Why Did the Padres Go Quiet, Close Up Shop on Deadline Day?

Heading into the final hours of Major League Baseball's non-waiver trade season, the San Diego Padres were expected to put up a white flag and start supplying buyers with valuable assets left and right. 

But now here we are in the aftermath of Friday's non-waiver trade deadline, and there's one question about the Padres that needs answering:

What in the heck happened?

By all accounts, it was a lot of things. But since it's a long story, we better start at the beginning.

The Padres did indeed have the look of a seller on the eve of the trade deadline. They entered the week at just 47-52, putting them 8.5 g...

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