The Major League Baseball trade deadline is 3 p.m. Thursday, and the Padres have made two trades, acquiring pitchers and a catcher.
Padres send a slew of prospects to A’s for two major league pitchers
In General Manager A.J. Preller’s first trade Thursday, the Padres received A’s star reliever Mason Miller and starter JP Sears for the third-ranked prospect in baseball, 18-year-old shortstop Leo De Vries, and three other prospects.
The Padres signed their current shortstop, Xander Bogaerts, to an 11-year, $280 million contract in 2022, and according to the MLB’s top 30 prospects list, De Vries is on track to debut in 2027.
In exchange for De Vries, the Padres acquired 26-year-old righty Miller, who had 59 strikeouts in 38 1/3 innings and a 3.76 ERA as the A’s closer this season. It is unclear if Miller will replace Robert Suarez, the team’s current closer who was selected as an All-Star the past two years. Suarez has a 3.43 ERA and has struck out 47 batters in 44 2/3 innings this year, and leads the league with 30 saves.
The Padres also will welcome 29-year-old southpaw JP Sears, who has a 4.95 ERA and 7-9 record in 22 starts this year.
On average, Sears has pitched just over 5 innings per start this year.
In the trade, the A’s also received three right-handed pitching prospects from the Padres, who were the third, 13th and 17th ranked prospects in the organization, per MLB.
Padres also acquire Kansas City catcher for two starters
ESPN columnist Jeff Passan broke the news on X just before noon that the Padres had acquired Kansas City Royals Catcher Freddy Fermín for right handed pitchers Ryan Bergert and Steven Kolek.
According to MLB’s beat reporter for the Padres, AJ Cassavell, the trade “addressed perhaps their biggest weakness.”Martin Maldonado and Elias Diaz, the Padres catchers this season, have batting averages of .204 and .205, respectively.Fermín is batting .255 in 67 games this year, and the 30-year-old has a .268 average in 818 career plate attempts.
The Royals received Bergert, 25, and Kolek, 28, in return for Fermín.
Bergert made his major league debut as a Padre in April as a reliever, and gave up only one hit in his first four appearances. Since the start of May, Bergert has started seven games.He has a 2.78 ERA in 35 2/3 innings pitched this season and a 1-0 record. Kolek made his major league debut with the Padres last year and has a 4-5 record and an ERA of 4.18 in 14 starts this season. On May 10, Kolek pitched a complete-game shutout versus the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field, giving up five hits in the Padres 21-0 rout.
A third trade near almost finalized, according to ESPN
According to ESPN’s Jeff Passat at 1:28 p.m. Thursday, the Padres and Baltimore Orioles are finalizing a deal that would send Orioles’ outfielder Ramon Laureano and first baseman Ryan O’Hearn to San Diego.
Hence then, the article about nearing trade deadline padres make moves one more expected was published today ( ) and is available on Times of San Diego ( Middle East ) The editorial team at PressBee has edited and verified it, and it may have been modified, fully republished, or quoted. You can read and follow the updates of this news or article from its original source.
Read More Details
Finally We wish PressBee provided you with enough information of ( Nearing trade deadline, Padres make moves – one more expected )
Also on site :
- The 2025 Billboard K-Pop Artist 100
- ‘It’s all because of Putin’: RT drops Christmas song spoof (AI VIDEO)
- My Husband Revealed the Real Reason Why He Doesn’t Touch Me. I’m Horrified.