It's been precisely one year since the Padres traded for Dylan Cease. Nearly two months later, they landed Luis Arraez. At the ensuing Trade Deadline, they made two major moves to bolster their bullpen.

Ethan Salas and Leo De Vries have already played in big-league spring training games. They are on the fast track. For a day, many of their peers in the Padres’ farm system joined them. “You’re just trying to put players in different environments,

T he San Diego Padres prospect group played a group of A’s prospects Friday in their Spring Breakout game at Peoria Sports Complex, losing 5-2. Shortstop Leodalis De Vries and c