The San Diego Padres are doing all that they can to gear up for October.
The Padres announced on Sunday that they have signed veteran infielder Nick Ahmed. It is a minor-league contract for the 34-year-old Ahmed, the team adds.
Ahmed has already spent time on two other NL West teams this season — the San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers. He became available for the Padres to sign after getting DFA’d by the Dodgers in mid-August.
A former two-time Gold Glove Award winner with yet another NL West team (the Arizona Diamondbacks), Ahmed has struggled at the plate this season with a .232 batting average and a .571 OPS overall. But the righty hitter may eventually end up as a nice late-game depth piece for the 77-61 Padres, who added a 2023 All-Star batter just a few days ago too.
