Last season’s trade deadline saw Preller send away top prospect, shortstop Leo De Vries, for reliever Mason Miller. Miller was electric for the Padres in the second half of 2025 and into the postseason, but his name was already being tossed around in trades this offseason. After trading the fourth-best prospect in baseball in De Vries, you’d hope the Padres would have gotten a piece that will be in town for the foreseeable future, not already looking to trade after half a season.
