The San Diego Padres have been very proactive on the trade market in recent years; for example, instead of letting Juan Soto head into free agency and try and keep him by engaging in the biggest bidding war the league has ever seen,

To make things worse, they planned on trading one of their top pitchers. Cease was placed on the trade block for a while, but it seems like things have slowed down. The Padres still have an eye open for their pitcher. The New York Mets were one of the teams behind Cease, but things fell apart.

A long winter is in the rearview and the Padres have begun Cactus League play. A month from Opening Day, here are four takeaways from camp.

Padres general manager AJ Preller shared some insight regarding the ongoing trade rumors involving Dylan Cease.