Garland to the Padres

[Backtobanks]

From MLBTR:

Padres Agree To Deal With Jon Garland

By Mike Axisa [January 26 at 4:19pm CST]

The Padres have agreed to a deal with free agent righty Jon Garland, reports MLB.com's Corey Brock. Financial terms are still unknown, though it's a one-year deal and is still pending a physical.

 

The 30-year-old Garland earned $7.25MM with the Diamondbacks and Dodgers last year, when he made 33 starts with a 4.01 ERA. Moving to Petco Park will certainly help boost his overall numbers. We heard that San Diego had about $5MM left to spend last week, and they wanted someone durable that would contribute sure innings. Garland definitely fits that criteria, having made at least 32 starts and thrown at least 191.2 innings every year since 2002.

 

The Mets and Dodgers were two other teams connected to Garland recently

[Cubs Fan Dan]

That is a good park for him to pitch him and try to earn a larger contract / multiyear, anyone else thinking that is the motivation to play for a losing team here?

[SouthSideRyan]

These Padres moves combined with this make me wonder if an unwritten salary floor has been put into place.