The Latest Breaking News from AJ Preller

From the Juan Soto sweepstakes to the Cubs’ All-Stars, here are some key story lines to follow on this eventful day in MLB.

The first-place Brewers sent their closer to the Padres for Taylor Rogers, Dinelson Lamet and two prospects. Huh?

Here are the top players, teams and decision-makers to keep an eye on as the clock ticks toward 6 p.m. ET on Tuesday.

SAN DIEGO — The Padres must begin with Juan Soto, despite the Mt. Everest-high odds.

LOS ANGELES — When Padres fans launch into barstool arguments about the ones who got away, players who left San Diego and blossomed in the ways that haunt, two names fly to the front of the conversation.

The Padres might play five games without Manny Machado and Fernando Tatis Jr. They might play 15.

SAN DIEGO — San Diego's MLB team has dumped Robinson Cano, who had three hits in 33 at-bats during his senior moment wearing the brown.

A.J. Preller is generally not the emotional type.

The fly ball to left field — like it seemed to do so many times at Starkville High’s park — was lost in the sun, leaving the left fielder helpless and the coach with a sense of dread.

SAN DIEGO — MacKenzie Gore's path from top prospect to the mound on Friday for his MLB debut has been anything but typical.

PEORIA, Ariz. — Miles Mikolas has parlayed his three-year stay with Yomiuri in Nippon Professional Baseball into more than $49 million guaranteed. Merrill Kelly, Chris Flexen and Pierce Johnson, too, are among the arms who've breathed new life into their careers in either Japan or Korea.