun, Apr 5th | @ MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7) | #358 | |||
| Mon, Apr 6th | vs CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-6) | #179 | |||
| Tue, Apr 7th | vs CHC | Javier Assad (6-1) | #165 | |||
| Wed, Apr 8th | vs CHC | Colin Rea (8-8) | #169 | |||
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs NYY | Luis Gil (1-2) | #408 | |||
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs NYY | Max Fried (4-4) | #17 | |||
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler (12-6) | #14 | |||
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ CWS | Noah Schultz (3-9) | #382 | |||
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ CWS | Sean Burke (7-6) | #78 | |||
| Thu, Apr 16th | @ CWS | Jordan Leasure | ||||
| Fri, Apr 17th | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (6-9) | #116 | |||
| Sat, Apr 18th | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (9-11) | #5 | |||
| Sun, Apr 19th | @ PIT | Mitch Keller (6-8) | ||||
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (6-8) | #219 | |||
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs CIN | Chase Burns (14-3) | #22 | |||
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs CIN | Brandon Williamson (2-3) | #277 | |||
| Fri, Apr 24th | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (9-6) | #40 | |||
| Sat, Apr 25th | vs MIN | Bailey Ober (7-4) | #108 | |||
| Sun, Apr 26th | vs MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7) | #358 | |||
| Mon, Apr 27th | @ CLE | Parker Messick (10-8) | #32 | |||
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (5-14) | #46 | |||
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (12-7) | #20 | |||
| Fri, May 1st | vs SF | Robbie Ray (11-7) | #83 | |||
| Sat, May 2nd | vs SF | Landen Roupp (8-13) | #74 | |||
| Sun, May 3rd | vs SF | Tyler Mahle (5-10) | #68 | |||
| Mon, May 4th | vs TOR | Eric Lauer (8-6) | #227 | |||
| Tue, May 5th | vs TOR | Kevin Gausman (8-11) | #23 | |||
| Wed, May 6th | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin (3-4) | ||||
| Thu, May 7th | @ BOS | Jake Bennett (9-6) | #92 | |||
| Fri, May 8th | @ BOS | Connelly Early (7-5) | #214 | |||
| Sun, May 10th | @ BOS | Payton Tolle (8-6) | #27 | |||
| Mon, May 11th | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (8-11) | #23 | |||
| Tue, May 12th | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (3-4) | ||||
| Wed, May 13th | @ TOR | Dylan Cease (9-5) | #10 | |||
| Fri, May 15th | vs MIA | Janson Junk (6-8) | #117 | |||
| Sat, May 16th | vs MIA | Sandy Alcantara (13-8) | #59 | |||
| Sun, May 17th | vs MIA | Eury Perez (7-10) | #50 | |||
| Mon, May 18th | vs BAL | Trevor Rogers (9-9) | #56 | |||
| Tue, May 19th | vs BAL | Kyle Bradish (7-12) | #53 | |||
| Wed, May 20th | vs BAL | Shane Baz (5-14) | #64 | |||
| Fri, May 22nd | @ NYY | Gerrit Cole (7-7) | #19 | |||
| Sun, May 24th | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (5-8) | #233 | |||
| Mon, May 25th | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish (7-12) | #53 | |||
| Tue, May 26th | @ BAL | Shane Baz (5-14) | #64 | |||
| Wed, May 27th | @ BAL | Trey Gibson (1-3) | #332 | |||
| Fri, May 29th | vs LAA | Walbert Urena (8-9) | #243 | |||
| Sat, May 30th | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (4-8) | #39 | |||
| Sun, May 31st | vs LAA | Jack Kochanowicz (2-5) | ||||
| Mon, Jun 1st | vs DET | Ty Madden | #269 | |||
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs DET | Jack Flaherty (3-8) | #101 | |||
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs DET | Troy Melton (7-3) | #51 | |||
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ MIA | Ryan Gusto (1-3) | #154 | |||
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ MIA | Lake Bachar (1-3) | #248 | |||
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ MIA | Sandy Alcantara (13-8) | #59 | |||
| Mon, Jun 8th | vs BOS | Connelly Early (7-5) | #214 | |||
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs BOS | Payton Tolle (8-6) | #27 | |||
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs BOS | Jake Bennett (9-6) | #92 | |||
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ LAA | Sam Aldegheri (3-4) | #428 | |||
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ LAA | Jose Soriano (11-7) | #36 | |||
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ LAA | Grayson Rodriguez (4-5) | #109 | |||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ LAD | Eric Lauer (8-6) | #227 | |||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ LAD | Justin Wrobleski (11-5) | #134 | |||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ LAD | Shohei Ohtani (8-2) | #1 | |||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs WSH | PJ Poulin (3-0) | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (12-5) | #61 | |||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs WSH | Andrew Alvarez (2-6) | #144 | |||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | vs KC | Michael Wacha (8-8) | #69 | |||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs KC | Luinder Avila (5-4) | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs KC | Noah Cameron (9-8) | #67 | |||
| Thu, Jun 25th | vs KC | Seth Lugo (6-7) | #155 | |||
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs ARI | Zac Gallen (3-9) | #177 | |||
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs ARI | |||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs ARI | Merrill Kelly (9-12) | #129 | |||
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ KC | Noah Cameron (9-8) | #67 | |||
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ KC | Seth Lugo (6-7) | #155 | |||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | @ KC | Stephen Kolek (4-3) | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | @ HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-7) | #200 | |||
| Sat, Jul 4th | @ HOU | Hunter Brown (4-3) | #26 | |||
| Sun, Jul 5th | @ HOU | Peter Lambert (8-7) | #164 | |||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler (12-6) | #14 | |||
| Tue, Jul 7th | vs NYY | Will Warren (8-6) | #57 | |||
| Wed, Jul 8th | vs NYY | Gerrit Cole (7-7) | #19 | |||
| Thu, Jul 9th | vs NYY | Paul Blackburn (7-2) | #145 | |||
| Fri, Jul 10th | vs SEA | Luis Castillo (4-10) | #97 | |||
| Sat, Jul 11th | vs SEA | Logan Gilbert (11-7) | #13 | |||
| Sun, Jul 12th | vs SEA | Emerson Hancock (7-8) | #65 | |||
| Fri, Jul 17th | @ BOS | Eduardo Rivera (0-1) | #253 | |||
| Sat, Jul 18th | @ BOS | Patrick Sandoval (1-3) | #125 | |||
| Sun, Jul 19th | @ BOS | Sonny Gray (16-4) | #25 | |||
| Mon, Jul 20th | @ TOR | Dylan Cease (9-5) | #10 | |||
| Tue, Jul 21st | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (8-11) | #23 | |||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | @ TOR | Braydon Fisher (3-4) | #143 | |||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | @ TOR | Shane Bieber (5-2) | #141 | |||
| Fri, Jul 24th | vs CLE | Joey Cantillo (9-7) | #79 | |||
| Sat, Jul 25th | vs CLE | Tanner Bibee (5-14) | #46 | |||
| Sun, Jul 26th | vs CLE | Parker Messick (10-8) | #32 | |||
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs TEX | Cal Quantrill (6-5) | #197 | |||
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs TEX | MacKenzie Gore (7-10) | #35 | |||
| Thu, Jul 30th | vs TEX | Cole Winn | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | vs CWS | Erick Fedde (7-8) | #239 | |||
| Sat, Aug 1st | vs CWS | Jordan Hicks (2-1) | #217 | |||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | vs CWS | Anthony Kay (9-6) | #173 | |||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | @ COL | Michael Lorenzen (3-11) | #199 | |||
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ COL | Gabriel Hughes (0-6) | #414 | |||
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ COL | Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8) | #436 | |||
| Fri, Aug 7th | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert (11-7) | #13 | |||
| Sat, Aug 8th | @ SEA | George Kirby (9-10) | #24 | |||
| Sun, Aug 9th | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (7-8) | #65 | |||
| Mon, Aug 10th | @ ATH | Jacob Lopez (5-4) | #175 | |||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ ATH | Mason Barnett (1-4) | #434 | |||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ ATH | Jack Perkins (3-10) | #138 | |||
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (5-4) | #110 | |||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs BAL | Kyle Bradish (7-12) | #53 | |||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs BAL | Trevor Rogers (9-9) | #56 | |||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs BAL | Brandon Young (9-3) | #167 | |||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs TOR | Jose Soriano (11-7) | #36 | |||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs TOR | Max Scherzer (1-7) | #149 | |||
| Thu, Aug 20th | vs TOR | Shane Bieber (5-2) | #141 | |||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ BAL | Trevor Rogers (9-9) | #56 | |||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ BAL | Brandon Young (9-3) | #167 | |||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ BAL | Shane Baz (5-14) | #64 | |||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ DET | Framber Valdez (8-9) | #45 | |||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ DET | Jackson Jobe (1-1) | #189 | |||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ DET | Troy Melton (7-3) | #51 | |||
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs SD | Casey Mize (5-8) | #41 | |||
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs SD | Walker Buehler (8-6) | #212 | |||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs SD | Robbie Ray (11-7) | #83 | |||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs NYM | Robert Stock (0-3) | #205 | |||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs NYM | Sean Manaea (4-6) | #58 | |||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs NYM | Christian Scott (4-4) | #60 | |||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | @ TEX | Cal Quantrill (6-5) | #197 | |||
| Fri, Sep 4th | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (5-10) | #120 | |||
| Sat, Sep 5th | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (9-9) | #7 | |||
| Sun, Sep 6th | @ TEX | MacKenzie Gore (7-10) | #35 | |||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ ATL | |||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ ATL | |||||
| Thu, Sep 10th | @ ATL | |||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | vs HOU | |||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | vs HOU | |||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | vs HOU | |||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs ATH | |||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs ATH | |||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | vs ATH | |||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs BOS | |||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs BOS | |||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs BOS | |||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ NYY | |||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ NYY | |||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ NYY | |||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ PHI | |||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ PHI | |||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ PHI | |||||
