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It looks like the San Diego Padres will go with a closer-by-committee approach in 2021. The man who finished the year as the go-to guy in the ninth, Trevor Rosenthal, departed via free agency and his predecessor has now done the same.
After two stellar seasons anchoring the back end of the Padres, Kirby Yates is moving on. The 33-year-old right-hander signed a one-year, $5.5 million deal with the Toronto Blue Jays with another $4.5 million in potential incentives.
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Yates is coming off an injury-plagued 2020 season in which he made only a handful of appearances.