With payroll pressure mounting, the Padres may consider dealing top contributors like Arraez, Cease, and Suarez to plug key holes.
As the trade deadline looms, the San Diego Padres are firmly in the market for reinforcements. Their needs are no secret. A stabilizing presence in left field, more production behind the plate, and a reliable arm to round out the starting rotation. But how they go about filling those holes remains the biggest question.
With one of baseball’s thinnest farm systems, the Padres don’t exactly have the luxury of outbidding teams stocked with prospect capital.