PEORIA, Ariz. - San Diego Padres reliever Rod Beck will be out indefinitely while he deals with personal problems and probably won't be ready by opening day.

Beck hasn't been in camp for several days and hasn't pitched in a spring training game. The last time anyone with the team heard from him was Wednesday, when manager Bruce Bochy spoke with him by phone.

General manager Kevin Towers said he couldn't discuss Beck's problems other than to say it "possibly" was health-related. Beck's wife, Stacey, answered the phone at their Phoenix-area home and said her husband wasn't in. She refused further comment.