The Latest Breaking News from AJ Preller

The first-place Brewers sent their closer to the Padres for Taylor Rogers, Dinelson Lamet and two prospects. Huh?

Here are the top players, teams and decision-makers to keep an eye on as the clock ticks toward 6 p.m. ET on Tuesday.

A.J. Preller is generally not the emotional type.

The fly ball to left field — like it seemed to do so many times at Starkville High’s park — was lost in the sun, leaving the left fielder helpless and the coach with a sense of dread.

SAN DIEGO — MacKenzie Gore's path from top prospect to the mound on Friday for his MLB debut has been anything but typical.

PEORIA, Ariz. — Miles Mikolas has parlayed his three-year stay with Yomiuri in Nippon Professional Baseball into more than $49 million guaranteed. Merrill Kelly, Chris Flexen and Pierce Johnson, too, are among the arms who've breathed new life into their careers in either Japan or Korea.

PEORIA, Ariz. — As the Padres prepared to hit during a spring training game Wednesday at the Peoria Sports Complex, a voice caused fill-in third base coach Mike Shildt to stop and pivot.