The trade deadline has come and gone. While trade season was slow to get started this year, when all was said and done, there were several dozen trades made in a flurry of movement over the final few days before the deadline arrived. The full impact of these trades won’t be known for years to come, but that doesn’t mean we can’t analyze the deals and decide whose haul looks the best right now. Over the next week-plus, MLBTR will be running a series of polls asking which club in each division had the best deadline. So far, the Phillies and Reds have each come out on top in their respective divisions. Today, we’ll be rounding out the National League with a review of the NL West. A look at each of the five clubs, listed from best to worst record in 2025:
Los Angeles Dodgers
The Dodgers are, predictably, one of the best teams in the National League this year. They aren’t quite as overwhelming as some expected them to be, however, and that left them with some work to do ahead of the stretch run. Despite the holes in the club’s roster, however, L.A.’s deadline was a surprisingly quiet one where they did as much selling as they did buying. Dustin May was shipped to Boston for a pair of prospects headlined by 2024 first-rounder James Tibbs, and they downgraded from Hunter Feduccia to Ben Rortvedt for the club’s third catcher in order to bring in rookie reliever Paul Gervase and A-ball prospect Adam Serwinowski.
In terms of buy-side moves, they swapped depth outfielder James Outman to the Twins in order to bring Brock Stewart back home to the Dodgers’ pen. They followed that up by replacing Outman on the depth chart with a right-handed complement to Michael Conforto in the form of Alex Call. L.A.’s moves were strong ones on paper. They gave up very little meaningful talent in order to make a couple of legitimate improvements to their bullpen and bench mix, and it’s easy to see them emerging as the clear winners of the two sell-side trades they did make. Still, this summer could wind up feeling like a missed opportunity for the Dodgers given the lack of impact talent acquired—especially if they wind up getting chased down in the NL West by their rival 100 miles to the south.
San Diego Padres
No front office executive in the league operates quite like Padres GM A.J. Preller, and that frenetic aggressiveness was on full display on the day of this year’s trade deadline. San Diego completed five trades in the final seven hours before the deadline. The first one was the biggest, as they swapped a massive package headlined by consensus top-5 prospect Leo De Vries to the Athletics in exchange for superstar closer Mason Miller and lefty starter JP Sears.
They didn’t stop there, however. Outfielder Brandon Lockridge was surrendered to land Nestor Cortes from the Brewers (alongside prospect Jorge Quintana), and Preller immediately replaced Lockridge in the outfield by picking up both Ramon Laureano and Ryan O’Hearn from the Orioles. The acquisitions of Sears and Cortes created enough starting pitching depth that the Friars could move Stephen Kolek and Ryan Bergert to add Freddy Fermin behind the plate, and for good measure San Diego rounded out its deadline by upgrading the infield with a controllable young talent in Will Wagner.
It was a massive flurry of moves that should substantially improve the Padres in the near-term, but the cost was heavy. Prospects of De Vries’ caliber rarely get moved for a reason. Even aside from the risk that they’ve traded the league’s next superstar, they also surrendered some important depth in Kolek and Bergert, not to mention a huge chunk of their 2024 draft class. Preller’s win-now aggression allowed his club to improve its odds of winning the World Series this year more than any other team. But was the cost too great?
San Francisco Giants
Despite a strong start to the season and the aggressive decision to swing a deal with the Red Sox for Rafael Devers back in June, the Giants have mostly fallen out of the postseason race and now have a 58-57 record. That led the club to pivot towards selling at the deadline, and they brought back an impressive haul of talent in doing so. A trade of pending free agent Tyler Rogers to the Mets brought back a trio of well-regarded talents nearing or already in the big leagues: Triple-A outfielder Drew Gilbert, rookie starter Blade Tidwell, and young MLB reliever Jose Butto. They also landed A-ball starter Yunior Marte for rental outfielder Mike Yastrzemski despite his down 2025 campaign.
Impressive as those deals were, the package they received for Camilo Doval was somewhat light. That deal was led by catching/infield prospect Jesus Rodriguez and Double-A starter Trystan Vrieling. The return for Rogers and Yastrzemski was phenomenal, as the Giants acquired their #12, #13, and #25 prospects (per MLB Pipeline) along with Butto for aging veterans on expiring contracts. Parting with Doval for two-plus seasons in exchange for a package headlined by the club’s #16 prospect, according to Pipeline, puts a bit of a damper on the club’s deadline, but it was still a strong infusion of talent to the upper levels of San Francisco’s minor league system and should result in better days for the Giants in the future.
Arizona Diamondbacks
The Diamondbacks teetered on the edge of buying and selling for most of July but kicked off trade season by dealing Josh Naylor to the Mariners and never looked back. The club executed four trades that brought back players in return and a fifth that saw them deal Shelby Miller to the Brewers in exchange for Milwaukee taking on a portion of Jordan Montgomery’s contract. Big league ready talent and pitching prospects were the focus for Arizona this summer, and they mostly accomplished that goal of bolstering those parts of the organization. Eugenio Suarez brought back a potential first baseman of the future in Tyler Locklear as well as rookie reliever Juan Burgos. Randal Grichuk and Naylor also both brought back rookie relief arms in Andrew Hoffmann and Brandyn Garcia, giving the club a number of big league ready relief arms who can help fill out the bullpen next year.
Between the trades of Suarez, Naylor, and Merrill Kelly, the Diamondbacks also picked up five pitching prospects who have yet to make their big league debut. Kohl Drake (#7 in Arizona’s system at MLB Pipeline) leads that group, which also includes Mitch Bratt (#10), David Hagaman (#14), Ashton Izzi (#15), and Hunter Cranton (#23). Locklear (#6) and Garcia (#20) also rank within the top 30, meaning that nearly a quarter of the club’s top 30 prospects were acquired at this deadline. As solid as those moves were, some view the return for Suarez as too light, and there’s reason to question why the team held onto Zac Gallen rather than bringing back additional prospects and salary relief by letting him go. Even without Gallen moving, however, the Diamondbacks breathed new life into their farm system and saved a considerable amount of money that can be repurposed for the 2026 campaign come the offseason.
Colorado Rockies
Perhaps the most notable thing about Colorado’s deadline this year is that they did anything at all, given their years of relative inaction and refusal to part with veteran talents. The club made just three trades this summer, but the deals they did make were notable ones. Ryan McMahon and Jake Bird were traded to the Yankees for lefty Griffin Herring (#5 in the Rockies’ system at MLB Pipeline), second baseman Roc Riggio (#11), righty Josh Grosz (#19), and lefty Ben Shields (#27).
Their third deal was a smaller one, as the club dealt struggling reliever Tyler Kinley to the Braves in exchange for Double-A reliever Austin Smith. It wasn’t the flashiest deadline for Colorado, but the return in exchange for McMahon was strong and the activity should help prop up one of the weakest farm systems in the majors as the Rockies toil through the worst season in franchise history.
With the exception of the Dodgers, the NL West was busier than usual this summer. San Diego did enough buying for the entire division, while the Giants, Diamondbacks, and Rockies each made some savvy sell-side moves. L.A. stands out from the crowd for their quiet approach to the deadline as they did some light buying to address areas of need and also managed to sneak in some light selling to take advantage of areas of depth. Which team did the best of this quintet? Have your say in the poll below:
For the Padres it’s pretty simple, if they win the World Series this year or next, they had the best trade deadline no questions. If they don’t, then it could be the deadline that doomed their future. But that’s just how it is with the Preller/Dombrowski style of team building
Nah, preller will just find more prospects to trade later. Been hearing this type of statement for 5 years now.
Most of the padres core are locked up for several more years. The will likely need to sign a guy like King.
In another 3-4 years from now I might get worried given the cores age.
Prospect wise I have no concerns.
Already a win for Padres. They think Vries is closer to just a guy than a super star. Don’t think he is a SS. They could be wrong but from their development end it’s a win. Make Miller a starter and huge win.
“Nah, preller will just find more prospects to trade later.”
That’s nice and vague. Will the prospect fairy put them under his pillow?
“Been hearing this type of statement for 5 years now.”
Yes, and in those 5 years their farm system has gotten progressively worse, to where it’s now arguably the worst in the majors. That wasn’t the case when they paid a massive haul for Soto three years ago.
I get why Preller’s in win-now mode, but let’s not pretend he didn’t significantly hurt the Padres’ long-term viability last week.
Preller or someone with Padres is excellent at identifying and signing international talent. That could stop but so far so good. If AJ takes a year or 2 off from trading he will have a top system.
Other than Soto trade what has he lost? Patino Marcano Head that dh that hit some hrs a few years in Cleveland. That soft tossing pitcher who had a good year in Cleveland and no idea where he is now.
Soto sold a ton of season tickets and became King Cease so it’s bad but not that bad.
Drew Thorpe was only one out of four pieces used to acquire Cease and I guarantee Preller makes other trades for starting pitching if he never trades for Soto.
Hi Ryan. Your new account?
Soto was Preller /Padres absolute worst trade and one of the worst deals in MLB ever.
Always with this Ryan guy. Obsessed much?
@SportsFan0000 The 3 outfielder trades he made at the 2014 winter meetings were worse
I don’t think the Padres window will still be open by the time De Vries makes an impact. They need to be in win now mode. Machado and Bogaerts will start showing their age within a few years.
That’s very possible. Father Time is undefeated. It’s just a matter of when and what level of drop off there is.
It’s mainly Manny, Xander and Darvish. Though Darvish is already showing his age. Mainly manny since he is the carrier of this team. He certainly looks like he had a few more good seasons left.
Yes, Arenado and Goldschmidt were both MVP level players in 2022. By 2024 it was obvious that would never be the case again.
I don’t think their future is doomed. I highly doubt Miller finishes his pre-free agency years in San Diego, similar to the way they handled Soto. As long as he’s stays healthy, there’s no reason to think they wouldn’t get a similar package to what the Twins got for Duran. And it might even be better if he can transition back into a starting role.
Not going to be able to trade him if the team is contending. They are going to need him.
Ryan, Preller traded Soto when they were contending.
Not sure who “Ryan” is, but they are not getting anyone as talented as Mason Miller for Mason Miller when he’s on his last arb year.
well stated Kap.
Honestly, this “poll” is nothing more than a clickbait stunt absent criteria for assessing what is meant by “best”. As written, a poll such as this one will always produce confirmation of short-term win now thinking.
Writers and electronic media personalities love AJ Preller. I cannot remember a year when Preller has not been crowned the “winner of the deadline” for his high profile trades. AJ invariably acquires the bigger name by trading the incredible prospects Logan White and his team astutely acquire. Those prospects frequently turn out to be golden.
With a little time, I think evaluations might be a bit different. Below is a list of prospects Preller has traded since assuming control in SD. On the day these players were traded, most fans and, unfortunately, far too many pundits, knew as much about these players as they knew about Leodalis DeVries last week.
Trea Turner
Craig Kimbrel
Yazmani Grandal
Max Fried
Craig Kimbrel
Emmanuel Clase
Andres Munoz
Ty France
David Bednar
Luis Castillo
Brent Rooker
Josh Naylor
James Wood
CJ Abrams
Mackenzie Gore
Here is the list of Padre prospects (and system ranking) that were traded at the 2025 deadline:
SS Leo De Vries (#1)
RHP Braden Nett (#3)
LHP Boston Bateman (#4)
SS Cobb Hightower (#6)
RHP Ryan Bergert (#7)
RHP Tyson Neighbors (#12)
RHP Henry Baez (#13)
RHP Eduarniel Nunez (#17)
C Brandon Valenzuela (#26)
1B Victor Figueroa (#29)
RHP Tanner Smith
RHP Brandon Butterworth
RHP Stephen Kolek
Will the Padres be a better team in the next two months? Of course. Perhaps they will win the World Series in 2025? Right now, most betting sites give 10 other teams a better chance at that outcome. But hey, it’s baseball. 🤷♂️
Absent a WS victory in 2025, it’s my assessment that most evaluators will have a very different view of Preller’s “deadline performance in 2025” five years from now.
Dont forget big game James Shields or does that not fit your narrative or was that another GM ?
norcalblue muted me.
He is a clown.
That’s a very long post/narrative.
Here’s an undeniable fact. The Padres are pretty freaking good.
nocalblue lives in a fantasy land in his own mind.
I also see norcalblue decides what is “reasonable” below. No ego there. None, whatsoever.
Tatis Jr was acquired by Padres in a trade from the White Sox for James Shields .
Idk why Brent Rooker is on your list. Twins Royals Padres all missed on him. Him finally figuring out at age 28 isn’t a knock on Preller
Not sure why Ty France is on your list either. He had 3 good seasons with the Mariners and flamed out now an 80 OPS+ hitter bouncing around
David Bednar is hit and miss. Had 3 good seasons and now struggle with consistency.
Luis Castillo was forced back after Colin Rea pitched 3 innings and needed tjs. Messed up decision really cause he pitched and got hurt playing for the marlins wasn’t like he showed up and couldn’t pitch
I like how your list only consists of guys who made it but don’t include
Dustin Peterson
Jace Peterson
Zach Eflin
Matt Wisler
Mallex Smith
Logan Allen
Michael Gettys
Engel De Los Santos
Luis Urias
Jordan Paroubeck
Josh Van Meter
Cal Qunatril
Owen Miller
Eric Lauer
Hudson Potts
Jeisson Rosario
Michael Reed
Gabriel Arias
Joey Lucchesi
Esteury Ruiz
Edward Olivares
Francisco Mejia
Luis Patino
Blake Hunt
Tucupita Marcano
Taylor Trammel
Hudson Head
Robert Hassell III
Bryan Medina
Adrian Martinez
Victor Acosta
Mason Fox
Max Ferguson
Efrain Contreras
Henry Williams
Adam Mazur
Graham Pauley
Jake Bauers
Burch Smith
Steve Souza
Joe Ross
Johnny Barbato
Brad Wieck
Joey Cantillo
Robert Gasser
Logan Driscoll
Reginald Preciado
Ismael Mena
Yeison Santana
Who were mostly at one point either top 100 prospects to varying degrees top 5,10,15,20,25,30 prospects on padres lists.
It’s weird ppl focus on “omg we could have these star players” while ignoring the fact we more than likely would have been stuck with more duds than all stars.
He has shown that he can reload the system. A prospect is a prospect he traded a lot away for know MLB players. Will any of the prospects make it to the bigs? Who knows, they might, he actually has a good number of former prospects in the bigs now. But DeVries doesn’t help the team now. It would be nice to have Gore, Wood, Abrams, and Hassell, but Soto helped them get to the NLCS.
Even if it doesn’t work out he is willing to try and that’s more than a lot of teams can say.
That’s a reasonable and fair defense JM. Preller never seems to waiver from his approach.
In my mind, there are years to go for it and then there are times when I believe a more long-term view is appropriate. In fairness, most Padre fans that I have read here hold the view that the window is now and AJ is making the right call. I respect that. My son is a Padre fan and he hates the trade. But, perhaps he is in the minority.
I will say that AJ’s strategy seems more appropriate than what the Cubs or Tigers did. Those teams are on the cusp and those two GMs held on to prospects at a time when going for it seemed best.
It doesn’t matter if the Padres end up with a ring. all they need to do is be in the playoffs beyond the WC round. That, along with the 2nd or 3rd highest attendance in the game (highest percentage of available seats), provides enough revenue to continue with a payroll well over the CBT threshold. The ownership and FO have already said that the payroll they had to start the season is a level that is sustainable.
With the players expected to be leaving as FA, via opt outs, or via expiring contracts at the end of the season, the Padres will be around $50 million under the 1st CBT threshold for 2026 with a lineup that still looks quite solid. They will have to get a backup catcher or pick up Diaz’s $7 million option. They will need to add to a rotation that will have Pivetta, Musgrove, and Darvish at the top with Vasquez, Sears, Waldron and a few others at the back end. They will need to add one bat and a bench player. That is about it. I think $50 million is enough to do that. Don’t you?
Padres 2026 roster as of today.
Tatis Jr. (RF), Merrill (CF), Laureano (LF), ????? (1B), Cronenworth (2B), Machado (3B), Bogaerts (SS). DH: Sheets. Catcher: Fermin
Bench: Johnson, Wagner, McCoy, C-Diaz (?), Campusano (DH/1B)
SP: Pivetta, Musgrove, Darvish, Vasquez, Sears, Waldron, Hart, Gillaspie
RP: Miller, Estrada, Adam, Morejon, Peralta, Matsui, Morgan, Reynolds, Hoeing, Brito, Patino (remember him?), Rodriguez, Jacob
One of Miller or Morejon is likely to move into the rotation.
That is miles ahead of where the team was going into the last offseason with $50 million to spend while staying under the CBT threshold. I like it.
Yeah the big need will be adding another starter. Specially with the amount of time darvish has been missing. A front line guy would be most ideal. Think they will attempt to resign king. Yes, they could try and make a reliever a starter. Though I’d still add a starter either way.
1b they could place sheets there if they wanted. Either way they will need a bat. Plus a backup catcher.
A year to two from now Preller will trade for another controlled star player. Preller and his team are great at finding talent internationally
Was listening to MLB Network radio and Phillips thinks that the Padres will give King an offer around 6/120-125 and he will accept. From his lips to Preller’s ears.
I think Morejon is a FA after next season ( didn’t look before posting), so maybe they convert him back to starter and leave Miller as the closer. That makes a lot of sense.
Sheets could be a fit at 1B or DH. You are right that they will still need a DH/1B type bat even with him playing 1B most of the time.
With the money coming off the books they can afford to do all the things above and still dip under the CBT threshold if they want to.
Morejon one more arb year after this one. That is an overpay for King.
I didn’t care for Sears when he was with the Athletics. After that stunt he pulled on Monday I like him even less. If Ruben is able to fix him I will be the first to admit I was wrong but I’m not holding my breath.
Jud- watching Sears pitch Monday doesn’t give me a lot of hope Ruben can fix him. He likely is just a depth starter going forward.
Ok Ryan. You have the floor. In what way is that an overpay for a pitcher who is in his 4th straight season with an ERA under 3.00?
Sears was acquired to be a depth starter. He is a reliable inning eating #5 or #6 starter that has had a 4.36 ERA in 75 games as a starter prior to the A’s moving into a minor league park this season.
Anyone making trying to make a judgement on what Sears will be going forward based on 1 start on a new team, facing batters he has not faced before, throwing to a catcher that he has never worked with prior to that game is making a huge mistake.
I know you are very knowledgeable Simm and you realize how good Niebla is at getting the best out of pitchers.
2.9 WAR per 162 games over the last 4 years. So maybe not as much as an overpay as I thought. Him being injured for half of his platform year will probably scare a few teams off though.
They add outfield, catching, and relief help. The Padres just need to hit enough to win their first championship. The additions are already helping with that.
Miller has 4 years left
If at any point they are out they can just trade him since relief pitching is always in demand
They have Laureno for next year and Fermin for 3 more.
“Doomed their future” isn’t exactly an honest assessment cause
1.
King Cease Suarez Arraez are free agents this year and will command QOs netting them draft picks if they sign elsewhere. More draft picks more money for signing guys could get someone to forgo a college commitment later on.
2. Next year Pivetta Adams and Morejon are free agents and could be QO candidates as well. Netting more draft picks more money for signing guys.
3. 4 years of Miller is 4 years of drafts and ifa spending restocking the farm….. we’ve been down this road before of tear it down rebuild tear it down. They tore it down in 2020 tore down in 23-24-25 and will restock with 25 26 27 28 29 drafts and ifa spending restocking
4. You’re talking about a guy who churns out top prospects like candy esp at ss
DeVries top 10
Tatis Jr was top 10 at one point
So was Merrill before he became everyday CF
Cj Abrams was a top 10 as before going to the nats
I trust prellers history to find his next top 10 ss type player
Tatis Jr came from the White Sox as an unheralded prospect who later developed into a top prospect and a star.
Pivetta won’t be eligible for the QO also they won’t be QO’ing either of morejon (unless he is a starter) or Adam.
There can be no other choice but the Padres. Preller had a good off-season in one day. No one else really did anything beneficial for their teams. The Diamondbacks sold. The Rockies sold what anyone would take. The Giants never should have been in the position to have to “sell”. The Dodgers doing nothing may work out for them if everyone gets healthy, but if they are an early exit from the playoffs then they will be scrutinized for the approach
Selling is beneficial. Arizona and Giants did fantastic.
In what way exactly did they do fantastic?
The Giants hit it out of the park with the Tyler Rogers trade in terms of value brought in vs. value brought back, for starters.
Ryan,
The Giants gave up a rental reliever with a 1.80 ERA for a MR and 2 mid-level prospects that have little to no shot at being impact players in the majors.
Tidwell is now #12 in the Giants 28th ranked farm system. Gilbert #13. Butto is a low leverage middle reliever who game up 5 runs to the light hitting Padres in his last appearance prior to the trade and blew a save in his 1st appearance for the Giants.
The Mets got high leverage late inning reliever and cleared a spot on their 40 man roster to add others for a run to the playoffs.
Tyler Rogers is a Giant again this time 8 months from now.
Ok, Ryan the psychic.
Leave the snark to those of us who are good at it buddy.
Ryan, you have never been good at snark.
Look who’s talking.
More to the point… the Giants and their fans like the Rogers trade just fine. If they could have gotten better value they would have. The alternative is to get nothing for him or hang a QO on him and hope he declines it.
Looking at that list of players that Norcal Blue posted, that’s a lot to give up. They got squeezed on every trade.
Bateman isnt just #3 in the Padres system he is a top 100 prospect in my opinion. Will be one soon enough. If the Padres could of landed Laureano and Fermin, Cortes and a bullpen arm while keeping DeVries and Bateman I would have said that they had a good deadline but trading those two away was over the top.
They must like Sears a lot. Must like Miller a lot. DeVries and Bateman look like Acuna Jr. and Tarik Skubal to me.
Come back in a couple of years when Bateman and DeVries are close to acuna and Skubal. That’s just a crazy statement
it will take more than a couple years.
I guess Bateman has to win a Cy Young if Im to be right, and Devries has to go 40/40. I dont think DeVries is going to go 70/40 but I think he could be a 40/40 caliber player. I think both are possible.
I like Bateman, but he is a 45 FV prospect. That is not close to top 100.
I absolutely love De Vries and I think he will be an All Star player for years. He is a 60 FV prospect while Acuna was a 70 FV prospect. Tatis was also a 70 FV prospect.
De Vries –
Scouting grades: Hit: 60 | Power: 55 | Run: 55 | Arm: 55 | Field: 55 | Overall: 60
Plus Hit tool. Above average everything else.
Acuna –
Scouting grades: Hit: 60 | Power: 65 | Run: 70 | Arm: 60 | Field: 60 | Overall: 70
Tatis –
Scouting grades: Hit: 60 | Power: 60 | Run: 50 | Arm: 60 | Field: 55 | Overall: 70
De Vries has a ceiling around 30 HR/20 SB in the majors. Considering most expect him to hit for high average, around .270-.280, that is still very good.
He is no Tatis or Acuna.
Define best. The Padres were one of the few teams (only?) that improved their odds beyond statistical noise. But will they eventually end up giving away more they received?
If you are measuring the deadline by what a team needed then the padres were the clear winner.
If you want to go by future value then maybe not. Though it will take years to see those results.
You can pretty much make an allstar team out of the players Preller has traded away.
I thought the D’Backs might have done the best. Dodgers moved pieces and got better without losing anything they needed.
Only clear loser is the Giants. A C or D grade for the Rockies is a step in the right direction.
Preller gonna Preller.
Laureano, Fermin, Miller, and Sears provide future value. O’ Hearn and Cortes are strictly rentals.
You can make up more than half of an All Star team out of the players Preller has on the MLB roster beyond 2025. Only 3 or 4 All Stars among the players he has traded away the last 5 years as of today.
He has a playoff team for the last 5 years? Not saying he is bad just goes all in. If they can develop players well enough to continue trading then go for it.
Sears provides “future” but not “value.” Should have traded him for Fermin if it meant they got to keep one or both of Bergert and Kolek.
Jud- that’s a pretty big if. Bergert was definitely going. Perhaps they could have swapped out Sears for Kolek but even that may not of been an option.
Either way Fermin was worth it. Padres have had a black hole at catcher all year. Fermin has been excellent.
Tough one to call. SD was pretty much the only one who traded for the current season.
Let’s give it to SF. They haven’t won much of anything since their big trade.
At 27-15 since the trade, trading Devers may have saved the Sox season. At 17-26 the trade may have sank the Giants season.
Hopefully things pan out better for the Giants in the future with Devers but in this case the addition by subtraction has favored the Sox
A busted posey
The addition of Mason Miller is overrated if he’s not the closer. So far he’s been in only 2 games and has given up 2 hits 1st game, 1bb and 2 run hr in 2nd game. His velocity is best, but his run prevention is not. Suarez better at both those stats.
It’s two games, give it some time. Miller will lock it in. His stuff is too good not to. Last night was more of a fluke than anything…was the fastest pitch ever recorded being hit for a homer. That doesn’t just happen.
Oh wow really? Who hit it?
Lourdes Gurriel
“The addition of Mason Miller..two games”…Ah yes, let’s decide after two games that a guy is “overrated” and has poor “run prevention” and is not good.
You do understand that sometimes the 7th or 8th inning(core of the opposition order)are the “save” innings?
Since you’re clearly prescient, do you have any good stock tips or ideas on who I should bet on for this year’s World Series.
They decided pretty quick on Sears
No they did not. Padres called up another bullpen arm
since they have a tough schedule with 15-16 games in a row.
Sears was always a depth piece for the #5 slot in the rotation and will see more spot starts on the Padres going forward.
Sean Reynolds has been an effective reliever for the Padres and is joining the bullpen as it is upped to 8 relievers.
The Padres schedule has two off days so they do not need a 5th starter until August 21st, so they added a 9th reliever.
They have King returning on the 1th.
Sears could be the 5th starter on August 21st or it could be Cortes or Vasquez. We don’t know yet.
Pads- it will definitely be Cortez and they will continue to use a 5 man rotation as the value giving darvish and extra days rest. They can’t send Cortez down and unlikely they stick him on the pen at this point. They will want to keep him stretched out.
C’mon, only one team improved at the TDL for ’25 (and ’26)…!
LFGSD!
WOOOO BABY LETS GO
Preller for the Padres easy! The man delivered, can’t fault a GM for giving the team the tools it needs.
I would have said the Padres just for the Miller deal alone. If Hoyer had pulled off that deal I would have been fine with moving Caissie and some other pieces.
Is it ironic that Caissie was a Preller draftee? Haha, cheers Unc! 🤙🏽
Jed doesn’t have enough cajones or friends to get a deal like that done.
Trading SP’s Bergert and Kolek for the catcher Fermin is VERY risky. Darvish has had one good outing out of six and Sears was blown out in his first outing. Hopefully Cortes will be decent today.
Padres have Cortez, Sears and Vasquez to fill the 5th spot. They just need one of them to be decent for less than two months. Vasquez at the very least has shown to be serviceable.
This trade could be a bigger problem next year. Though the upgrade at catcher has always been big.
They need them to be decent for 5 starts including the one by Cortes today. The rest will be Pivetta, Cease, Darvish, and King.
Assuming Darvish and King quickly work into form
Either way they would be starting and not the others
assuming they can pitch is what I meant. It’s looking likely however at this point
LaBellaVita and Simm share my thoughts.
FanGraphs has the Padres as increasing the World Series winning odds more than any other team (about a 3 percentage point increase). They helped themselves the most in the short term.
The Dodgers only lost 0.1 percentage points of WS winning probability and most likely improved their team in the future with the prospects they picked up.
They other 3 teams sold – ideally those moves help them down the road.
I voted Rockies – because they actually did the right thing at the deadline.
giants got devers almost for free. sox gave him up for next to nothing
but not since juiced up bonds has SF had a true power hitter. devers went from hof slugger in fenway to batting next to wilmer flores, jung hoo lee and casey schmitt. ouch
meanwhile boston gave the $ they saved on devers to the young kids. and devers is now playing 1B full time. both sides got a slap to the face for their childish behavior
Fat lazy DH with huge contract for free. Can’t beat that.
Fat lazy dh with 215 career hrs & 700 rbi for sox in 8 years. Over .300 postseason, and a ring
28 tms would have given up their top prospects or best young talent. Somehow boston was ok accepting a couple of RPs that got immediately demoted
Paying for past stats not the best plan.
Sox will do much better giving out 3 Anthony contracts on young players.
Good luck with those 28 other teams. Reason he is a Giant. Those 28 ain’t stupid. Well some of them are but they are poor and or cheap as well.
Past stats? Devers is top 10 in rbi, doubles, and obp this year. On pace for 30 hr 110 rbi
I have no patience for ignorant and/or stupid comments
cb
“Past stats? Devers is top 10 in rbi, doubles, and obp this year. On pace for 30 hr 110 rbi”
To be fair, all of those things did happen in the past
Sox sold high. Good for them.
Unfortunately teams (other than Giants apparently) care more about wins than rbi.
“215 career hrs & 700 rbi for sox in 8 years. Over .300 postseason, and a ring”
Are those not past stats?
Stating that 28 other teams would be willing to take on that contract is ignorant as heck. He can hit for sure. That contract may not be as underwater as people think given the cost of a Vladdy. But I would bet the number of teams willing to trade anything for him could be counted on one hand.
I’d be interested to hear the theory behind how it’s possible to pay for anything other than past stats.
Blue, the crystal balls all fans own. Or maybe its tarot cards.
/S
I broke my crystal ball in the sink. But that’s okay. I can always tell the future after it happens.
I literally laughed out loud at that.
While you were drinking hot coffee, I’d like to think.
A Blueberry Acai smoothie actually. Still finding little bits of it on my monitors.
Serves you right.
The Giants gave up $200 million, two MLB players plus two prospects and got a cancer in the clubhouse. That trade has hurt their team and helped the Red Sox as the team’s records show.
PF
“That trade has hurt their team and helped the Red Sox as the team’s records show.”
Post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy.
You put the phallus in fallacy!
Ummm, no.
Devers was brought on to improve the Giants hitting and it has gone from a 97 OPS+ to a 96 OPS+ since the trade.
Devers 109 OPS+ since the trade and 34 OPS+ since being moved to 1B has not been worth the cancer we know him to be in the clubhouse.
PF
“Devers was brought on to improve the Giants hitting and it has gone from a 97 OPS+ to a 96 OPS+ since the trade.”
“That trade has hurt their team and helped the Red Sox as the team’s records show.”
Again. Post hoc ergo propter hoc.
You have shown that the team’s hitting has gotten [ever so slightly] worse.
You have NOT SHOWN that the Giants have gotten worse and the Red Sox have gotten better BECAUSE of the trade.
Every other Giant other than those traded or sent down to make room for Devers have hit as well or better than before the trade.
I can’t show you the inside of the clubhouse. You have to actually watch and listen to what the players on the Red Sox have said and done since the trade to understand that.
I am truly sorry that you think that because you learned a term about the types of logical fallacies that you don’t understand that fact. That is on you.
PF
“Every other Giant other than those traded or sent down to make room for Devers have hit as well or better than before the trade.”
Citation requested.
“I can’t show you the inside of the clubhouse. You have to actually watch and listen to what the players on the Red Sox have said and done since the trade to understand that”
That, literally, does not matter. They can say whatever they want. That’s not strong evidence that they have played better BECAUSE of the trade.
“logical fallacies that you don’t understand”
I understand it just fine. You have confused correlation and causation. Stats 101. Just because one thing happened before another does not mean the first event CAUSED the other one. Causation is very difficult to prove.
You haven’t come close.
If every Giant hitter was hitting for a 150 wRC+ before Devers arrived and every Giant hitter hit for a 75 wRC+ starting the moment he walked into the clubhouse – that’s still only correlation, not causation.
I’m sorry that you don’t understand the most basic of statistical principles.
This might help
Evaluating statistical claims | Lesson (article) | Khan Academy share.google/RH3HXVDSaV7aSFjd6
Fact of the matter is SF has played worse since Devers showed up.
Jud
“Fact of the matter is SF has played worse since Devers showed up.”
The Giants have a worse W-L percentage since the trade. Yes
That’s a lot different than saying that the trade (or the player) made the team worse.
Zero chance Devers has made the giants worse. The giants needed a big bat and they got one. Devers even said he would play first base.
Giants haven’t played all that well since the trade and Devers did get off to a slow start with the giants.
Red sox have played well since Devers left and perhaps Devers was a club house issue. Though who really knows how true or how that made a difference on the field.
They all had pretty good deadlines in their own way, based on what they’re hoping to achieve in the near term. I like the Dodgers deadline the most though. Getting Tibbs for May was great value, and Stewart for a declining asset in Outman is even better value. I really liked the Call addition as well. I think he’s a very good under the radar acquisition.
Even though I disagree (I *might* be biased…)- mad respect jd! Cheers
I agree JD. But, the real get of this deadline for Friedman may have been Adam Serwinowski who was picked up in the Feduccia trade. Fangraphs ranks him #4 among all prospects acquired last week.
blogs.fangraphs.com/ranking-the-mlb-prospects-trad…
Fair statement but I don’t think prospects are what they really needed. They needed a better pen arm or two. As we saw today the back end is shaky.
Everyone’s buzzing about the Padres (which still sounds weird to say, after all this time watching awful teams most of my fandom) so I won’t add to that.
With that said, I think the D-Backs did quite well at the deadline. It’s disappointing the way their season unfolded, but they picked the correct direction and reloaded with major league ready players and bolstered their farm system.
I wouldn’t be surprised to see them on the rise again starting next season.
Like em all
Even the Rox did the right thing; the NL West is fun. 🤙🏽😎🤙🏽
Not many losers anywhere. Maybe none. Everyone did what they should could.
Fans love to complain but who wants Ozuna Heaney. Or sell low on Alcantara. Aww the Cubs just settled for good players instead giving away top prospects for the big flashy names.
Or the well they didn’t get better in 2025. Sellers should all get high grades. Best Sellers market I can remember.
Rox should have sold more of their veteran players to set themselves up for a brighter future.
Same with the Angels who should have sold veterans to stock their team with younger players for 2026.
Whilst perhaps true SportsFan, it takes two to tango. Maybe there weren’t anymore buyers left standing for Rox (or Angel) products…
I read that the both the Angels and
Angels and Rox Ownership have been refusing to sell for years.
I was posting, at the time of Ohtani’s walk year, that the Angels should have traded Ohtani in his walk year since he, clearly, was not going to resign with the Angels.
Dodgers were offering 4-6 young highly rated young players for him.
Angels passed.
They have also passed on Trout deals before he started getting injured a lot.
A few deals like that and the
Angels would be a force in the AL West.
Owner Arte Moreno is micro managing the Front Office and shooting down those kinds of ideas to build a winner there.
The Padres gave up the #3 prospect in the game, plus more prospects, for a relief pitcher who gets shelled more frequently than he should.
That was not a good trade.
Maybe O’Hearn and Laureano will help some, but I really don’t think they improved their team enough to justify the price. And I’m not one to cling on to prospects—projections and reality usually don’t align. But they gave up the farm to improve the already-best bullpen and to marginally improve the offense.
Laureano has been a beast, Fermin was a major upgrade at catcher. Ohearn has t played much yet so we shall see with him.
The miller part is a bit redundant. Though they have been shortening games with the pen and they can’t all pitch each day.
I would have been satisfied if the Pads made just the trade for Laureano at the deadline, it most filled a need (RH bat LF with slug) that gives them a path to playoffs without sacrificing vast amounts of near- and longterm talent. The Nestor gamble is just that
Me too, Brew. VERY well put! Although I admit I am intrigued about the idea of having Mason Miller being a long-term controllable STARTING PITCHER for us starting next season. Miller was a good starting pitcher in college so why not in major league baseball? And he has Niebla by his side to aid in that transition.
I still think we should have kept Bergert for depth reasons. With Darvish an obvious huge question mark (one good start out of SIX!) and King likewise with a nerve issue that came out of nowhere – and could come back again at ANY time – how could you trade away a quality depth piece like Bergert (ERA under 3.00). That trade was HIGHLY reckless. Never mind that Vasquez is still an enigma with his high number of BB’s equating to an ERA under 4.00. His WHIP is 1.39. You can’t depend on that forever. We really should have dealt something else in addition to Kolek to secure Fermin. We really didn’t need O’Hearn so maybe Neighbors could have been sent to Kansas City along with Kolek.
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Numerous MLB Championships have been won by dominant bullpens.
That is the strategy with the Padres and Preller.
The Padres gave up a very good 60 FV 18-year-old prospect for one of the premier relievers in baseball (#4 in WAR, #6 in WAR, #7 in saves over 2024-2025) who happens to have 4 years of team control and a back of the rotation MLB starting pitcher who also happens to have 4 years of team control .
I really like De Vries and wish he was still in the farm system looking at a 2027 call up, but I realize that 60 FV is plus, not elite. By way of comparison, Tatis was a 70 FV prospect.
The Padres are another winner by default. Not only did the team upgrade for the stretch run, but Miller and Sears act as low cost replacements for Suarez and King next season. Kudos to Preller for getting creative and delaying the inevitable for yet another season. Attempting to duck under the second luxury tax threshold would have been tantamount to waving a white flag.
Ultimately, I believe the Dbacks strategy gets validated big time in the next two seasons. The payroll space allows them to spend in free agency. That, the acquisition of MLB adjacent arms like Drake and Bratt, combined with several potential impact positional prospects such as Lawlar , Troy and Locklear give Arizona a chance at massively upgrading the 26 man roster next season.
No disrespect to Preller’s creativity, which has cleared some payroll next season, but Hazen has repeatedly demonstrated an ability to improve organization wide depth and keep the team in contention. Just my two cents, but AZ is gradually emerging as the primary threat to LA in the NL West.
AZ failed to make the playoffs the last two years.
The real winners are all of the NL West fans
I’d say the Giants. Yunior Marte looks like a good one and Jose Butto is going to be in the bullpen for five seasons, Butto for Rogers was a steal. They got Gilbert in that trade too, he’ll replace Yazstremski. They can salvage Tidwell into a good RHRP.
Carlos De La Rosa could make the Doval trade look really bad one day. And they got a nice catcher who can hit in Rodriguez if he doesn’t.
They win without the Devers trade in my opinion. Devers puts them way over the top on this one.
It looks like the Dodgers and Padres will reach the playoffs again this year. Wonder if the Giants might next year?
The Dodgers and the Padres had aweful trade deadlines….and
It all SCOTT HARRIS’s fault.
They should have been able to pick up Torres, Flaherty, reliever Will Vest, prospects including 2nd baseman Lee.
Harris screwed them up and the 2027 Tigers.
Lmao people picking the Padres just because they traded for big name players like Mason Miller regardless of the cost even though the Giants got crazy good value for some of the dudes they trades away.
Would have preferred they let the A’s keep JP Sears, give up fewer/not-as-good prospects for Miller on his own and then trade those excess prospects for Fermin if it means they get to keep one or both of Bergert and Kolek.
I’m giving this one either to the Giants (Rogers trade) or Rockies (McMahon trade + finally being smart and selling at the deadline)
Under the radar move:
When the Padres acquired Nestor Cortez from the Brewers, they also landed a highly rated
18 year old international short stop from the Brewers by the name of Jorge Quintana.
(a 6’2″ switch-hitting true shortstop who collected 19 extra-base hits and 22 stolen bases a season ago, there’s a lot to like about Quintana’s game).
Brewers have had some big successes identifying under the radar international players.
Jorge Quintana could be a great pickup for the Padres and Preller.
My vote would be for SF getting Devers. It’s cool that the Pads are going for it but seems like they could’ve had a way better return for Leo than they got. Maybe I’m wrong, but I don’t think this puts them over the top and they’ll regret it pretty quickly.
Here we go again with this garbage writing from Nick Deeds. “Impressive as those deals were“ is not proper English. You can’t just leave “as” out at the start of the sentence because you feel like it; it isn’t optional. Using proper grammar isn’t optional when you’re being paid to write.
There also should not be commas around “predictably.” Get rid of this kid already; he stinks.