The San Diego Padres acquired outfielder Mike Cameron from the New York Mets for utility player Xavier Nady on Friday. Before the Padres agreed to complete the deal, they wanted to make sure Cameron's vision was OK following a face-to-face collision with Mets teammate Carlos Beltran in the outfield at San Diego's Petco Park on Aug. 11 that ended Cameron's season. Cameron and Beltran collided while pursuing a sinking liner. Cameron was hurt the worst, sustaining a concussion, a broken nose and two fractured cheekbones. The two-time Gold Glove winner had surgery a day later. Cameron had been forced from center field to right field by the arrival of Beltran last offseason, helping make him expendable. The Padres tried to sign Cameron as a free agent after the 2003 season, but he accepted a $19.5 million, three-year deal from the Mets. Nady, a second-round draft pick in the 2000 amateur draft, was billed as a super-sub last season, playing at first and third base, and all three outfield positions. He batted .261 with 13 homers and 43 RBIs.