Jake Marisnick comes to the Padres from the Chicago Cubs. Mandatory Credit: Quinn Harris-USA TODAY Sports
Thud. That was the sound of the Padres at the 2021 MLB trade deadline on Friday afternoon. Near the 1 p.m. PT end, ESPN’s Jeff Passan tweeted they would be trading for Jake Marisnick of the Chicago Cubs.
After a week of rumors about which high-profile pitcher might be acquired, the tantalizing word “close” being used in a tweet linking the Padres to Max Scherzer by Ken Rosenthal, and an actual deal for Daniel Hudson on Thursday, well, not much of anything happened on Friday.