""There's a lot of teams (from which) we have taken incoming calls," president of baseball operations AJ Preller told reporters, as relayed by Acee. "...It's nice when people are calling you, and they have interest in your players. At least then, you have some options. But I think the focus has been on the starting pitching and how do we fill that without taking away from the bullpen or from the lineup.""
""But it's not easy to find impact players, so you don't take that for granted. And we have a lot of performers in our pen that have been impactful here the last couple years. It's probably been why we've been in the playoffs the last few years. There's a lot of reasons, but that's been a big one. ... So we don't take that lightly.""
The Padres have taken incoming calls on relievers Mason Miller, Adrian Morejon, Jeremiah Estrada, and David Morgan but are not inclined to trade any from that group. Team leadership values having options while prioritizing improvements to the starting rotation without weakening the bullpen or lineup. Management emphasizes the bullpen's recent impact on playoff appearances and the difficulty of acquiring impact players. San Diego's bullpen ranked first in MLB by ERA, xERA, and fWAR in 2025, with Robert Suárez and a half-season of Miller's impact contributing. None of the top relievers carries an especially high salary.
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