April 2017 - San Diego Padres Wiretap
The San Diego Padres have signed right-hander Jordan Lyles to a one-year contract with a club option for 2019.
The Padres announced the move Sunday. Left-hander Travis Wood was designated for assignment.
The 27-year-old Lyles joined San Diego in early August, soon after being released by Colorado.
The New York Yankees have traded Chase Headley to the San Diego Padres in a salary dump.
Headley is owed $13 million for the 2018 season.
The move will allow the Yankees to aggressively pursue re-signing CC Sabathia, trading or signing another start and/or re-signing Todd Frazier.
The Yankees want to get their payroll under $197 million to lower their luxury tax threshold from 50 percent.
Headley, 33, batted .273 with 12 homers and 61 RBIs in 147 games last season.
If the San Diego Padres are able to sign Eric Hosmer in free agency, Wil Myers is willing to move to the outfield to make room for Hosmer at first base.
Myers is entering just the second year of a $83 million contract.
According to team sources, the Padres reached out to Myers and he didn't hesitate when asked about the potential addition of Hosmer and a move from first base.
Myers has logged more than 1,700 innings in the outfield in his career.
The Padres remain in the running for Shohei Ohtani, the star two-way free agent from Japan, according to a report from MLB Network's Jon Heyman.
Ohtani, who was posted by the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters on Friday, has until Dec. 22 to sign with a big league club. On Sunday, reports began to surface regarding which teams will meet with Ohtani in the coming days, and the Padres are one of the clubs who will get to do so.
San Diego Padres executive vice president/general manager A.J. Preller received a three-year extension on Sunday.
Preller is now under contract with San Diego through the 2022 season.
"A.J. is a tireless worker who possesses one of the brightest minds in the game. We have no doubt that he is the right man to lead our baseball operations group into the future," executive chairman Ron Fowler and managing partner Peter Seidler said in a joint statement.
