"Somebody wants him," Padres ace Jake Peavy said Saturday. "He can help somebody. It sucks that this is probably the last year of his career and he's got to sit here and be a part of this and have (this be) the last thing he remembers in baseball -- if this thing doesn't turn."

Padres trade for Bryan Corey

"I'll give it to my kid, let him go play with it," Maddux said.

Any way you slice it, the Padres' 4-2 loss to the Rockies before a crowd of 31,057 was disheartening for a team that severed ties with center fielder Jim Edmonds earlier in the day before going on to lose for the 18th time in its last 22 games.

The Padres have recalled outfielder Jody Gerut from Triple-A Portland to take Edmonds' spot on the 25-man roster. Gerut, who made the Padres' Opening Day roster out of Spring Training, was hitting .308 with five home runs and 18 RBIs in 27 games.

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