lobo4life Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 for a player to be named later. Texas acquires Padilla from Phillies By Jerry Crasnick ESPN.com The Texas Rangers have acquired right-handed starter Vicente Padilla from the Philadelphia Phillies in a trade for a player to be named, baseball sources told ESPN.com. The deal is contingent on Padilla passing a physical exam with the Rangers. Padilla, 28, has a 51-51 record with a 3.95 ERA in seven seasons with Philadelphia and Arizona. He came to the Phillies with Omar Daal, Travis Lee and Nelson Figueroa in a trade for Curt Schilling in July 2000, and posted back-to-back 14-win, 200-inning seasons in 2002-2003. Padilla slipped to 16-18 the past two seasons, and new Phillies general manager Pat Gillick had been actively shopping him this winter. Padilla earned $3.2 million last year and is eligible for salary arbitration. The Rangers, who traded Chan Ho Park to San Diego for Phil Nevin in July and let Kenny Rogers leave through free agency, have been in the market for veteran starting pitching to complement Chris Young and Kameron Loe in the rotation. Texas made an early run at A.J. Burnett and offered Matt Morris a three-year deal for about $25 million before he opted to sign with San Francisco. The Rangers have also pursued Josh Beckett, Adam Eaton and Miguel Batista in trades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwsoftball Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 Padilla has a good moving fastball, which will help. He doesn't give up many walks or homeruns. However, he doesn't have high strikeout totals and his mental approach is said to be below what you'd want in a pitcher. There's potential there though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigPapaBear Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 Potential isn't reached by pitchers for the Rangers. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie2008 Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 He's one of those guys that can absolutely shut you down one game and get rocked the next. He's got great stuff he just needs to be a little more consistent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheaptrick77 Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 Padilla is the second-winningest Nicaraguan-born pitcher in MLB history: 1. Dennis Martinez, 245 2. Vicente Padilla, 51 3. Albert (DeSouza) Williams, 35 4. Porfi Altamirano, 7 5. Oswaldo Mairena, 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoelessjoelives Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 Originally posted by cheaptrick77Padilla is the second-winningest Nicaraguan-born pitcher in MLB history: 1. Dennis Martinez, 245 2. Vicente Padilla, 51 3. Albert (DeSouza) Williams, 35 4. Porfi Altamirano, 7 5. Oswaldo Mairena, 2 Where did those last three come from, a bull fight ring !!:whome: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CNOrtega Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 It really depends on who the "player to be named" is. If it's a Wilkerson or a Sledge, fine. If it's a Nix or a Mench, there should have been another player involved along with it on the Phillies' side. If it's a Danks or Diamond, I'm officially going to jump off the top of the Ameriquest bell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie2008 Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 Originally posted by CNOrtegaIt really depends on who the "player to be named" is...If it's a Danks or Diamond, I'm officially going to jump off the top of the Ameriquest bell. After you do, I'll rip it off its moorings and make sure Daniels wears it as a hat... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lobo4life Posted December 14, 2005 Author Share Posted December 14, 2005 Originally posted by CNOrtegaIt really depends on who the "player to be named" is. If it's a Wilkerson or a Sledge, fine. If it's a Nix or a Mench, there should have been another player involved along with it on the Phillies' side. If it's a Danks or Diamond, I'm officially going to jump off the top of the Ameriquest bell. If you think they would do that you're crazy. The player to be named looks like it's between Ricardo Rodriguez and some really young Domincan infielder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie2008 Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 Usually these 'player to be named later' trades end up being low-level minor leaguers....like Danks or Diamond... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kill.switch Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 Originally posted by cheaptrick77Padilla is the second-winningest Nicaraguan-born pitcher in MLB history: 1. Dennis Martinez, 245 2. Vicente Padilla, 51 3. Albert (DeSouza) Williams, 35 4. Porfi Altamirano, 7 5. Oswaldo Mairena, 2 Way to set the bar Martinez.:thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVH_Fan Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 I see this as a good move. Padilla should be a double-digit winner in Texas. Go :texrangers:!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramsn03 Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 Originally posted by Aggie2008Usually these 'player to be named later' trades end up being low-level minor leaguers....like Danks or Diamond... Danks and Diamond are not in the low-level minors, both are very close to being major league ready. It will be someone in the lower minors that we've probably never heard of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notorious98 Posted December 14, 2005 Share Posted December 14, 2005 i heard that the phillies had been given a list of minor league players to choose from, none of them danks or diamond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramsn03 Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 Just saw where the Phillies chose Ricardo Rodriguez to complete this deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheaptrick77 Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 Originally posted by ramsn03Just saw where the Phillies chose Ricardo Rodriguez to complete this deal. Yep: Phillies complete Padilla trade, get right-hander PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- The Philadelphia Phillies completed last week's trade of pitcher Vicente Padilla by acquiring right-handed pitcher Ricardo Rodriguez from the Texas Rangers on Monday. The 27-year-old Rodriguez went 2-3 with a 5.53 ERA in 12 games for the Rangers last season, starting 10 games. He was 7-3 with a 2.91 ERA in 13 games for Triple-A Oklahoma, starting 12 games and pitching two shutouts. "We're trying to add more depth to our pitching staff and give Charlie more people to look at in spring training," said Phillies general manager Pat Gillick, referring to manager Charlie Manuel. Padilla, an All-Star in 2002, went 9-12 with a 4.71 ERA in 27 starts last season for Philadelphia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twentytwo Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 Ricardo will probably blossom if Philly. I thought we were giving up an A ball prospect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigb44 Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 Originally posted by TwentytwoRicardo will probably blossom if Philly. I thought we were giving up an A ball prospect. I seriously doubt it, Phillly is more of a hitters park than Arlington. Rodriguez started a game after the All- Star Break last year against Oakland that I was at. Everyone was dodging rockets off of Oakland's bats in the stands he gave up 4 Home Runs in 2 1/3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twentytwo Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 Just a thought. Not to say he will be Jake Peavy or anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 At some point, Rodriguez is going to blossom....he's got too much talent not to. I'm just disappointed that the Rangers weren't patient enough. Padilla better be good to make me feel good about this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigb44 Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 Padilla (28) is a year older than Rodriguez (27), Padilla is 51-51 career with a 3.95 ERA, which believe it or not is on par with A.J. Burnett 49-50 with a 3.73 ERA in a much more pitcher friendly park. Rodriguez is 10-15 with a career 5.18 ERA he should be more consistent by now. This was a good move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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