Padres signed RHP Daison Acosta to a one-year contract.
As with the Ty Adcock signing last week, the Padres are again taking advantage of their 40-man roster openings to secure a priority minor league free agent. The 27-year-old Acosta had a 2.42 ERA and a 72/27 K/BB in 52 innings of relief work between Double- and Triple-A in the Nationals system last season. He throws in the mid-90s and gets his strikeouts with a mid-80s splitter. Control has always been an issue, but the stuff is there for him to become a useful reliever. This will be his first time on a 40-man roster, so he has all three option years available.
