The San Diego Padres appear to be trending away from landing Roki Sasaki in free agency, which could motivate the team to move on trade candidates like Dylan Cease, Luis Arraez and Robert Suarez.

The San Diego Padres are one of the final three teams being considered by Japanese pitching phenom Roki Sasaki.

You can’t hit a home run from the dugout. The Padres were right to pursue Roki Sasaki, even though, by the time the Japanese pitching ace chose Friday to sign with the Los Angeles Dodgers, much of their offseason had come and gone to little effect.