MLB's annual Winter Meetings officially got underway in Orlando, FL on Monday. This is the event where San Diego Padres general manager A.J. Preller has made some of his biggest moves. It's where he brought Matt Kemp over from the Dodgers, sent Juan Soto to the Yankees, and signed Xander Bogaerts to a monster free agent contract.
It didn't take long for Preller to do something at the 2025 meetings, but this one won't generate quite as much buzz as the others. On Monday the Padres signed minor league reliever Daison Acosta to a one-year contract.
No, in case you're wondering, that is not Usher in a Padres uniform, although the resemblance is a little spooky.
The 27-year-old righty was signed out of the Dominican Republic by the Mets in 2016. He joined the Nationals organization before th

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