The San Diego Padres ended their problematic 4-year relationship with Yonder Alonso today, trading the talented but oft-injured and underachieving first baseman to Oakland as part of a four-player deal. The Padres also sent left-handed reliever Marc Rzepczynski to the A’s, and received Drew Pomeranz and minor league pitcher Jose Torres.
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Alonso, the former number 7 pick in the 2008 draft, was a line-drive hitting left-hander whom the Padres hoped would blossom into a Wally Joyner or Keith Hernandez-type hitter.