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Baseball's not supposed to be this easy with a new team!

What’s lost has been found. At least for one Thursday afternoon at San Diego’s Petco Park.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — When you have a center fielder hitting .147, you obviously need to upgrade.

The team’s Twitter account shared photos of the 23-year-old’s first day with the team in San Diego on Wednesday.

Paralysis was not an option.

SAN FRANCISCO — Trea Turner took some groundballs on the field at Oracle Park, walked over to a group of children to sign autographs, and headed into the visitors' clubhouse to text a good friend Tuesday before first pitch against the San Francisco Giants.

Remember when we were told tearing down was the only way to go up? Tell that to the Dodgers.

They traded for Juan Soto, Josh Bell, Josh Hader and Brandon Drury. They operated the way you would if you owned a team.

ATLANTA — There’s no way the Braves could match the package that the Padres offered to acquire Nationals superstar Juan Soto on Tuesday. The Braves no longer have the top-rated prospects necessary to pull it off. Anyway, it’s unlikely the team would want to do a deal like that. There’s…