The sun had not yet risen last Dec. 7 when Padres general manager A.J. Preller received a text message from Aaron Judge’s agent. Page Odle had news to share: Judge, the star slugger Preller had met with the night before, was re-signing with the Yankees. For the Padres, this did not come as a surprise. It served, instead, as an impetus. Advertisement Just 12 hours later, Xander Bogaerts attended a Celtics-Suns game with friends. Bogaerts, by then, had received an offer he couldn’t refuse. His agent, Scott Boras, was in the final stages of negotiating the most stunning mega-contract of…