SAN DIEGO (AP) The trade deadline was a dud for the San Diego Padres.
While many in baseball expected general manager A.J. Preller to perhaps be as frenzied of a trader as he was in December, he made only a minor deal.
When the deadline passed Friday afternoon, left fielder Justin Upton, right-hander Tyson Ross, closer Craig Kimbrel and everybody else who had been named in various rumors remained with the Padres.
Upton seemed the likeliest to be moved, since he’ll be eligible for free agency after the season.
Preller says that ”ultimately, we didn’t feel like we got to the value that we needed to get to.”
The Padres went into Friday’s game at 49-53, eight games back in the NL West and 7 1/2 out of the second wild-card spot.
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