You're not supposed to be able to acquire premium, proven, controllable starting pitching in trade.

The Padres have acquired Clevinger, Snell and Darvish in the past 6 months.

In July, Baseball America ranked 6 Padres among top 100 MLB prospects. Padres still have 4 of them.

— Bill Shaikin (@BillShaikin) December 29, 2020