Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe says the Padres scouted the Boston Red Sox this weekend in Detroit, but he tells Red Sox fans to not get too excited about a possible Adrian Gonzalez deal yet.

Cafardo says, “according to a GM who has engaged in some inquiries on Gonzalez, it wouldn’t take more than a losing streak for the Padres to put him back on the burner.”

The Padres are currently 22-14 and in first place in the NL West by 1.5 games, so with the possibility for the team to win the division, Gonzalez could stay put.

“That topic has been such a distraction that it’s nice to be able to talk about something else for a change,’’ said Padres GM Jed Hoyer. “Every question we had to deal with was about Adrian. Now we don’t have to deal with that as much.

Hoyer said that if the Padres remain in contention in that very unstable division, he will be able to add at the trading deadline rather than sell off.