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The Padres have bolstered their rotation for the present and future, acquiring righty Ian Kennedy from the division rival Diamondbacks for lefty reliever Joe Thatcher, Double-A reliever Matt Stites, and a compensation round B draft pick, according to a tweet from MLB.com's Corey Brock. It's a surprisingly light haul for Kennedy, a 28-year-old who is under team control through 2015 as an arbitration eligible player.
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Stites is a highly regarded reliever prospect and has closer potential. Thatcher is a solid lefty out of the pen and is only 31 (decent age for a reliever) and he won't become a FA until 2015. Nice move for AZ. Trading Kennedy alone is addition by subtraction and now adding a nice bullpen piece should only make us better.
I will admit though that I can see Kennedy doing well in Petco. Nice buy low for them.
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Stites is a highly regarded reliever prospect and has closer potential. Thatcher is a solid lefty out of the pen and is only 31 (decent age for a reliever) and he won't become a FA until 2015. Nice move for AZ. Trading Kennedy alone is addition by subtraction and now adding a nice bullpen piece should only make us better.
I will admit though that I can see Kennedy doing well in Petco. Nice buy low for them.