The San Diego Padres start their 56th season in Major League Baseball and 20th year at Petco Park on Thursday, and with any new season there are changes.
The Padres hired Mike Shildt as their new manager in November and traded for starting pitcher Dylan Cease just a few days before the official start to the season. Some familiar things are Fernando Tatis Jr. returning to play right field, Don Orsillo and Mark Grant on TV, Jesse Agler and Tony Gwynn Jr. on the radio and games being available for streaming on Padres.TV for the second straight year.
Here’s everything you need to know on how to watch and listen to Padres games this year. Plus, find all Padres coverage at sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/padres.
TV
Padres TV, the channel airing Padres games, is now available on AT&T U-verse (Channel 781 or 1781), Cox (Channel 83), Spectrum (Channel 305 or 443) and DirecTV (Channel 694-3). Select Padres games will be available on national television networks.
- As part of “Sunday Night Baseball,” ESPN will broadcast the Padres’ games on April 14 (Los Angeles Dodgers) and May 19 (Atlanta Braves).
- Fox Sports will air Saturday games on March 30 (San Francisco Giants), May 18 (Atlanta Braves), June 22 (Milwaukee Brewers) and July 13 (Atlanta Braves).
- FS1 will show games on June 5 (Los Angeles Angels), July 27 (Baltimore Orioles) and Aug. 19 (Minnesota Twins).
- TBS will broadcast the April 9 game against the Chicago Cubs.
- Games and times are subject to change, and in past years, games have been added to the national TV schedule. For the entire Padres schedule visit padres.com.
Streaming
Fubo, a streaming service, will carry Padres TV.
Once again, Padres games will be available to stream live and on-demand on smart TVs, mobile devices and personal computers. Friar faithful in San Diego can subscribe to (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=8b64ff35-2d21-481e-88ae-8562dded85bd&cid=1ffe15d6-eb53-11e9-b4d2-06948452ae1a';
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Don Orsillo and Mark Grant will call the games, with Bob Scanlan and Mariluz Cook serving as sideline reporters. As part of its “Friday Night Baseball” series, Apple TV+ will stream the June 28 interleague game between the Padres and Boston Red Sox. For the seventh year in a row, all games will be broadcast on the Padres’ flagship radio station 97.3 FM. Jesse Agler and Tony Gwynn Jr. will be the primary radio broadcasters on the radio side. Once again, XEMO-860 AM La Ponderosa will air Padres games in Spanish. Radio
