{"id":484083,"date":"2026-10-03T17:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T17:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/484083\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T17:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T17:18:08","slug":"padres-place-walker-buehler-on-paternity-list-prior-to-nl-division-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/484083\/","title":{"rendered":"Padres place Walker Buehler on paternity list prior to NL Division Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

MILWAUKEE \u2014 Not only is Walker Buehler not starting Game 1 of the National League Division Series, he will not pitch in at least the Padres\u2019 first two games against the Brewers.<\/p>\n

The right-hander is away from the team as his wife, McKenzie, is expected to give birth to their second child Saturday.<\/p>\n

Randy V\u00e1squez has been added to the Padres\u2019 playoff roster in Buehler\u2019s place.<\/p>\n

Saturday was Buehler\u2019s turn in the rotation, and he almost certainly would have started the opener of the best-of-five series. He held the Brewers to a run on three hits over six innings in August at Petco Park.<\/p>\n

Left-hander Robbie Ray will start Game 1<\/a> instead.<\/p>\n

A player placed on the paternity list can be there a maximum of three days. When he is added back to the roster, the player who replaced him must be dropped.<\/p>\n

Buehler was on the roster announced earlier Saturday morning<\/a>. Had he not been on the initial roster, the Padres could not have added him without a pitcher being injured.<\/p>\n

After Sunday\u2019s Game 2 at American Family Field, the teams have Monday off. Buehler would need to be placed on the roster Tuesday before Game 3 at Petco Park.<\/p>\n

Here is the updated NLDS roster:<\/p>\n

Catchers (3): Luis Campusano, Freddy Fermin, Ethan SalasInfielders (6): Miguel Andujar, Xander Bogaerts, Jake Cronenworth, Ty France, Manny Machado, Gavin SheetsOutfielder (6): Jase Bowen, Dustin Harris, Austin Hays, Jackson Merrill, Fernando Tatis Jr., Samad TaylorPitchers (11): Jason Adam, Michael King, Yuki Matsui, Mason Miller, Adrian Morej\u00f3n, David Morgan, Joe Musgrove, Nick Pivetta, Robbie Ray, Bradgley Rodriguez, Randy V\u00e1squez<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MILWAUKEE \u2014 Not only is Walker Buehler not starting Game 1 of the National League Division Series, he…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":484084,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[189469,2674,89232,74,76,75,92756],"class_list":["post-484083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-national-league-division-series","tag-padres","tag-randy-vasquez","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-walker-buehler"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}