After the conclusion of the World Series, teams across Major League Baseball are faced with decisions as some players head toward free agency while others have to come off the disabled lists (which doesn’t exist in the offseason). The Padres had seven players on their disabled lists, without that many available slots on the 40-man ready for them. This means that a flurry of roster moves had to be made in short succession which changes the look of the fringe pieces of the organization.
The first order of business is free agency. Righty pitchers Jhoulys Chacin, Jordan Lyles, and Craig Stammen entered free agency along with shortstop Erick Aybar.