The baseball gods have a funny way of delivering presents in December — and for the San Diego Padres, it’s rarely wrapped neatly with a bow. Sometimes it’s a splashy free-agent signing. Sometimes it’s a trade rumor that makes you refresh your phone like it owes you money.
And sometimes… it’s Cleveland looking at its 40-man roster, deciding it really needed Justin Bruihl, and then punting Jhonkensy Noel into DFA purgatory like they accidentally clicked the wrong button.
Jhonkensy Noel’s DFA could hand the Padres the right-handed power bat they’ve been missing
Yes,”Big Christmas” is on the market.