The Latest Breaking News from Padres

What happens when a historically cash-strapped team starts spending like never before? We’re about to find out.

The Padres have taken a big hit.

Five teams, two police departments and the mystery of a startling security breach.

A person with knowledge of the deal says All-Star slugger Manny Machado has agreed to a new $350 million, 11-year contract that will keep him with the San Diego Padres through 2033

PEORIA, Ariz. — Remember that Manny Machado opt-out clause, the fly in the Padres' ointment — pterodactyl-sized to many — that threatened to loom over the clubhouse and season like a dark, angry wall cloud?

PEORIA, Ariz. — The Padres have locked up the big one.

The free-spending Padres reportedly are close to a long-term agreement with their star third baseman.

LOS ANGELES — Manny Machado's locker in the San Diego Padres' spring training clubhouse is prime real estate: at the main entrance, next to the three-foot tall speaker pumping the music into the room. Friday morning, hours before their Cactus League opener, it was tuned to laidback oldies.

PEORIA, Ariz. — In a quiet room at a care center, a 15-year-old boy promised his father he would take care of the family. If the unthinkable became a horrifying reality, if a life-and-death teeter-totter or crushing financial pressure pushed them to the brink, the teen would shoulder the weight…