Major League Baseball's annual Winter Meetings have come to a close, and the biggest moves involving the San Diego Padres have involved their players leaving town.

All-Star closer Robert Suarez signed a three-year, $45-million contract with the Atlanta Braves. Starting pitcher Dylan Cease joined the Toronto Blue Jays for $210 million. Conversely, the Padres have added a trio of little-known relief pitchers for a total of $3 million.

It's not how the Friar Faithful were necessarily hoping the first six weeks of the offseason would have panned out but, as we've seen with this front office big things can happen at any time. President of Baseball Operations A.J. Preller loves to make a splash and the rumor mill is buzzing that he's ready to big game hunting again. Of course, that begs the

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