{"id":732753,"date":"2026-06-12T20:57:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T20:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/732753\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T20:57:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T20:57:09","slug":"padres-designate-bryce-johnson-for-assignment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/732753\/","title":{"rendered":"Padres Designate Bryce Johnson For Assignment"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Padres have designated outfielder Bryce Johnson<\/a> for assignment, per a team announcement. Xander Bogaerts<\/a> is being reinstated from the paternity list. The team\u2019s 40-man roster stands at 39 with the move.<\/p>\n

This may conclude Johnson\u2019s second stint with San Diego, which first signed the former Giant to a minor league contract ahead of the 2024 season. He got into 47 games that year and hit just .206\/.286\/.238 (57 wRC+) with no home runs in 73 trips to the plate. Johnson opened 2025 in the Pirates organization, but the Padres brought him back<\/a> in a mid-April trade for catcher Brett Sullivan<\/a>. The move worked out better than expected for the Padres, as the switch-hitting Johnson easily posted career-best numbers. Across 55 games and 84 trips to the plate, he slashed .342\/.383\/.434. Although he only hit one homer, Johnson managed a 135 wRC+.<\/p>\n

Last season\u2019s unexpected outburst has not carried into 2026 for Johnson, one of many players who have slumped for the Padres this year. The Padres will enter play Friday last in the majors in runs, all three triple-slash categories and wRC+. Johnson contributed to those woes, as he hit a meager .178\/.229\/.222 (30 wRC+) and struck out in a bloated 36.7 percent in 49 plate appearances before the Padres cut him.<\/p>\n

While Johnson has only made 12 starts, he has gotten into 32 games and seen action at all three outfield positions. Johnson\u2019s designation will lead to further instability in the grass for the Padres. They lost Ram\u00f3n Laureano<\/a> to what is likely a season-ending hip injury earlier this month, and they released Nick Castellanos<\/a> a couple of days later. Samad Taylor<\/a> and Jase Bowen<\/a> have come up from the minors to join Fernando Tatis Jr.<\/a>, Jackson Merrill<\/a> and Gavin Sheets<\/a> as outfield options. Tatis has gotten more action at second base than in his typical right field over the past month-plus, but that could change. The Padres are expected to give some keystone time to Will Wagner<\/a>, which would allow Tatis to go back to the outfield, per Jeff Sanders of the San Diego Union-Tribune<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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