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The San Diego Padres stole the headlines over the last couple days, making multiple blockbuster moves in their bid to catch up with the star-studded World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers. In two separate deals, they added 2018 Cy Young winner Blake Snell and 2020 Cy Young runner-up Yu Darvish to their starting rotation.
However, the Dodgers weren’t idle while the Padres were loading up. They also made a couple small additions to their pitching staff, with one free agent signing and one trade. The signing was reliever Tommy Kahnle, who served as a setup man for the Yankees in 2019 — the right-hander had Tommy John surgery in August, so his two-year contract is more of a long-term move for late-2021 or 2022.