Padres fans would stop watching baseball if this Fernando Tatis Jr. trade happened

Padres fans would stop watching baseball if this Fernando Tatis Jr. trade happened originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.

It's almost crazy to say that the Los Angeles Dodgers can make a trade for any player in Major League Baseball, but there aren't many better farm systems equipped to make deals than the Dodgers are.

If Los Angeles does what is needed over the next few months before the trade deadline, it will put itself in a very good position to make any trade it wants. As things currently stand, the Dodgers remain among the elite in Major League Baseball, sitting in first place in the National League West.

On the flip side, the San Diego Padres are only 0.5 games behind them, though some still believe that San Diego's best player, Fernando Tatis Jr., could end up in Los Angeles.

“If any MLB team can force an unlikely trade, it is the Dodgers. They might have a dramatic payroll, but much of it is deferred. No matter how much money is out there, the Dodgers will find more to pay Tatis if he ever hits the market. Knowing the Dodgers, they will also be willing to pay above market price,” Thomas Carelli of SI .