Sandy Alcantara delivered his best performance of the season for the Miami Marlins, pitching seven innings with four strikeouts and helping lead the Marlins to a 3-2 victory over the San Diego Padres.

Despite sitting in the third wild-card spot in the National League, the San Diego Padres are at least willing to listen to offers Dylan Cease prior to the July 31 trade deadline.

For ESPN MLB insider Jeff Passan, the Padres are likely to consider such a possibility. And Passan predicts that the Padres could look towards the team's bullpen, and potentially, Robert Suarez, at the trade deadline.

The Major League Baseball trade deadline is July 31, which means we're eight days away and the ticking of the clock is starting to become audible. We've seen very little movement thus far, but there's still some sorting out to be done in the standings and we've got over a week.

As the Cleveland Guardians have played themselves back into wild-card contention in the American League, their desire to sell prior to the trade deadline remains a mystery even though teams are calling them.

But, the Padres might not only buy players at the deadline. According to MLB insider Buster Olney, the Padres are reportedly putting Dylan Cease out there as a player who could be traded at the deadline.

The Miami Marlins have been named in a huge three-team trade with the Boston Red Sox and San Diego Padres before the MLB trade deadline.

The San Diego Padres have to do some payroll gymnastics to address their needs and not take themselves out of the playoff race at the trade deadline.