San Diego manager Mike Shildt and the Padres agreed to a two-year contract extension through the 2027 season, the team announced Wednesday.

Shildt was hired in November 2023 and given a two-year deal.

San Diego went 93-69 this season, finishing second in the NL West, five games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Padres swept Atlanta 2-0 in the Wild Card Series, then lost a five-game Division Series to the Dodgers after taking a 2-1 lead.

“Obviously a tremendous year for the big league team, a very good year for the organization, just a really strong year for Mike as a manager,” general manager A.J. Preller said in a video call with reporters.

“It was clear that he’s somebody that I want to partner with for a long time. And that’s what this extension is a sign of, just a job really well done.”

Shildt said he was “just extremely blessed, grateful, appreciative of the confidence that ownership and A.J. have shown, and not only me being in the organization now going on four years, but getting the opportunity last year to manage the club and now of course this year to now get the extension.”

HEDGES SIGNS WITH GUARDIANS >> Popular catcher Austin Hedges, 32, signed a $4 million, one-year contract and will return to the Cleveland Guardians next season.

The team credited Hedges’ leadership as a major factor on this year’s team that went 92-69 and won the AL Central title under rookie manager Stephen Vogt. Cleveland beat Detroit in a tight division series before losing in five games to the New York Yankees in the ALCS.

Hedges was a clubhouse conduit for Vogt, who immediately had to navigate through several injuries to his pitching staff early in the year.

BREGMAN HAS SURGERY TO REMOVE BONE CHIPS >>Third baseman Alex Bregman had surgery to remove a bone chip from his right elbow. Agent Scott Boras revealed the operation during a news conference Wednesday at the general managers meetings.

The Houston Astros, Bregman’s former team, said any details had to come from Boras.

Bregman became a free agent last Thursday, after the expiration of a $100 million, five-year deal agreed to in March 2019 that covered 2020-24.