San Diego Padres starting pitcher You Darvish thought he may have had to retire amid his recovery from an elbow injury this season.

Salas is healing from a stress fracture in his back slower than the Padres anticipated, and he remains without an official timeline for a return to game action, Kyle Glaser of the Foul Territory ...

Merrill (illness) will start in center field and bat sixth in Monday's game against the Marlins.