MLB Notes: Rangers acquire pitcher Padilla
Texas — Spurned in their pursuit of pitchers Matt Morris and Josh Beckett, the Texas Rangers got former All-Star right-hander Vicente Padilla from the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday for a player to be named.
Padilla was 9-12 with a 4.71 earned-run average in 27 starts last season in Philadelphia. He was traded in July 2000 from Arizona to the Phillies along with three other players for pitcher Curt Schilling. Padilla made $3.2 million last season, and is eligible for salary arbitration.
Padilla, 28, was an All-Star in 2002, when he was 14-11 with a 3.28 ERA, and was 14-12 with a 3.62 ERA in 2003. He is 16-19 over the last two seasons, missing more than two months in 2004 because of right-elbow tendinitis.
Morris turned down a reported $25 million, three-year offer from the Rangers, and the free agent instead agreed to a three-year, $27 million deal with San Francisco. The Rangers were willing to trade All-Star third baseman Hank Blalock to get Beckett, but the Marlins last month traded Beckett to Boston.
Rangers manager Buck Showalter was the
Padilla was 9-12 with a 4.71 earned-run average in 27 starts last season in Philadelphia. He was traded in July 2000 from Arizona to the Phillies along with three other players for pitcher Curt Schilling. Padilla made $3.2 million last season, and is eligible for salary arbitration.
Padilla, 28, was an All-Star in 2002, when he was 14-11 with a 3.28 ERA, and was 14-12 with a 3.62 ERA in 2003. He is 16-19 over the last two seasons, missing more than two months in 2004 because of right-elbow tendinitis.
Morris turned down a reported $25 million, three-year offer from the Rangers, and the free agent instead agreed to a three-year, $27 million deal with San Francisco. The Rangers were willing to trade All-Star third baseman Hank Blalock to get Beckett, but the Marlins last month traded Beckett to Boston.
Rangers manager Buck Showalter was the
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With the trades and acquisitions made going into the draft, plus the bulk of the team that is carried over from last season, and the trades and draft picks made during the draft, it sure seems like the Pats are going to be the team to beat in the AFC this season, and perhaps in all of the NFL.
Considering the Pats were almost in the Superbowl last season with a pathetic receiving corps and that they've added very talented players into said receiving corps this season, barring some nasty injury(ies), they look to be the team to take it all.I say injury(ies) because I think they could survive an injury or two to some positions, but if they lost Brady they'd probably have a hard time recovering.
I wish I could say that the Redskins did well in the draft and/or in free agency but so many holes still exist that I'm not sure they'll be significantly better than last season. I suppose on face they should be if they can keep their corners healthy. With Landry (argh, hard to type that name as a Redskin!!) back there with a healthy secondary they might be able to cheat up more and put more pressure on opposing QBs. Might.
They still have what should be a lot of talent in the receiving positions, and Campbell should be better, but they don't have the quality on either line (offense or defense) that I wish they'd have, so it could be yet another year of .500 at best, or worse.
Still, the NFC East looks to be the NFC Least again this season. None of the teams there look like they'll be that good, and none really look ready to step up and take the division.
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