The San Diego Padres have signed catcher Elias Díaz to a one-year contract through the 2025 season with a mutual option for 2026, President of Baseball Operations and General Manager A.J. Preller announced today.

Sizing up the Padres’ 40-man roster heading into the 2025 season: Elías Díaz was released in August after five years in Colorado and finished the season as the No. 2 catcher on San Diego’s

The San Diego Padres have re-signed catcher Elias Díaz to a one-year contract that includes a mutual option for the 2026 season.

Díaz also received a mutual option for 2026. An All-Star Game MVP in 2023, Díaz caught on with the Padres in September after the Rockies released him toward the end of an injury-plagued 2024. Díaz hit .

The Padres' catching situation is coming into focus, and their offseason is slowly coming to life. San Diego agreed to a one-year contract with backstop Elias Díaz, a source told MLB.com on Tuesday. The club has not yet confirmed the deal,

The Padres and catcher Elias Diaz have agreed to a one-year deal with a mutual option for 2026. Read more at MLB Trade Rumors.

Not only did the Padres wait until Jan. 24 to make their first major league acquisition — right-handed pitcher Ron Marinaccio in a trade with the Chicago White Sox — but the Friars are yet to make a big league signing, although reports have circulated Tuesday that the team is in agreement on a one-year deal with catcher Elias Diaz.

After being promoted, the former All-Star appeared in 24 games for San Diego, but he recorded just four hits across 21 at-bats. He became the team's number two catcher behind Kyle Higashioka following Luis Campusano's demotion to Triple-A El Paso in September.

Following five seasons in Denver with the Colorado Rockies, free agent catcher Elias Díaz has found a new home with the San Diego Padres after spending the second half of 2024 with them.

The Padres signed their first Major League free agent of the offseason, bringing back catcher Elias Diaz on a one-year contract

The San Diego Padres have re-signed catcher Elias Diaz to a one-year contract that includes a mutual option for the 2026 season

The San Diego Padres agreed to a deal with catcher Elias Díaz, reports the New York Post's Jon Heyman.Díaz appeared in 12 games for the Padres last season after the Colorado Rockies released him in August.