The Padres will sign left-hander and international amateur free agent Carlos Alvarez, according to The Athletic's Will Sammon. That's an intriguing development given that the Padres are considered one of the three finalists (alongside the Dodgers and Blue Jays) in the running for Japanese ace Roki Sasaki.

The Los Angeles Dodgers landed Roki Sasaki, and there are inevitably some who want to spoil the story. Less than an hour after Sasaki announced he was joining t