Daniel Jesus Palencia has the big arm, which accounts for both his meteoric rise from the lower minors to Wrigley, and his mixed results after arriving. Palencia was part of the return for Andrew Chafin two years ago and has already yielded results. He is likely to continue to do so, with increasing facility as his experience grows.
The Andrew Chafin deal is done. He's headed to the A's for outfielder Greg Deichmann and right-hander Daniel Palencia.
Deichman is a high-on-base corner outfielder who's at AAA.