Sources: Padres, quiet all winter, add RHP Pivetta After what had been a quiet offseason, the Padres filled a clear need in their starting rotation Wednesday, agreeing to terms on a four-year, $55 million contract with veteran right-hander Nick Pivetta, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan.

Playoff hopes over, Padres vow to ‘grow from this’ With the Padres out of postseason contention, it marks just the second time in the wild-card era (since 1995) that the teams with the top three payrolls (Mets, Yankees and Padres) all missed the playoffs.