As San Diego Padres general manager A.J. Preller explores various ways to improve the roster before Thursday's trade deadline, All-Star closer Robert Suarez has popped up in conversations recently.

Suarez was out of Arizona’s lineup Tuesday, but The Post’s Jon Heyman reported that it “sounds like he’s day to day” with the injury. The news is a breath of fresh air for the Diamondbacks, who are exploring moving Suarez, one of the top bats on the market, ahead of Thursday’s trade deadline.

Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman and leading trade deadline target Eugenio Suárez is out of the lineup Tuesday after being hit on the hand a day earlier, but a CT scan and MRI came back clean, he told reporters before the game.