San Diego Padres general manager A.J. Preller has made trades with all but one MLB team during his stint as Padres GM.

Look who showed up: Vladimir Guerrero had 12 homers and an .818 OPS before the All-Star break and is up to nine homers and a 1.144 OPS over his last 29 games.

The San Diego Padres bandwagon is filling up, just in time for a critical series against the Los Angeles Dodgers with first place in the National League West at stake.

The San Diego Padres play against the Los Angeles Dodgers in an MLB game tonight. Fans can watch this game for free online.

LOS ANGELES — It was touted as the biggest series of the month. It was billed as a potential passing of the torch, with the San Diego Padres threatening to win the National League West for the first time in 19 years. Instead, Sunday’s finale ended in a three-game sweep — and a relatively convincing one, at that.

According to MLB Pipeline, the Padres' farm system after such a wild trade deadline ranked dead last in baseball. In the preseason, they ranked 25th, but after a wild deadline, Jim Callis, Sam Dykstra, and Jonathan Mayo of MLB.com had an easy time ranking the Padres in last place.

The Padres entered their weekend series at Dodger Stadium in unfamiliar territory at this juncture of a season -- in first place. They had overturned a nine-game deficit and rode a five-game winning streak into Los Angeles.

Former San Diego Padres No. 1 prospect Leo De Vries is moving up quickly in the Athletics organization, and has been promoted to Double-A after just 17 days wit