Marc Rzepcynski claimed on waivers by Mets

There were rumors in the past two days that the Mets were the team that claimed closer Craig Kimbrel off waivers but Ken Rosenthal reports that they were after another Padres reliever to strengthen their bullpen.  As for Kimbrel he was "pulled back" and Rosenthal reported that the Padres had no intention of trading him.

Source: #lPadres pulled back Kimbrel from waivers yesterday. He is not the reliever the #Mets are trying to get.

— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) August 29, 2015

Fans waited with bated breath to see who it would be until Rosenthal finally broke the news that it was Marc Rzepczynski.  The Pads had picked up Marc earlier from the Indians.

Sources: #Padres LHP Marc Rzepczynski is reliever claimed on waivers by #Mets. Timeline on when deal needs to be completed is unclear.

— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) August 29, 2015

Whether the trade will happen will depend on if the Padres are looking to save a half million dollars or if they still think they're going to make a run at the post season, which wouldn't surprise me.

Trading Rzepczynski would save #Padres less than $500K. Sometimes teams prefer to play it out rather than take back a meager return.

— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) August 30, 2015