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         The San Diego Padres have acquired RHP Mike Clevinger, OF Greg Allen and a player to be named later from the Cleveland Indians in exchange for OF Josh Naylor, RHP Cal Quantrill, C Austin Hedges,  SS Gabriel Arias, LHP Joey Cantillo and IF Owen Miller.        The Padres haveContinue reading “MLB Trade Review: Padres strike again, acquire Clevinger from Tribe”

  from Getty Images        The San Diego Padres have acquired C/1B Austin Nola, RHP Austin Adams and RHP Dan Altavilla from the Seattle Mariners in exchange for OF Taylor Trammell, IF Ty France, RHP Andres Munoz and C Luis Torrens.         The Padres have been very active recently, acquiringContinue reading “MLB Trade Review: Padres acquire Nola and two others in seven player deal”

         The San Diego Padres have acquired C Jason Castro from the Los Angeles Angels in exchange for RHP Gerardo Reyes.        The Padres have few holes offensively, and they cleared up one of them when they acquired Mitch Moreland today from Boston to be the designated hitter. Their biggestContinue reading “MLB Trade Review: Padres acquire Castro”

         The Colorado Rockies have acquired RHP Michael Givens from the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for 1B Tyler Nevin, IF Terrin Vavra and a player to be named later.        Givens is one of the premier relief pitchers on the trade market this year, especially since he is not aContinue reading “MLB Trade Review: Rockies acquire Givens”

         The Chicago Cubs have acquired 1B/OF Jose Martinez from the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for two players to be named later.        I really don\’t like this trade for the Rays, although we likely won\’t know who they got until the season is over. This offseason, they gaveContinue reading “MLB Trade Review: Cubs acquire Martinez”