The Latest Breaking News from AJ Preller

The San Diego Padres acquired superstar outfielder Juan Soto from the Nationals on Tuesday in one of baseball’s biggest deals at the trade deadline

From the Juan Soto sweepstakes to the Cubs’ All-Stars, here are some key story lines to follow on this eventful day in MLB.

The Padres might play five games without Manny Machado and Fernando Tatis Jr. They might play 15.

SAN DIEGO — San Diego's MLB team has dumped Robinson Cano, who had three hits in 33 at-bats during his senior moment wearing the brown.

A.J. Preller is generally not the emotional type.

The fly ball to left field — like it seemed to do so many times at Starkville High’s park — was lost in the sun, leaving the left fielder helpless and the coach with a sense of dread.

SAN DIEGO — MacKenzie Gore's path from top prospect to the mound on Friday for his MLB debut has been anything but typical.

PEORIA, Ariz. — Miles Mikolas has parlayed his three-year stay with Yomiuri in Nippon Professional Baseball into more than $49 million guaranteed. Merrill Kelly, Chris Flexen and Pierce Johnson, too, are among the arms who've breathed new life into their careers in either Japan or Korea.

PEORIA, Ariz. — As the Padres prepared to hit during a spring training game Wednesday at the Peoria Sports Complex, a voice caused fill-in third base coach Mike Shildt to stop and pivot.