The current trade market for starting pitching doesn’t look great, so the Padres might be able to get an attractive return for Snell, who has a 0.86 ERA in his last seven starts.

It’s nearly decision time. The July 31 Trade Deadline is less than two weeks away, and while some teams are still figuring out where they stand, we have a good idea of how most clubs plan to play it.

ESPN's David Schoenfield suggested that the San Diego Padres trade for Atlanta Braves designated hitter Marcell Ozuna ahead of the trade deadline.

Murphy has 16 home runs and a .523 slug rate heading into the All-Star break. Drake Baldwin, 24, could lead the Braves to weigh offers for Murphy, who’s owed about $50 million through 2028. Trading with the Braves last year, Preller saved $5.5 million by dealing Ray Kerr and Matt Carpenter to Atlanta. Kerr’s elbow later gave out.

Any trade for major-league talent will likely involve parting with minor league prospects, a strategy the Padres have already employed in acquiring players like Dylan Cease and Luis Arraez.

There have been times where that strategy has ... he looked at all 30 MLB teams and came up potential assets these teams may look to move by July's trade deadline. As it pertains to the Padres, ...

Padres should go for it at the trade deadline – so long as they don’t deal away top prospects Padres should find out the trade value of Josh Hader, Blake Snell and Juan Soto before Tuesday’s ...

The Padres dealt Bush, along with their first-, third- and sixth-rounders from the 2023 draft—as well as their top three picks from 2022—in a flurry of activity leading up to the 2024 trade ...

San Diego Padres manager Mike Shildt appeared to publicly ask the front office for an extra bat in his lineup after a decision he made in the Padres' 8-2 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks.