Padres Acquire Edmonds
Saturday, December 15, 2007by Geoff Young
The Padres are about to pick up center fielder Jim Edmonds from St. Louis for minor-league third baseman David Freese. Reportedly, the Cardinals also will be sending $1 million, which is why the deal hasn't been formally announced yet.
Edmonds is in decline, and the Pads will need a contingency plan, but I like this move. They're essentially signing him to a 1-year, $7 million deal. Like the acquisitions of Randy Wolf and Tadahito Iguchi (and the re-signing of Greg Maddux), it's a relatively low-risk move.
The last time San Diego brought in a guy that everyone else had written off, it worked out pretty ...
