This Date In Padre Baseball - March 31

THIS DATE IN PADRE BASEBALL

1998 SEASON

OPENING DAY! 

Padres 10 Reds 2

The Padres open the season with a victory on the road 10-2 over the Cincinnati Reds. Kevin Brown (1-0) pitched 6 1/3 innings scattering 5 hits, allowing only 1 run and striking out 7 in his Padre debut. 

Scoring 3 in the top of the 3rd on sloppy play by the Reds (3B Greene 2 errors and a WP), starter Mike Remlinger (0-1) was in a hole the Reds wouldn't climb out of.

In the 6th, David Weather took the ball for the Reds and was greeted by a Wally Joyner solo HR to make the score 4-0 Padres.

The Padres blow the game open in the 7th with Tony Gwynn blasting his first home run of the year, scoring Steve Finley to make it 6-0. A bases loaded walk to Carlos Hernandez scores Andy Sheets, pinch running for Ken Caminiti, setting up another bases loaded scenario for Chris Gomez. After Gomez weakly pops to second for out number 2, manager Bruce Bochy allows Brown to hit for himself. Brown laced a double to center scoring 2 more to bring the Padres a 10-0 lead.

Brian Boehringer would give up a run in the 8th before yielding to Don Wengert, who closed out the game with a scoreless 1 1/3.

HOT FRIAR -Steve Finely 2 for 4 with 2 Doubles and 2 Runs scored

COLD FRIAR - Greg Vaughn with an 0-3 and a strikeout

Notable games of March 31 

Notable by omission - what should be Game 6 of the 2020 season versus the Atlanta Braves.

PADRES FRANCHISE RECORD ON THIS DATE = 4-2

Opening Day 1998 - Padres 10 @Reds 2
Opening Day 2008 - Padres 4 Astros 0
Opening Day 2011 - Padres 5 @Cardinals 3



Opening Day 2003 - Giants 5 Padres 2

I personally don't remember a whole lot about this game. What I think I remember is taking my young nephew out of school to go to Opening Day. It was my first opening day, and the last ever for the Padres at the Q!

The Padres were down 2-0 until scoring one in the 4th on back to back doubles by Xavier Nady and Sean Burroughs. In the bottom of the 6th, after a Mark Kotsay single and stolen base, is driven home by a Ryan Klesko double to tie the game.

We would remained tied into the 9th, in no small part to 2 Intentional Walks to Barry Bonds with multiple men on base. But it the top of the 9th, former Padre Benito Santiago and then J.T. Snow would take Clay Condrey deep on back-to-back pitches, staking the Giants to a 4-2 lead. Luther Hackman would give up another run before the inning was over to the final of 5-2.

Tim Worrell would come in an shut down the Padres in order to save the win for the Giants.

But hey, it was Opening Day, and that is always special!

Padres Making MLB Debuts on March 31

2019

Chris Paddack
Age - 23
Position - P
Stat Line - 5 IP, 2H, 1ER, 1BB, 7K 

Drafted by the Miami Marlins in the 8th round of the 2015 amateur draft.
June 30, 2016: Traded by the Miami Marlins to the San Diego Padres for Fernando Rodney.

Transactions of March 31

1972
Signed Aurelio Monteagudo as a free agent.

• P Monteagudo had been in the majors since 1963 debuting with the Kansas City A's. He would spend 1972-1973 at AAA Hawaii before being traded to the California Angels.

1981

Traded Jerry Mumphrey and John Pacella to the New York Yankees. Received Ruppert Jones, Joe Lefebvre, Tim Lollar and Chris Welsh.

• OF Mumphrey was traded to the Padres by the Cleveland Indians prior to the 1980 season. Mumphrey would appear in 160 games for the 1980 Padres hitting .298 with 4 HR and 59 RBI. He would finish 20th in the MVP vote in 1981 for the Yankees and make the 1984 All-Star Game as a member of the Houston Astros
• P Pacella had just arrived from the New York Mets in a trade for Padre great, Randy Jones in December 1980.
• OF Jones played from 1981-1983 with the Padres, representing the Padres at the All-Star game in 1982. He hit .257 with 28 HR and 149 RBI. Granted free agency after the 1983 season, we would seem him again in 1984, but this time in the World Series as a member of the Detroit Tigers.
• OF/3B Lefebvre played from 1981-1983 with the Padres, before being traded during the 1983 season to the Philadelphia Phillies. Hitting .248 with 12 HR and 53 RBI. He would play for the Phillies until 1986.
• P Lollar would appear in 119 games, primarily as a starter from 1981-1984. Posting a 36-42 record with a 4.07 ERA. He would pitch twice in the 1984 postseason, both times getting shelled pitching a grand total of 6 innings, giving up 7 runs via 3 home runs. He would be traded in the off season to the Chicago WhiteSox before completing his career with the other Sox in Boston.
• P Welsh was a AAA starting pitcher at Columbus when traded to the Padres. He would appear in 57 games with 40 starts. Posting a 14-16 record with a 4.28 ERA, Welsh would be purchased by the Expos before the 1984 season. He would play for Texas and Cincinnati before leaving baseball after the 1986 season.

1985

Traded Rick Lancellotti to the New York Mets. Received Rusty Tillman.

• 1B/OF Lancellotti made his MLB debut for the Padres in 1982 hitting .179 with 0 HR and 4 RBI. It would take him until 1986 to make it back to the majors, this time with San Francisco. With only 15 games, he would again go to the minors. He worked his way back up, one more time in 1990, this time with Boston.ti
• OF Tillman played all of 1985 at AAA Las Vegas. He would be traded to the Oakland A's in 1986.

1991

Traded Kevin Garner (minors), Joey Cora and Warren Newson to the Chicago White Sox. Received Adam Peterson and Steve Rosenberg.

• 1B Garner was a slugging AA prospect at Wichita before getting injured and missing all of 1990. After the trade, Garner never quite was the same player, never reaching the major leagues.
• 2B/SS Cora made his debut with the 1987 Padres. In 3 seasons from 1987-1990, Cora hit .250 with 0 HR and 16 RBI in 140 games. After a spell with the White Sox, Cora would move onto the Mariners, making the All-Star team in 1997.
• OF Newson had both power and speed in the minors. He would spend 8 years at the big league level, but never showed the power or the speed.
• P Peterson would start 11 games for the 1991 Padres, posting a 3-4 record and a 4.45 ERA. He would be released after struggling at AAA Las Vegas in 1992.
• P Rosenberg appeared in just 10 games for the 1991 Padres finishing with a 1-1 record and a 6.94 ERA,in what was his last season in MLB.

1999

Released Mark Langston.

• At age 37, P Langston started 16 games for the 1998 Padres and appeared in the post season out of the bullpen. A 4-6 record with a 5.86 ERA during the regular season, he would pitch a scoreless 1 1/3 in the NLCS. In Game 1 of the World Series, Bochy turned to Langston to stop the rally after Donne Wall coughed up a 3-run HR to Chuck Knoblauch to tie the game at 5. Langston would strike out Tino Martinez to end the threat....oh wait, the ump called that a ball....and then Martinez would smash a ball to deep RF for a grand slam and a series changing at bat. Langston would pitch for the Cleveland Indians in 1999 before retiring with 179 career wins.

2000

Released Alberto Castillo.

• Minor league pitcher invited to big league camp, his release would be his 3rd in as many years, with more to come. His persistence would eventually pay off and he would make his MLB debut in 2008 with the Baltimore Orioles and play for 4 seasons.

2004

Released Cory Doyne.

• Minor league pitcher invited to big league camp, eventually making his MLB debut  in 2007 with the Baltimore Orioles.

Released Justin Kaye.

• Free agent pitcher, made his MLB debut in 2002 with the Seattle Mariners, appearing in only 3 games in his MLB career.

Released Tom Wilson.

• Journeyman catcher selected off waivers in January from the Toronto Blue Jays, he would go on to appear in 13 games (LA,NYM) in his last season in MLB.

Kevin Walker selected by the San Francisco Giants off waivers.

• P Walker made his MLB debut as a Padre in the 2000 season. He would pitch in 108 games from 2000-2003 with a 7-2 record and a 4.24 ERA .

2007

Released Howie Clark.

• Journeyman utility player couldn't stick with the 2007 Padres, but found playing time in 2007 with Toronto, and then a quick cup of coffee in 2008 with Minnesota before his final release.

2017

Released Hung-Chih Kuo.

• P Kuo had appeared in 218 games for the Los Angeles Dodgers from 2005-2011 and this was his opportunity to make a big leagues roster in spring 2017. 

Selected Jake Esch off waivers from the Miami Marlins.

• P Esch made his MLB debut in 2016 for the Miami Marlins. He would appear in one more MLB game in his career. On April 12, 2017, he would come in for the Padres in the bottom of the 9th in a game against the Colorado Rockies. He would walk both batters he faced on just 9 pitches! He would spend the rest of 2017 at every level of the Padres minor leagues.

2018

Released Chris Young.

• P Young played for the Padres from 2006-2010, making the All-Star team in 2007. After battling injuries, Young attempted one final comeback in 2018, but couldn't regain his magic. His Padre career saw him post a 33-25 record and a 3.60 ERA. He also was the pitcher of record in the last Padre playoff game win, October 7, 2006, a 3-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals.

This Date In Padre Baseball - March 30th

THIS DATE IN PADRE BASEBALL

1998 SEASON

The Padres visited their AA affiliate in Mobile, Alabama for their last exhibition game of the season. The Padres would win 5-3 behind Greg Vaughn and Quilvio Veras with 2 hits each, with one of Quilvio's being a home run.
Future Padres Ben Davis and Mike Darr also had 2 hits, with one of Darr's a home run.
Just as the Padres were feeling good about the 98 season, so were the Mobile BayBears, who would go on to win the AA title.

Notable games of March 30 

Notable by omission - what should be Game 5 of the 2020 season, the opener of a 3 game series versus the Atlanta Braves.

PADRES FRANCHISE RECORD ON THIS DATE = 1-2

Opening Day 2014

Padres defeat the Dodgers 3-1 at Petco Park.

Trailing 1-0 going into the 8th, Seth Smith takes Brian Wilson deep down the RF line for a game tying home run. A Yasmani Grandal walk, followed by Brian Wilson error on an Everth Cabrera sacrifice attempt, and the a Grandal steal of 3rd and Cabrera of 2nd, Wilson allows a Chris Denorfia ground ball up the middle scoring both to take a 3-1 lead. Huston Street takes down the Dodgers in order to secure an Opening Day win for the Padres for the first time since 2011.

2018
Padres lose 8-6 to the Milwaukee Brewers.

Once again, the family attends, and we have a great time, despite Brad Hand coughing up 5 runs in the top of the 9th. Blech.

Here is Carlos Asuaje hitting a double to right field, scoring Matt Szczur in the 7th inning.

Padres Making MLB Debuts on March 30

2018

Joey Lucchesi
Age - 24
Position - P
Stat Line - 4 2/3 IP, 7 H, 3ER, 1 K with no decision.


Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 4th round of the 2016 amateur draft.

Kazuhisa Makita
Age - 33
Position - P
Stat Line - 1.1 IP with 1 BB with no decision



Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres in 2018.


2019

Nick Margevicius
Age - 22
Position - P
Stat Line - 5 IP, 3H, 1ER, 5K and took the loss


Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 7th round of the 2017 amateur draft.

Transactions of March 30

1970
Traded Tommie Sisk to the Chicago White Sox. Received Jerry Nyman.

• After a wretched 1969, Sisk hoped to pitch better as a White Sox, but did not in 1970 and retired after the season.
• Nyman would start 2 games for the 1970 Padres, losing both with a 15.19 ERA in merely 5 1/3 inning pitched. He would be released during the 1971 while at AAA Hawaii.

1979

Traded a player to be named later to the Cleveland Indians. Received Dan Briggs. The San Diego Padres sent Mike Champion (April 3, 1979) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.

• Player to be named later, Champion appeared in 193 games between 1976-1978 at second base. He hit .229 with 2 HR and 49 RBI. I believe I have his autograph somewhere.
• 1B/OF Briggs would appear in 104 games in 1979, hiting .207 with 8 HR and 30 RBI. He would be traded to Montreal in the off- season. He would play professionally until 1982, but never appeared in more than 48 games in a season again.

1984

Traded a player to be named later and Dennis Rasmussen to the New York Yankees. Received Graig Nettles. The San Diego Padres sent Darin Cloninger (minors) (April 26, 1984) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

• Rasmussen had made his MLB debut in 1983, appearing in 4 games. He was traded to the Padres from the Yankees in September 1983. He would return to the Padres via a trade with Cincinnati in 1988.
• Cloninger was a low A ball pitcher with the Spokane Indians. He would get as high as AA with the Yankees in 1985 before his release.
• 39 years old, San Diego native Nettles, having already played for 17 seasons and appearing in 44 postseason games, brought a steady hand at third and yet another veteran presence to the clubhouse. Hitting only .228 for the season, he still hit 20 HR and had 65 RBI. He would finish his Padre career in 1986, having hit .237 with 51 HR and 181 RBI and appearing in the 1985 All-Star game.
• T49 WAR = 5.9
• T28 HR = 51
• #38 RBI = 181

1985

Released Ron Roenicke.

• OF Roenicke played in 12 games for the 1984 Padres hitting .300 with 1 HR and 2 RBI. He even appeared as a defensive replacement in 2 World Series games. He would play 4 more seasons in MLB (SF,PHI,CIN.)

1989

Signed Billy Taylor as a free agent.

• P Taylor would play all of 1989 at AAA Las Vegas. He would be released at bounce around the minors until finally making his MLB debut in 1994 at age 32. He would pitch for 7 more seasons.

1991

Signed Mike Maddux as a free agent.

• P Maddux would appear in 114 games between 1991-1992 posting a 9-4 record with a 2.42 ERA. Mainly a middle reliever, he did notch 10 saves in his brief Padre career, good for a tie at 30th place on the all time Padre leader board.

Released Calvin Schiraldi.

• P Schiraldi was traded from the Cubs in the 1989 season. Appearing in 47 games with 12 starts, Schiraldi posted a 6-9 record with a 4.09 ERA. He also recorded one save in 1990. He would pitch just 3 times in 1991 for the Texas Rangers before being released.

1992

Released Craig Worthington.

• 3B traded from Baltimore to the Padres at the start of spring training 1992, he would play his way to his release. Finished 4th in ROY voting in 1989. Played until 1996 (CLE,CIN,TEX)

Traded Craig Bullock (minors) to the New York Mets. Received Terry Bross.

• 3B/P Bullock was a two-way player at single A Charleston in 1991. Rose to AA as a pitcher with the Mets before his release in 1996.
• P Bross pitched out of the bullpen for AAA Las Vegas before being traded to Texas in the off-season. 

1993

Traded Darrin Jackson to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Stoney Briggs (minors) and Derek Bell.

• Defensive OF Jackson played for the Padres from 1989-1992 appearing in 360 games while hitting .250 with 44 HR and 140 RBI. Originally traded to the Padres by the Cubs in 1989.
• T25 WAR = 9.1
• #37 HR = 44
• Single A OF who played in the Padres minors from 1993-1997, making it to AAA but never breaking through to the majors.
• OF Bell would only play in the 1993 & 1994 seasons for the Padres before being a key part of the huge off-season trade in December 1994 with the Astros that brought Caminiti, Finley and other to that special 1998 team. Bell had 2 productive seasons in San Diego, hitting .284 with 35 HR and 126 RBI, he also stole 50 bases.
• T49 HR = 35
• T27 SB = 50

2004

Sent J.J. Trujillo to the Kansas City Royals as part of a conditional deal.

• P Trujillo appeared in 4 games for the 2002 Padres posting a 0-1 record and a 10.13 ERA. He would pitch in the minors for the rest of his career, ending in 2007.

Signed Andy Ashby as a free agent.

• Former All-Star Pitcher Ashby returned to San Diego at age 36. Injured for most of the year, he would appear in 2 games as a reliever in 2004, striking out 2 and giving up one hit. Ashby's 8 year Padre career would see him post a 70-62 record and a 3.59 ERA. His name peppers the All Time Padre leader board:
• #3 WAR = 22.8
• T12 ERA = 3.59
• #5 WINS = 70
• #6 IP =1,212
• #5 K's = 829
• #6 GS = 165
• T9 CG = 18
• T8 Shutouts = 6

2005

Released Scott Mullen.

• Invited to Spring Training as a non-roster pitcher, his release would mark the end of his 4 year career in the majors (KC, LAD)

2006

Signed Brian Sikorski as a free agent.

• Sikorski would pitch in 13 games in 2006 with a 1-1 record and a 5.65 ERA. He was traded in July to the Cleveland Indians. 

2015

Traded Alex Torres to the New York Mets. Received a player to be named later and Cory Mazzoni. The New York Mets sent Brad Wieck (June 13, 2015) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.

• P Torres appeared in 70 games for the 2014 Padres going 2-1 with a 3.33 ERA. He would appear in 39 games for the Mets in 2015.
• A minor league starter, the Padres converted Mazzoni to a bullpen piece. He struggled with the transition, appearing in 8 games in 2015 and 6 more in 2017 before before selected off waivers by the Chicago Cubs in November 2017. His Padres career ended with him at 0-0 and a 17.28 ERA.
• P Wieck would make his MLB debut for the Padres in 2018, pitching in 5 games. He was traded to the Cubs in July 2019. His Padres career was a total of 35 games, going 0-1 with a 5.40 ERA

2016

Traded Nick Vincent to the Seattle Mariners. Received player to be named or cash.

• P Vincent was originally drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 18th round of the 2008 amateur draft. He would make his MLB debut in 2012 and pitch 4 seasons in San Diego. 161 appearances in relief for a record of 9-6 with a 2.63 ERA . His 161 appearance is good for a tie at 40th place on the All Time Padre leader board. 

This Date In Padre Baseball - March 29th

THIS DATE IN PADRE BASEBALL

1998 SEASON

The Padre would have a rare rain out, and their exhibition rematch against the Yankees wouldn't happen. The Yankees stayed in San Diego to play the Aztecs. The Padres went to Alabama, yes Alabama, for one more exhibition game before the start of the season.

Notable games of March 29 

Notable by omission - what should be Game 4 of the 2020 season, the finale of a 4 game series with the Colorado Rockies.

PADRES FRANCHISE RECORD ON THIS DATE = 1-1

OPENING DAY 2018 - Brewers 2 Padres 1 (12 innings)

What started out hopeful, as all Opening Days do, turned into the reality that would be the beginning of a 96 loss year. My family attended Opening Day, and as the wind turned, making the 69 degree day feel more like 59, the Padre bats fell just as cold.

Chase Anderson gave up one hit through 6, a bloop single to Jose Pirela in the 4th, then turned it over to the Brewers pen, giving up one hit in the 7th and 8th. 

Clayton Richard gave up a run in the top of the 3rd, but that was all the damage the Brew Crew could do, as Richard scattered 6 hits and a walk over 7 innings, striking out 4.

The Padres tied it up in an exciting bottom of the 9th, with Carlos Asuaje lining a shot into center for a single to bring up Chase Headley. The former Padre All-Star had come home to San Diego, but today he showed his age. Hoping for some old magic, the Friar Faithful were on their feet.

Headley drove the second pitch from Brewer closer Corey Knebel to deep RF, but he pulled it too far towards center , and it fell into the glove of RF Domingo Santana at the track.

With Freddy Galvis due up, Manager Andy Green pinch run for Carlos Asuaje, bring in Matt Szczur, who promptly steals second. On a 2-0 pitch, Galvis finds the hole between first and second and with a great jump, Glenn Hoffman send Szczur home, who beats the throw to tie the game.

Freddy Galvis becomes my son's adopted Padre for 2018, despite being thrown out trying to steal second with Austin Hedges at the plate, sending us to extra innings.

In the 11th, the Padres rallied once more, loading the bases for Chase Headley, who with one out couldn't get the ball in the air, grounding weakly to third, starting an inning ending double play.

In the top of the 12th, the Brewers rallied with 2 outs, getting a double and a single to score the winning run of Padre reliever Adam Cimber, making his MLB debut.

The Padres had no magic in their bats in the bottom of the 12th, with Galvis, Hedges, and Spangeberg all striking out swinging to send us home unhappy.

Padres Making MLB Debuts on March 29

Adam Cimber
Age - 27
Position - P
Stat Line - 1 IP, 3H, 1ER, 1K and took the loss

Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 9th round of the 2013 amateur draft.

Transactions of March 29

1975
Released Rich Chiles.

• Left fielder, made his MLB debut in 1971 for the Houston Astros, signed with San Diego in 1974, but spent the season at AAA Hawaii.

1977

Released Alan Foster.

• Traded to the Padres from the St. Louis Cardinals in 1974, Foster appeared in 43 games with 15 starts. He posted a 6-7 record with a 2.95 ERA. He left baseball upon his release.

1993

Released Vicente Palacios.

• Pitcher signed and invited to Spring Training, but didn't do enough to make the club. Played 1993 in Mexico before signing with the Cardinals for 1994 and 1995. He would return to Mexico until 2000, when he appeared in a Padre uniform 7 years later. He would pitch in 7 games posting a 0-1 record and a 6.75 before his release.

1994

Traded Harold Reynolds to the California Angels. Received Hilly Hathaway.

• Originally drafted by the Padres in the 6th round of the 1979 draft, but never signed. Harold Reynolds signed as a free agent before spring training in 1994. Reynolds would play his last MLB season in the strike shortened 1994 season. 
• Hathaway was a AAA starting pitcher who didn't make it past AAA Las Vegas. Pitched in 13 games for the California Angels in 1992-1993.

1996

Robbie Beckett selected by the Florida Marlins off waivers.

• Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 1990 amateur draft. He would eventually make his MLB debut in 1996 for the Colorado Rockies.

1997

Traded Hal Garrett (minors) and Mark Smith to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Trey Beamon and Angelo Encarnacion.

• Garrett pitched in A ball for the Clinton LumberKings in 1996. Pitched until 2001 all in the minor leagues.
• Smith was traded to the Padres by the Baltimore Orioles in February 1997. He would play for 5 more seasons, finishing with Milwaukee in 2003.
• Outfielder Beamon appeared in 43 games in 1997 hitting .277 with 0 HR and 7 RBI. He was traded to the Detroit Tigers after the 1997 season. He appeared in 28 games in 1998 before his release.
• Catcher Encarnacion played 73 games at AAA Las Vegas before being traded to Anaheim Angels in August 1997.

1999

Released Chris Jones.

• Signed as a free agent at the start of spring training, OF Jones couldn't stick with the Padres in his second go around with the team. He appeared in 92 games in 1997, hitting .243 with 7 HR and 25 RBI. He would play one more MLB season with Milwaukee in 2000 (after another sign and release with the Padres that spring.)

Traded Gus Kennedy (minors) and Andy Sheets to the Anaheim Angels. Received Keith Volkman (minors) and Phil Nevin.

• Kennedy roamed the outfield for the A level Rancho Cucamonga Quakes but never progressed above that level with any organization.
• Sheet played all the infield positions for the 1998 Padres. Hitting .242 with 7 HR and 29 RBI. He was on the postseason roster, going 0-5 in 5 games. He would play 4 more seasons (ANA, BOS,TB)
• Volkman was a minor league reliever who didn't rise above Class A Rancho Cucamonga before his release.
• Nevin looked like a AAAA third baseman at the time of this trade. But he would spend the next 7 seasons wearing a Padre uniform hitting .288 with 156 HR and 573 RBI, making his lone All-Star appearance in 2001. Nevin on the all time Padre leader board:
• #7 WAR = 17.8
• T7 AVG = .288
• #4 SLUG = .503
• #9 RUNS = 428
• #8 HITS = 842
• T8 2B = 158
• #3 HR = 156
• #3 RBI = 573

2000

Released Oscar Henriquez.

• Signed during the off-season to a minor league contract, he would pitch in Mexico until his last season in MLB in 2002 for the Detroit Tigers.

2004

Traded Brian Hunter to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Kerry Robinson.

• Hunter was a 10 year veteran outfielder, signed in the off-season to a minor league deal. He would be released again twice in 2004, ending his MLB career.
• Robinson was a defensive substitute for the Padres in 2004, appearing in 80 games, but only getting to the plate 101 times, hitting .293 with 0 HR and 5 RBI. He did steal 11 bases, tying a career high. He would be released at the end of the season and return in 2005, but only at AAA Portland.

2009

Returned Ivan Nova (earlier draft pick) to the New York Yankees.

• Nova pitched at AA and AAA for the Yankees in 2008, and was a Rule 5 draft pick by the Padres in December 2008. He didn't pitch well enough in spring training to keep him, so he was returned to the Yankees. 89 MLB wins later, Nova now pitches with the Detroit Tigers.

Sold Chris Burke to the Seattle Mariners.

• Utility player Burke signed as a free agent in January, sold to Seattle here, then purchased back in April. He would appear in 32 games in 2009 hitting .207 with 1 HR and 5 RBI before being granted free agency in June.

2011

Traded Allan Dykstra to the New York Mets. Received Eddie Kunz.

• Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1st round (23rd pick) of the 2008 amateur draft, this left-handed first basemen had power, but couldn't get his average above .241 at Class A Lake Elsinore. He would eventually make his MLB debut in 2015 with the Tampa Bay Rays.
• Drafted by the New York Mets in the 1st round (42nd pick) of the 2007 amateur draft, this right-handed pitcher never met the expectation of a 1st round pick and topped out at AAA Tucson with the Padres. Made 4 appearances in 2008 for the New York Mets.