With this season officially a lost one the Padres want to look at as many players as they can. With that in mind the Padres have claimed 24-year old starter Charlie Haeger (from White Sox) and 29-year old reliever Scott Patterson (from Yankees) off waivers. Haeger is a righty knuckleballer who has pitched in 28 games (25 starts) in AAA this season in which he is 10-13 with a 4.45 ERA and a 1.37 WHIP. Haeger has also pitched in 15 games (1 start) in his major league career and he is 1-2 with 1 save, a 4.85 ERA and a 1.69 WHIP. Scott Patterson is a righty reliever who has pitched in 42 games (0 starts) in AAA this season and he was 2-1 with 5 saves, a 3.80 ERA and a 1.27 WHIP. Patterson has whiffed 54 batters in only 47.1 innings in AAA this year which likely has caught the eye of Padres’ management. Patterson has also pitched in 1 game for the Yankees this season and he was 0-0 with a 6.75 ERA and a 2.25 WHIP. These were both good low risk moves for the Padres who are always looking for talented pitchers to take a chance on.

The Padres have released 2B Tadihito Iguchi and pitcher Brett Tomko. The Padres just figured that this season was a lost cause so they wanted to look at some younger players in September. Iguchi played in 81 games for the Padres this season and he was 70 for 303 (.231 avg, .596 OPS) with 29 runs scored, 2 homers, 24 RBIs and 8 stolen bases. Despite him having such an off year and Phillies scooped him right up to help them in the stretch drive. Tomko pitched in 6 games (0 starts) for the Padres this season and he was 0-0 with a 1.93 ERA and a 0.86 WHIP. The Padres won’t miss either of these guys as the 2008 season was a complete waste for them.