{"id":81971,"date":"2024-07-31T22:05:13","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T02:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=81971"},"modified":"2024-07-31T22:05:13","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T02:05:13","slug":"padres-activate-deadline-pitchers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/07\/31\/padres-activate-deadline-pitchers\/","title":{"rendered":"Padres Activate Newly Acquired Pitchers In Postseason Push"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Holding onto the third Wild Card spot, the San Diego Padres have activated their newly acquired pitchers in their push for the postseason. San Diego made a few roster moves on Wednesday, activating left-handers <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/p\/perezma02.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-31_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mart\u00edn P\u00e9rez<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/scottta01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-31_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tanner Scott<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as well as right-hander <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hoeinbr01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-31_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bryan Hoeing<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In order to clear roster spots for the trio, the Padres optioned <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/gillalo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-31_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Logan Gillaspie<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to Triple-A El Paso and designated left-hander <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=davisau01,davisau02,davis-006aus,davis-005aus&amp;search=Austin+Davis&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-31_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Austin Davis<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for assignment. San Diego also placed right-hander <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/k\/kolekst01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-31_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stephen Kolek<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the 15-day injured list with right forearm tendinitis.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We have made the following roster moves: <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Fvm7ElWPro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Fvm7ElWPro<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 San Diego Padres (@Padres) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Padres\/status\/1818778257606819971?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 31, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Padres Activate Newly Acquired Pitchers P\u00e9rez, Scott, and Hoeing<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After spending the trade deadline bolstering their pitching staff, the Padres have their sights set on the postseason. At 58-51, they not only hold the third Wild Card spot, but are closing in on the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers. General manager A.J. Preller has been busy throughout the season trying to build a legitimate World Series contender. Trading for <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/ceasedy01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-31_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dylan Cease<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in March and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/a\/arraelu01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-31_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Luis Arr\u00e1ez<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in May before acquiring P\u00e9rez, Scott, and Hoeing at the deadline.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/musgrjo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-31_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joe Musgrove<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> sidelined with <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/05\/05\/joe-musgrove-heads-to-injured-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">elbow inflammation<\/a> and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/d\/darviyu01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-07-31_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yu Darvish<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> away from the team, the Padres added another layer of rotation depth in veteran left-hander Mart\u00edn P\u00e9rez. P\u00e9rez signed a one-year, $5 million deal with the Pittsburgh Pirates in January. Despite being briefly sidelined with a groin strain in May, he owns a 5.40 ERA in 16 starts for Pittsburgh in 2024. The 33-year-old has an ability to eat innings, which is no small feat for a young rotation behind Dylan Cease.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scott is one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/07\/30\/padres-acquire-tanner-scott-marlins\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">best bullpen arms<\/a> in baseball this season. He has pitched to a 1.18 ERA with 18 saves and 53 strikeouts in 44 appearances for the Miami Marlins. The 30-year-old southpaw has not allowed a run in 17 appearances since June 17th.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like P\u00e9rez, Hoeing is a starter\/reliever hybrid and has already made two spot starts for the Marlins this season. He holds a 2.70 ERA, 1.267 WHIP, and a 20.2% strikeout rate in 16 appearances.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Having built one of the best bullpens in baseball,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">if their rotation can stay healthy and get through six or seven innings, their bullpen can dominate deep into October.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: \u00a9 Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Holding onto the third Wild Card spot, the San Diego Padres have activated their newly acquired pitchers in their push for the postseason. San Diego made a few roster moves on Wednesday, activating left-handers Mart\u00edn P\u00e9rez and Tanner Scott, as well as right-hander Bryan Hoeing. In order to clear roster spots for the trio, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4975,"featured_media":81977,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30,1071,35],"tags":[1524,3384,3255,71,5660],"class_list":["post-81971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-padres","category-mlb","category-news","tag-dylan-cease","tag-luis-arraez","tag-martin-perez","tag-miami-marlins","tag-tanner-scott"],"modified_by":"Lewis Masella, Site Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4975"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}