In a closed clubhouse, Everth Cabrera delivered an emotional, bilingual pregame speech on Tuesday in San Diego.
Cabrera was suspended 50 games Monday without pay in the wake of the Biogenesis scandal.
Bud Black met with Cabrera this past weekend to discuss the details, and it was Cabrera's idea to address the team. He apologized to the Padres, both in English and in Spanish, and expressed remorse.
"In one sense you're angry, you're frustrated, you're tired of talking about it," Chase Headley said. "But on the other hand, you've got a teammate going through a difficult situation, so it's mixed emotions.
"This hurts our team, obviously, so in that respect there may be some of those feelings. But, there's also a feeling of I've been around this guy for four or five years and you can see the emotion that's coming out of him."