Mike Adams traded to Rangers

Mike Adams was traded by the San Diego Padres to the Texas Rangers on July 31, 2011. In exchange the Padres receive minor league players Robbie Erlin and Joseph Wieland.


RHP Mike Adams has pitched for seven seasons for the Padres and Brewers. Before the trade he was 3-1 with a 1.13 ERA, 49 strikeouts, 0.73 WHIP and one save in 48 innings over 48 games. For his career he is 11-9 with a 2.11 ERA, 295 strikeouts, 1.01 WHIP and two saves in 285.2 innings over 270 games. He originally signed with the Brewers as an amateur free agent in 2001.


Erlin is a LHP at the Double A level of the minors after starting the season at Class A advanced and is 20. At Class A advanced he was 3-2 with a 2.14 ERA, 62 strikeouts and 0.55 WHIP in 54.2 innings over nine games and he was 5-2 with a 4.32 ERA, 61 strikeouts and 1.20 WHIP in 66.2 innings over 11 Double A games. He was originally drafted by the Rangers in the third round in 2009.


Wieland is a RHP at the Double A level of the minors who also started the season at Class A advanced and is 21. At Class A advanced he was 6-3 with a 2.10 ERA, 96 strikeouts and  0.96 WHIP in 85.2 innings over 14 games and he was 4-0 with a 1.23 ERA, 36 strikeouts and 1.05 WHIP in 44 innings over seven Double A games. He was originally drafted by the Rangers in the fourth round in 2008.