Padres Bracing for Season-Ending News Before MLB Playoffs

Ramon Laureano Update Emerges on Sunday

Laureano suffered a fractured right finger while swinging a bat on Sept. 24 in a game against the Milwaukee Brewers and landed on the injured list a day later.

While the Padres had been holding out hope for his eventual return at some point during the postseason, Laureano revealed that he doesn’t anticipate it coming. He announced that he would be in a splint for three weeks and his return is “delusional hope.” (h/t Jeff Sanders of San Diego Union-Tribune)

With Laureano’s recent announcement, the Padres lineup will be heading into the postseason shorthanded without the hope of his return. Fortunately for San Diego, Laureano has a 6.5 million dollar club option in the offseason, which the team will likely pick up given his production. However, in the short term, the Padres batting order will have to step up in the postseason.

Laureano’s 2025 season has been a net positive for him, as disappointing as it is that it has come to an unfortunate end due to injury. He has seemingly returned to the offensive numbers he produced in the earlier stages of his career after experiencing a drop-off in production from 2022–23.