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Weaver joins Padres with 'a lot to prove'

PEORIA, Ariz. -- As if seeing Jered Weaver wearing blue -- following 11 seasons in Angels red -- wasn't enough, the veteran right-hander arrived in Padres camp with a No. 27 jersey hanging in his locker.

"I figured I've got to hit," said Weaver, who donned 36 during his time in Anaheim. "So I went Mike Trout on them."

National League baseball is just one of many adjustments awaiting Weaver, who signed a one-year, $3 million deal with the Padres on Saturday. Weaver was drafted by the Angels in 2004 and spent his entire career in Anaheim, where he racked up a 3.