San Diego Padres general Manager A.J. Preller watches a spring training practice. — K.C. Alfred
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NEW YORK — A little more than 48 hours before the trade deadline, Padres President and CEO Mike Dee said General Manager A.J. Preller was not "under duress" to make deals.
"There has been no mandate from ownership to shed payroll or get under a certain financial bar around the trade deadline," Dee said Wednesday morning in an interview on 1090-AM.