Nation + world: Padres get Carlos Quentin from White Sox in trade
Baseball
Four years after trading Carlos Quentin from Arizona to the Chicago White Sox, new Padres general manager Josh Byrnes is bringing the All-Star outfielder back to San Diego.
Byrnes acquired Quentin from the White Sox for two prospects on Saturday.
The trade is expected to bolster San Diego’s anemic offense. Quentin has four consecutive 20-homer seasons, including 36 in 2008. He will play leftfield.
The White Sox received minor league pitchers Simon Castro, a right-hander, and Pedro Hernandez, a left-hander.
While GM of the Diamondbacks, Byrnes traded Quentin to the White Sox for first baseman Chris Carter in December 2007.
Quentin, 29, hit .254 with 24 home runs, a career-high 31 doubles and 77 RBIs in 118 games in 2011, when he made his second All-Star team.
More baseball: The Blue Jays agreed to a minor league contract with left-hander Aaron Laffey and invited him to spring training. Laffey was 3-2 with a 3.88 ERA in 47 relief appearances for Seattle and the New York Yankees last season.
Tennis: Andy Murray hired eight-time Grand Slam winner Ivan Lendl as his coach in a bid to finally win a major title. The fourth-ranked Scot will begin working with the Czech-born Lendl as he prepares for the Australian Open, which starts Jan. 16. Murray, 24, spent all of last season ranked in the top four but still ended it without a first Grand Slam title.
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