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It’s Friday, so that means its mailbag time.
I’m not so sure they’ll make a big prospect trade like they did with Latos (three of the minor leaguers they gave up for Latos have all made an All-Star team, although none for the Padres), but I would expect them to be a little more aggressive on the free agent market.