According to Buster Olney, the Cleveland Indians spoke with the San Diego Padres about a potential trade for Melvin Upton Jr.
Cleveland has been involved in conversations in recent weeks with San Diego about Melvin Upton, Jr., but seems nothing has been close.
— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) July 23, 2016
I'm not shocked to hear that the deal hasn't approached a potential match. My guess is that the Indians reached out to hear what the Padres would want in return in order to gauge the plausibility of Rajai-to-left-Ramirez-to-third.