A year after spending north of $400MM in free agency, the Padres spent a total of $50MM on free agents , adding just $9.35MM to the 2024 payroll. Indeed, in an effort to slash the budget, president of baseball operations A. J. Preller made most of his biggest acquisitions on the trade market. The Padres , , , , and from the Yankees in exchange for and , and several months later, they used...