The Cleveland Guardians and San Diego Padres have been linked to a major trade ahead of the MLB trade deadline.

The Cleveland Guardians may look to cut ties with their star outfielder, Steven Kwan, ahead of the trade deadline, and the San Diego Padres are the perfect fit.

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.

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.

For the San Diego Padres and their famously unpredictable general manager, an important piece of intelligence should emerge around midday Tuesday, a few hours before the 3 p.m. PT trade deadline.

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 ...