Sometimes no news is good news. In this case, no news on Mason Miller changing roles just makes everything feel weirder.
The San Diego Padres are acting like a team in transition and contention at the same time, which is how you end up in this kind of gray area. They’ve already watched Dylan Cease walk. The odds of re-signing Michael King feel slimmer by the day. Yu Darvish is out for the year. So right now, you’re essentially talking about Nick Pivetta, Joe Musgrove coming off Tommy John, and Randy Vásquez as the front of the rotation.