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The San Diego Padres need outfield help at the trade deadline. They have been linked to Jarren Duran, but they may not be able to get him from the Boston Red Sox.
According to The Athletic's Dennis Lin the Padres are trying to get Duran, and he is seemingly their preferred choice on the trade block. However, the Red Sox need pitching, and the Padres may not match up in that regard. The Red Sox are going to want a controllable big league pitcher if they trade Duran.
If the Padres cannot get Duran, they will have to pivot, and Bleacher Report's Zachary D. Rymer predicted they would land Steven Kwan of the Cleveland Guardians.
"The Cleveland Guardians will 'at the very least will listen' if other teams call after the two-time All-Star, according to Kiley McDaniel and Jeff Passan of ESPN," wrote Rymer. "With only two years of club control left, he is at that stage of his career where a Cleveland player pretty much automatically becomes trade bait. The 27-year-old is the best defensive left fielder in the game, as well as the best pure hitter this side of Luis Arraez. If the two of them were to team up in San Diego, the Padres would have MLB's two best contact merchants atop their lineup."
Kwan is a two-time All-Star and three-time Gold Glover. He would instantly make an impact for the Padres. He is slashing .288/.352/.398 with 27 extra-base hits on the year. He is under club control through 2027 and is projected to earn a six-year, $122 million deal when he hits the open market.
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"The acquisition cost for Kwan would not be cheap, but Padres president of baseball operations A.J. Preller has a long track record of not being afraid to take big swings," wrote Rymer. "And while his farm system doesn't go deep, it does have two elite prospects in shortstop Leo De Vries and catcher Ethan Salas."
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