By this point in the offseason, it isn’t a secret that the San Diego Padres are being cautious with their money. They are trying to sign talent but also slash payroll.
One of the ways to slash payroll would be to trade a player in the last season of his deal.
Three-time batting champion Luis Arraez has been traded multiple times throughout his career, but Zachary D. Rymer of Bleacher Report predicts it will be a fourth, saying the Friars will send the infielder to Seattle in exchange for designated hitter Mitch Garver and infielder Michael Arroyo (Mariners’ No. 6 prospect)…