It's been precisely one year since the Padres traded for Dylan Cease. Nearly two months later, they landed Luis Arraez. At the ensuing Trade Deadline, they made two major moves to bolster their bullpen.

Ethan Salas and Leo De Vries have already played in big-league spring training games. They are on the fast track. For a day, many of their peers in the Padres’ farm system joined them. “You’re just trying to put players in different environments,

The Phillies' top minor-leaguers won their Spring Breakout game against the Pirates on a day that began with their No. 1 prospect reaching his next checkpoint.