The Twins and Padres agree to swap pitchers:

The Minnesota Twins have agreed to acquire right-hander Chris Paddack in a trade with the San Diego Padres, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Thursday.

The Twins are sending left-hander Taylor Rogers to the Padres as part of the deal, sources said.

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The Padres did not have a place for Paddack in the rotation. With the Twins very weak three through five in the rotation, Paddack improves the Twins by about four games over Chris Archer. The Padres get an excellent reliever in Rogers. I’m liking the Twins chances of a good season even more this morning.