Padres pregame: A start for Jose Iglesias, slumping Ryan O’Hearn sits

From a pure production standpoint, Jose Iglesias hasn’t had nearly the impact on the Padres as he had on the Mets’ postseason push a year ago.

But he did burn his old employer a bit at Petco Park in late July.

Now he gets his chance to start against the Mets.

With a left-hander on the mound, Iglesias will get his first start at shortstop since Sept. 9 in a 4:10 p.m. start at Citi Field on Padres.TV.

Iglesias’ .569 OPS through 106 games is well below what he did for the Mets last year (.830 OPS in 85 games), but he did go 2-for-8 with a double, walk and three runs scored when the Padres swept the Mets in San Diego.

He scored a run off the bench in the first game, went 2-for-3 in the second and 0-for-4 in the third.

Iglesias went 2-for-4 and drove in two runs while playing third base for Manny Machado on Sunday. He hadn’t played shortstop since Sept. 9 because Jake Cronenworth had been getting starts at the position against right-handed pitching.

A look at tonight’s lineup. pic.twitter.com/ewZ3ouoJQO

— San Diego Padres (@Padres) September 17, 2025

But Cronenworth is back at second base and in the eight-hole behind Iglesias, Luis Arraez will play first and bat second and Gavin Sheets will get the start at DH over Ryan O’Hearn, who 3-for-31 since reaching five times at Coors Field on Sept. 6.

Here is how the Mets will line up:

Lineup! #LGM pic.twitter.com/WClSVNdHUz

— New York Mets (@Mets) September 17, 2025

Wednesday’s pitching matchup

Padres RHP Nick Pivetta (13-5, 2.73 ERA)

His 171⅓ innings are 8⅓ shy of matching a career-high, when he made 33 starts in 2022 for the Red Sox. Pivetta has allowed two runs or less over his last six starts (1.96 ERA). Pivetta has a 5.23 ERA in 43 innings in his career against the Mets. His last start was throwing five shutout innings in a win in 2021.

Here is how Pivetta has fared against Mets:

Mets LHP David Peterson (9-5, 3.77 ERA)

He’s failed to complete six innings in any of his last four starts (8.50 ERA). Righties have a .722 OPS this year against Peterson, compared to lefties’ .545 OPS. He has a 3.26 ERA in four games (three starts) against the padres, including beating them last year with 7⅓ innings of one-run ball.

Here is how Peterson has fared against current Padres: