After the dust settled, Bob Nightengale of USA Today shared that Padres' third baseman Manny Machado cracked a joke with reporters about the Padres' aggressive trade deadline shopping spree. "Welcome to the San Diego Padres deadline," Machado said. "I'm never shocked about anything we do at the deadline, let's be honest."

In a dramatic turn of events, San Diego Padres manager Mike Shildt does not have designated hitter Ryan O' Hearn penned into his lineup for the Padres Monday night battle against the San Francisco Giants, leaving fans angered and confused.

Then Betts rescued the Dodgers with the 394-foot shot to left-center off Robert Suarez. It was the shortstop’s 13th homer of the season and just his fifth since June. Betts had 25 in 2022 and 39 in 2023.

San Francisco Giants (61-64, third in the NL West) vs. San Diego Padres (69-56, second in the NL West) San Diego; Tuesday, 9:40 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Giants: Kai-Wei Teng (1-2, 9.90 ERA, 1.90

Manny Machado almost pulled a fast one on the Boston Red Sox on Saturday night. In the third inning, the San Diego Padres third baseman attempted the hidden ball trick on Jarren Duran at third base, but because pitcher Wandy Peralta was standing on the rubber without the ball,