Pitchers and catchers report to spring training in a little more than a week, and Pete Alonso remains unsigned. The New York Mets slugger has not had the offseason either he or his agent Scott Boras envisioned.

The Padres have been said through much of the offseason to be looking for ways to shed payroll and chief among those ways is the rumored potential trade of ace Dylan Cease. Among other teams, obviously,

The San Diego Padres have made it clear that both Dylan Cease and Michael King are available for trade. Cease is a free agent after this season and the team is trying to fill other roster holes, while King is expected to be in an arbitration battle with the ball club next month.