The Padres and White Sox have been discussing a trade involving starter James Shields, Dennis Lin of the San Diego Union-Tribune reported on Saturday.
Those talks have “significant momentum,” according to Lin.
However, MLB Network’s Jon Heyman reports that nothing is imminent and that the Padres have fielded calls from a lot of teams interested in Shields.
Shields, 34, has a 3.06 ERA and a 56/23 K/BB ratio over 10 starts this season.
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