As the San Diego Padres continue to nip at the heels of the spiraling Los Angeles Dodgers for first place in the West, general manager AJ Preller has been hard at work trying to creatively improve the team.

"If it happens, it happens, but it’s just all rumors for now, so I’m just gonna keep having fun with my boys." The post Red Sox’ Jarren Duran not concerned with trade deadline rumors, calling it one of the few things he doesn’t stress over appeared first on Boston.

Chief baseball officer Craig Breslow vowed in mid-June after the Rafael Devers trade that he would still bolster the team at the deadline. Now it’s crunchtime, and despite a 2-5 record with a tough schedule coming out of the All-Star break, another commanding win Saturday gave Breslow more reason to fortify the club.