SAN DIEGO -- The Padres hired a new manager on Thursday -- then made a handful of key decisions that will shape Craig Stammen’s first roster.

Right-handers Dylan Cease and Michael King were both extended qualifying offers ahead of Thursday’s deadline, and will now have a week to decide whether to accept those offers (worth $22.025 million over one year).

The Padres also picked up the one-year, $6.5 million team option on Ramón Laureano , who figures to serve as their starting left fielder in 2026.

Thursday -- five days after the end of the World Series -- was the deadline for teams and players to make decisions on contract options and for teams to extend qualifying offers to players. Neither Robert Suarez nor Luis Arraez was extended a qualifying offer.

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