Put all the rumors to bed. Chris Archer isn’t coming to San Diego. Kirby Yates, Craig Stammen, and Tyson Ross are all staying in a Padres uniform. Not a single prospect is leaving the system. The 2018 MLB trade deadline has come and gone and the San Diego Padres stayed firm.
The biggest win of this trade deadline was the Chris Archer non-trade. As San Diego Union-Tribune beat writer Kevin Acee pointed out in his recent post, the Tampa Bay Rays wanted Austin Hedges, Hunter Renfroe, and prospect pitchers Chris Paddack and Luis Patino.