The San Diego Padres were one of the busiest teams ahead of the MLB trade deadline, and now they’re drawing some scrutiny around MLB regarding their disclosure of medical records.
In two separate trades the Padres made ahead of the deadline, teams with whom they dealt may not have felt San Diego completely disclosed all medical issues related to the players, according to ESPN’s Buster Olney.
In one trade, the Padres dealt All-Star pitcher Drew Pomeranz to the Boston Red Sox. Boston reportedly believes Pomeranz has some medical issues that were not fully disclosed during the trade talks. Pomeranz has made four starts with the Red Sox, allowing five runs in two of them, and two runs over six innings in the other two.
Another trade the Padres made was a 7-player deal with the Marlins. San Diego traded Andrew Cashner, Colin Rea and Tayron Guerrero to Miami and received Luis Castillo, Jarred Cosart, Josh Naylor and Carter Capps. After Rea had to leave his first start with the Marlins due to an elbow problem and quickly landed on the DL, Miami was livid. They felt they had been traded damaged goods, so they traded Rea back to the Padres for Castillo.
According to Olney, MLB is aware of the issues and is reviewing the concerns. Standard practice is for teams to share medical records for players involved in trades. It’s also up to the teams receiving new players to conduct their own physical examinations of players they are receiving.
However you look at it, it’s a busy week for Padres executives, especially Ron Fowler, who’s in the middle of a controversy involving other players the team traded.
