Dodgers Trying to Bring Back Vicente Padilla as Swing-Man or Closer

by Jeff Fletcher

Filed under: Dodgers, MLB Rumors, MLB Inside Scoop, MLB Hot Stove, MLB Free Agency

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- The Los Angeles Dodgers have a full starting rotation after signing right-hander Jon Garland away from the Padres and retaining both Ted Lilly and Hiroki Kuroda this winter, but that isn't stopping them from trying to keep Vicente Padilla around as well.

The Dodgers are trying to bring back Padilla in 2011 as a swing-man reliever or perhaps even a closer, a source told FanHouse.

Padilla, 33, has spent the vast majority of his career in the rotation and made 16 appearances -- all starts -- for Los Angeles last season.

 

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