Due to this sense of urgency, Tim Kelly of Bleacher Report named the Padres as one of the most desperate teams at the MLB trade deadline. San Diego, with their expiring deals and uncertain roster, has to make moves at this deadline.

These Padres, after all, are in a much better spot — eight games over .500 — than the team was in 2023 (three games under) when Preller decided to keep Blake Snell and Josh Hader and hope that the most expensive team in franchise history had something left in the tank.

The San Diego Padres' trade proposal for Boston Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran has been halted, but isn't dead.