With Juan Soto trade, Padres' A.J. Preller cements his status as MLB’s most energetic talent hunter - Yahoo Sports

The Padres executive is an outlier among MLB GMs, built for the rare moment when a star like Soto became available.

Beneath the apparent precision of contract figures, service time calculations, Wins Above Replacement, projected stats and prospect rankings, there is something downright Paleolithic about how MLB ex… [+9467 chars]

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