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Buster Olney
The San Diego Padres have acquired Mason Miller in a commerce with the Athletics, including the hard-throwing reliever to their already proficient bullpen.
The Padres additionally obtained left-handed starter JP Sears within the deal, whereas the A’s landed 18-year-old minor league shortstop Leodalis De Vries, the No. 3 prospect in baseball, and right-handers Braden Nett, Henry Báez and Eduarniel Nuñez.
Miller, 26, has 20 saves and a 3.76 ERA in 38 appearances this season. The fitting-hander’s fastball has averaged 101.1 mph in 2025.
A month in the past, the notion of executives was that the A’s wouldn’t commerce Miller.
However the aid market costs have exploded, making it extra palatable for the A’s to swap Miller, who has 59 strikeouts in 38⅓ innings. Sears is 7-9 with a 4.95 ERA, and the Padres’ thought is that he’ll add depth that allows them to doubtlessly transfer starter Dylan Cease.
An All-Star for the A’s in 2024, Miller joins a San Diego bullpen that already boasts a pair of All-Star right-handers: nearer Robert Suarez and prime setup man Jason Adam.
Suarez, who leads the majors with 30 saves, may additionally doubtlessly be traded earlier than Thursday’s deadline. San Diego has been speaking to different groups about Suarez, in a market during which the Mariners, Tigers, Dodgers and Yankees are in search of bullpen assist and the Astros, Cubs and Mets have been in search of rotation assist.
The Padres have additionally had in depth talks with the Red Sox about Jarren Duran and with the Guardians about Steven Kwan.