The San Diego Padres enter the 2025 MLB season with plenty of uncertainty but no shortage of potential. They’ve retained their core, added key reinforcements, and maintained the aggressive mindset that has made them a consistent contender.

In the eyes of San Diego Padres superstar Fernando Tatis Jr., he’s the best player in Major League Baseball. According to Kevin Acee of the San Diego Tribune, Tatis Jr. had this to say about his ranking in the MLB (h/t San Diego Padres on SI’s Maren Angus-Coombs):

This is quite a prediction considering that the Padres were so good a year ago. But Leitch has pointed to the lack of moves that San Diego made this offseason while others in the