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Quick Hits: Murphy, Padres, O’s, Kazmir, Brewers, Astros

By charliewilmoth | December 10, 2015 at 7:41am CDT

Here are a few odds and ends left over from the past 24 hours or so of Winter Meetings action.

  • The Angels are open to a reunion with David Murphy as a backup plan in case they’re unable to sign a top free agent, Alden Gonzalez of MLB.com tweets. The 34-year-old Murphy hit .265/.281/.400 in 155 plate appearances after the Angels traded for him in July. If they do re-sign him, they’ll use him as the lefty half of a platoon.
  • The Padres are still looking for a shortstop, but they’d like to make sure there aren’t any trades available before they head to the free-agent market to sign one, FOX Sports’ Jon Morosi tweets. Perhaps that makes sense — Ian Desmond (who didn’t have a very strong year by his standards) stands head and shoulders above the rest of the current group of free agent shortstops, and he’s followed by a number of veterans coming off weak seasons, like Jimmy Rollins, Stephen Drew and Alexei Ramirez.
  • The Orioles are one of many teams interested in free agent starter Scott Kazmir, CBS Sports’ Jon Heyman tweets. With the departure of Wei-Yin Chen, the Orioles’ rotation is entirely right-handed, and they’re reportedly interested in a lefty to balance it. Kazmir would fit the bill.
  • The Brewers will look to take at least one player in this morning’s Rule 5 Draft, Tom Haudricourt of the Journal Sentinel writes. As Baseball America’s J.J. Cooper previously noted, several potential Rule 5 picks come from the Astros’ system (lefty Reymin Guduan, outfielder Teoscar Hernandez, catcher Roberto Pena, righty Chris Devenski). Haudricourt wonders if, with the fifth pick today, former Astros exec and new Brewers GM David Stearns could choose a player from his old organization.
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  1. greatd

    5 years ago

    Wouldn’t signing both Kazmir and Chen be better than resigning Davis?

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  2. peterangelosisataintstain

    5 years ago

    Chen doesnt wanna be in baltimore.

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    • mstrchef13

      5 years ago

      Quite honestly Chen and his flyball tendencies would be better off in Oakland or Detroit or Washington or Los Angeles. We got great value out of him, but you can’t defend against home runs and he doesn’t have a pitch he can get a clutch ground ball or strikeout with. Otherwise, he’s great.

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  3. baseballcrazy

    5 years ago

    You really think those players could go in the Rule 5 draft?! I would be shocked if they did. Those players aren’t ready to the bigs.

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