Padres have clear need for A.J. Preller to target at MLB trade deadline
San Diego's top need is very clear through the first few weeks of the MLB season.
Padres have clear need for A. J. Preller to target at MLB trade deadline originally appeared on The Sporting News .
Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The San Diego Padres are competing with the Los Angeles Dodgers for the top spot in the NL West through the first few weeks of the MLB season. Currently, the Padres are 15-7 while the Dodgers are 16-6.
San Diego could easily climb and surpass the Dodgers this season. But, in order to do so, they will have to make a few roster moves by the trade deadline. Fortunately, with A.
J. Preller, the Padres swinging a few trades is not out of the question at all. And as Joel Reuter of Bleacher Report highlighted, there is a very clear need for Preller to target at this year's deadline: starting pitching.