On Monday, in a 4-3 loss to the Baltimore Orioles, the San Diego Padres sustained a devastating blow to their bullpen depth, with Jason Adam set to miss the rest of the 2025 season after rupturing his quad tendon. This just shows how important depth is, especially for a team with championship aspirations like the Padres have. This explains why they brought back a former World Series champion that they cut earlier in the season — catcher Martin Maldonado.

According to Jeff Sanders of San Diego Union-Tribune, the Padres have brought back Maldonado, the 2022 World Series champion, into the fray. The catch, however, is that Maldonado only signed a minor-league deal, and he'll only be deployed by the Padres in a big-league capacity in the event of an injury.

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