{
  "id": 15894620,
  "title": "New Padres owners have work to do",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/new-padres-owners-have-work-to-do",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-21T13:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/padres-owners-133000282.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "San Diego Padres owners Kwanza Jones and José E. Feliciano are in their second month as team owners. The 2026 World Series begins on October 23 and can conclude by October 31. Free agency for qualifying players starts five days after the World Series. Teams have a window to re-sign their players, after which full free agency begins. Owners meetings occur on November 17-19, and the lockout could begin if a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) is not reached by December 1. The non-tender deadline for players with less than six years of major league experience is November 20. The Winter Meetings, Rule 5 draft, and draft lottery may not take place if there is a lockout. The offseason appears to be stressful for the new owners as a labor stoppage is a possibility.",
  "summary": "The offseason starts five days after the World Series ends",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}