Pagan's stuff is electric but he falls behind 3-0 and has the habit of grooving a pitch right down the middle because he needs to throw a strike. The hitters are just waiting him out.
Paddock possibly will provide 2 good years of starting pitching after signing the extension.
The major leagues is a league of adjustments. Let's see how well Rooker hits after the league adjusts to his success. The scouts will find his weakness and exploit it. But for now, good for him.
The Padres' may look at this trade as a win for them by subtraction as most of TD subscribers look at the Donaldson trade as a win by subtraction for the Twins.
When the trade happened, I looked at it as Rogers for Paddock and Rooker for Pagan, one trade for addition, one for subtraction.