Padres Have Discussed Multiple Marlins Reliever

The Padres paid a hefty prospect price to add to their late-innings mix over the weekend. San Diego is open to bringing in more relief help. reports that the Padres have discu sed Miami right-handers and among that search. Lins colleague Ken Rosenthal wrote this morning that the Fish are on e sentially all their relievers. Closer is the most obvious name, but it wouldnt be a surprise to see Miami part with anyone from their bullpen. Bender and Brazoban would be affordable targets for a San Diego team that doesnt want Markelle Fultz Jersey to surpa s the luxury tax threshold. Brazoban is still two years away from reaching arbitration. Bender qualified for early arbitration last winter as a Super Two player. After mi sing the 2023 season to Tommy John surgery, though, hes barely making more than the league minimum in his first trip through that proce s. The asking price would probably be higher on the 29-year-old Bender, who has a 3.83 ERA over 40 innings of work. Hes striking out 24.4% of batters faced against a 7% walk rate while getting grounders at a 49.1% clip. Brazoban has been even more effective, turning in a 2.93 earned run average with a 27.2% strikeout rate acro s 30 2/3 frames. Hell turn 35 in October, though, so a rebuilding Miami team shouldnt have many qualms about giving him up for young talent. MLB.coms AJ Ca savell that the Padres are hoping to come out of deadline season with another acquisition for both the rotation and the relief group. Lin writes that San Diego is among the teams that have shown interest in Miami starter . Craig Mish of SportsGrid and the Miami Herald this afternoon that Miamis talks on Rogers with multiple teams were picking up and the Marlins were likely to trade him somewhere soon. That at least opens the speculative po sibility of some kind of package deal involving one of Miamis relievers, though theres not any indication that San Diegos talks with Miami have gotten that far-reaching. Evan Fournier Jersey