The San Diego Padres placed outfielder Ramon Laureano on the 60-day injured list Friday following surgery to repair a torn labrum in his right hip, effectively ending his season.
The injury represents another setback for San Diego’s offense, which entered Friday’s games ranked dead last in Major League Baseball with a .216 team batting average and just 235 runs scored.
Laureano had been dealing with hip discomfort throughout the season while posting career-low offensive numbers, batting just .203 with seven home runs and 21 RBIs across 53 games.
“It’s a big loss,” Padres manager Craig Stammen said Friday. “It was a guy we were counting on a lot coming into the season, and the guy that we had batting leadoff for a while. He’s been in a little bit of (an offensive) funk lately. Maybe that’s a reason for it, but unfortunate that he had to go have surgery and have it taken care of.”
The outfield loss marks the second for San Diego this week, though for different circumstances. The team also officially released struggling veteran Nick Castellanos on Friday after placing him on waivers earlier in the week.
The 31-year-old Laureano has compiled a .236 batting average with 16 home runs during 103 games over his two seasons with San Diego. Throughout his major league career, he has maintained a .250 average with 113 homers and 349 RBIs while playing for the Athletics (2018-23), Cleveland Guardians (2023-24), Atlanta Braves (2024), Orioles (2025) and Padres.
The injury may signal the end of Laureano’s time in San Diego. Acquired from Baltimore at last season’s trade deadline, he becomes a free agent when the current season concludes.
