Padres president of baseball operations A.J. Preller said starting pitching will be a need this offseason as right-handers Dylan Cease and Michael King reach free agency.

Speaking to the media on Tuesday, Preller mentioned both Mason Miller and Adrián Morejón while discussing the Padres’ bullpen as a strength.

He also did not rule out stretching either out as a starting pitcher.

“We’ll get together as a group,” Preller said. “We’ll have our thoughts. We’ll definitely get Mason’s thoughts and hear what he thinks is best. We’ll see how the offseason plays out, roster-wise. Then we’ll have some clear direction for him of what that looks like.”

Miller struck out 45 batters in 23⅓ innings (0.77 ERA) after the trade from the Athletics and another eight batters across 2⅔ scoreless innings in

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