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The Return: Colin Rea Sent Back to The Padres



Well....

After one (1!!!!) start with the Marlins, Colin Rea is heading back to the Padres, in return for minor league pitcher Luis Castillo. To say the least, this is an unprecedented and bizarre turn of events.

Rea made his first start for the Marlins on Saturday, going less than four innings before having to leave with an elbow injury. He's been placed on the 15-day disabled list with an elbow sprain. According to Jeff Passan, the Marlins were "absolutely livid" and felt as if "they had received damaged goods" after Rea's injury.

Which, for the record, is a totally BS excuse.

Colin Rea has, up to this point, been a durable starter with no major injury history. It's also a standard practice for traded players to undergo a physical with their new teams in order for the deal to be consummated- ESPECIALLY in significant trades, like the one the Padres made to send Andrew Cashner and Rea to the Marlins.

According to Padres beat writer Bill Center, the team never wanted to trade Rea to begin with. While there might be a chance his elbow will require Tommy John surgery, Rea is already an established Major League player who, while probably a career #4-5 starter, is young, controllable, and will stabilize the back of the rotation for a long time (provided AJ Preller doesn't trade him again). Even better, if Rea can return this season to the Padres, he'll be a much-needed boost to what has become an absolutely derelict starting rotation.

The Padres are sending retired Chargers defensive end minor league pitcher Luis Castillo to the Marlins, who they received in the original trade made last week. Castillo, while potentially a high upside piece, is relatively old for a single-A pitcher, and has a long way to go before he reaches the big leagues. There's a good chance Castillo will never even get a whiff of The Show.

All said, Rea returning to the Padres makes the Cashner trade look EVEN BETTER.

You're telling me the Padres got a #3 starter, a dominant reliever (both of whom are controllable), and the Marlins top position-player prospect for a sub-0 WAR pitcher with an injury history who is ALSO a free agent at the end of the year?



Gold star for you, AJ Preller.

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