The San Diego Padres have traded for Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Jason Bartlett. The deal is official, pending physicals. The deal should be completed soon. The trade is off. For now.
Interestingly, the far less significant (pending) deal for Jason Bartlett is shaping up much the same way the Adrian Gonzalez trade did. On – On, sorta – Off, maybe – Probably on. We’ll see how it concludes.
Maybe it just happens that both of these trades, for whatever reasons, were particularly strange in their development and completion. Or maybe writers are getting a little twitter-happy, jumping the gun and trying to be the first to report any potential breaking news.
I don’t know. It certainly is a bit frustrating for anyone trying to report on the Padres. The latest report I have seen in this one, saying the trade will likely still go through, but that the Rays are re-evaluating one of the pitchers included in the deal after his physical.
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