The Latest Breaking News from Juan Soto

SAN DIEGO — The Padres have a real live capable offense, evidently.

He was the untouchable one, MacKenzie Gore. The left-handed pitcher was long considered the top prospect in the Padres organization. He was off limits, lap after lap — protected in trade chatter like the main vault at Fort Knox.

SAN DIEGO — The play ended in a chorus of boos, fans pelting objects onto the field and John Brebbia standing on the mound waiting to throw the next pitch. Somehow, some way, the red-bearded fellow was still preserving a lead.

Here's some good news Padres fans don't want to hear right now, and I don't blame them:

It might have listened; you never know.

Other than a future Hall of Famer at QB, six straight division titles and an excellent chance to win another Super Bowl, what do the Chiefs have that the Bears don’t?

It turns out that the Angels star was never really available at the trade deadline.

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts insisted it wouldn’t be a litmus test.

LOS ANGELES — To say acquiring Juan Soto (and Josh Bell, Josh Hader and Brandon Drury) took things to a new level for the Padres is like saying the traffic leaving Dodger Stadium can back up.

SAN DIEGO — When Padres CEO Erik Greupner and his college-bound son sat down Tuesday morning at The Original Pancake House in Encinitas, the baseball executive simply sought a father-son bonding moment and breakfast.

There were four different strategies that contending teams used at the trade deadline: 1) Make the necessary moves to improve for the rest of the regular season, with the hope being to secure one of the six playoff spots in each league and/or to ensure home-field advantage. 2) Build the…