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| Height: 6-2
Weight: 220
Throws: R
Bats: R Born: Sep 27, 1977, Chinandega, Contract: Signed through 2009. |
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| December 4, 2006 Vicente Padilla reached a preliminary agreement with the Rangers on a three-year, $33 million contract Monday, according to the AP. Padilla won 15 games and held a 4.50 ERA in 33 starts for Texas in 2006. |
| December 2, 2006 The Rangers offered salary arbitration to Vicente Padilla on Saturday, according to the AP. They hope to re-sign the 15-game winner and are now guaranteed an extra draft pick if he goes to another team. Padilla has until Thursday to accept or reject arbitration. If Padilla signs with another team, the Rangers would be compensated with a "sandwich" pick between the first and second rounds of the next summer's draft. |
| November 14, 2006 Agent Paul Kinzer said the Mets have shown an interest in free agent Vicente Padilla, according to the New York Post. Padilla could be a backup plan is the team fails to land Barry Zito. Padilla went 15-10 with a 4.50 ERA for the Rangers last season. |
| August 18, 2006 Vicente Padilla did not appeal his suspension, so he will not make his scheduled start on Sunday. He will be pushed back to next Tuesday at Tampa Bay. |
| August 17, 2006 Vicente Padilla has been suspended five games by major league baseball for his role in yesterday's brawl with the Angels. MLB.com reports that Padilla will begin serving his suspension Thursday, in which case he would miss his scheduled start on Sunday. That assumes that Padilla does not appeal. |
| August 16, 2006 Vicente Padilla could well face a suspension after being tossed from Tuesday's game for hitting a batter after both sides had been warned, according to the AP. "I hope not but it wouldn't surprise me," said Rangers general manager Jon Daniels. |
| August 15, 2006 Vicente Padilla was ejected from Tuesday night's game against the Angels after hitting two batters in the first four innings, according to the AP. Padilla, who hit Vladimir Guerrero with a pitch in the third, threw another inside pitch that just missed Guerrero in the fourth. He was ejected when he hit Juan Rivera with a fastball later in the inning. |
| August 2, 2006 The Star-Telegram reports that Vicente Padilla was arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated last month. At this time, it's not clear what, if any, punishment might be meted out by the Rangers or MLB. |
| May 27, 2006 The Rangers have decided to let Vicente Padilla start Sunday's game against the A's after all, according to the Contra Costa Times. The team had stated that they were going to let Padilla pitch on Monday to give his sore ankle more time to heal, but the hurler said his ankle felt fine. |
| May 26, 2006 Vicente Padilla was originally slated to start on Sunday against the A's, but he will now make his next start on Monday, according to the AP. Padilla is dealing with a sore right ankle, and the Rangers wanted to give him some extra time to heal. John Rheinecker will get the nod on Sunday. |
| May 17, 2006 Vicente Padilla is scheduled to start on Thursday, according to the Star-Telegram. He had been considered questionable for the start due to tendinitis in his right ankle, but he responded well to a bullpen session Tuesday. |
| May 16, 2006 Vicente Padilla, who has been bothered by right ankle tendinitis, threw in the bullpen Monday, according to the Dallas Morning News. He threw 35 pitches at about 90 percent intensity. He will test the ankle by running today and will either start on Thursday or Friday. |
| May 15, 2006 Due to rainouts Saturday and Sunday, the Rangers now have Vicente Padilla scheduled to start Thursday, according to the Star-Telegram. He's nursing a sore ankle, and his status for the game remains in doubt. If Padilla can't go, John Rheinecker or Rob Tejeda would get the nod. One of those two should pitch on Thursday, regardless. |
| May 14, 2006 The Rangers consider Vicente Padilla to be questionable for his next scheduled start, which has been bumped from Monday to Tuesday, according to the Star-Telegram. He's dealing with tendinitis in his right ankle that came on after he turned it during batting pactice last week. If Padilla can't go Tuesday, John Rheinecker likely would be recalled from Triple-A Oklahoma to start. |
| January 27, 2006 Vicente Padilla agreed to a one-year, $4.41 million deal with the Rangers on Friday, thus avoiding arbitration, according to the AP. |