The Padres are expected to target Miami Marlins starter Sandy Alcantara and Arizona Diamondbacks starter Zac Gallen. What these two have in common is that both are former aces, struggling this season, who could be complicated trade deadline targets.

Dylan Cease and the San Diego Padres are reportedly anticipating offers from the New York Mets and five other Major League Baseball teams.

The Los Angeles Dodgers are threatening to pull away in the NL West, and if the San Diego Padres are going to make one final push for their first pennant since 1998, AJ Preller needs to deliver a huge trade deadline haul.

The Boston Red Sox have clear needs to address at the trade deadline, one of them being the lack of consistency in the starting rotation. They could use Jarren Duran to fill that need.

Jackson Merrill had just returned to high Single-A Lake Elsinore after a lengthy stay on the injured list with a wrist injury. The trade deadline had arrived. He and James Wood and the rest of the Storm were on a bus headed to Visalia when the notifications began pinging on his phone.