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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