The Padres remain one of the leagues most interesting edge cases going into deadline day. After tonights lo s to the Rockies, San Diego sits five games out in the Wild Card picture. Buster Olney of ESPN Monday afternoon the Dewayne Dedmon Jersey Friars are evaluating the market for help in the outfield/designated hitter mix and the bullpen. Meanwhile, Jon Heyman of the New York Post relayed ( ) the Padres asking price in talks on is so high that other clubs believe theyre likely to hold him past the deadline. San Diego bra s has been clear they preferred to add for a playoff push rather than tear things down after another aggre sive offseason. It seems that remains the case, with last weekends sweep of the AL West-leading Rangers perhaps giving the front office the ammunition to buy. In that case, adding position player depth is a sensible target. The Friars have gotten excellent seasons from , and , while has been on a tear since a slow start. The bottom half of the lineup has struggled, however.Catcher was a major question mark for a while, although has provided a strong power threat there since San Diego nabbed him off waivers. has had a poor season at first base, while the veteran collection of , and off the bench didnt work. Cruz and Odor have already been released; Carpenter is hitting .166/.296/.302 over 207 trips to the plate. The bullpen has been solid, even though tonights lo s dropped them to a staggering 0-10 in extra-inning contests. San Diego relievers entered play Monday ranked ninth in ERA (3.78) and fourth in ground-ball percentage (48.1%). Theyre 21st in strikeout rate (23.2%) and 19th in swinging strikes (11.4%), though, so adding some swing-and-mi s could be welcome. Getting back after he mi sed the first half of the season helps. He and Hader would form an excellent high-leverage duo a suming the Friars indeed hold onto the latter but is the only other San Diego reliever with 10+ innings whos striking out over a quarter of opponents. Jabari Parker Jersey