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[Padres GM (Kevaghn)]

San Diego Padres Trade:

SP Lance McCullers Jr - $15.25M $17M $17M $17M FA

SP Nick Pivetta - $5.9M Arb3 FA

Baltimore Orioles Trade:

SP Nestor Cortes Jr. - $4.8M $4.8M FA

Really love everything about Nestor Cortes. He seems like a solid dude and he's come out of nowhere to become a great pitcher. A healthy McCullers figures to be just as good and Pivetta will often ride streaks where he looks the part, but I am saving a chunk of money here and maintaining a solid SP core at the expense of depth.

Over to Aaron for confirmation!

[Orioles GM (Aaron)]

I see LMC and Nestor as a push talent wise, so I am basically buying Pivettas innings here. Diversifying my pitching talents as I push for the playoffs. COnfirmed.