The San Diego Padres are being advised to avoid swinging a deal with the Miami Marlins before the MLB trade deadline.

A sigh of relief is in order as Padres starter Dylan Cease provided a much-needed boost for a starting rotation that desperately needed a quality outing.

Corbin Carroll and Josh Naylor homered and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the San Diego Padres 5-1 on Friday night to extend their winning streak to four games.

San Diego Padres insider believes right-handed starting pitcher Dylan Cease could be a trade deadline option for the Padres.

The Padres need a bat. This trade season, that’s the bare minimum. They could use more starting-pitching depth. They could use another reliever. They could use a catcher. But they need a bat. (At least one.

Since the start of June, the Padres offense has been one of baseball’s least productive units. So giving Luis Campusano a start — finally — can’t hurt a whole lot. The beleaguered catcher is starting a game for the first time since May 31,

Josh Naylor hit his ninth home run of the year to get the D-backs scoring started in the second inning. Geraldo Perdomo had a two-out, RBI base hit in the third to put the D-backs up 2-1 at the time.