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Baseball notes: Padres starters Cashner, Rea to Marlins in 7-player deal

San Diego starting pitcher Andrew Cashner was acquired by Miami in a 7-player deal. (Lenny Ignelzi / Associated Press)
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Buyers at the trade deadline for a change, the Miami Marlins believe they now have enough starting pitching to make a playoff push.

The Marlins acquired the rotation reinforcements they sought in a trade Friday that cost them four players. Right-handers Andrew Cashner and Colin Rea were sent to Miami by the San Diego Padres in the seven-player deal.

Miami also will receive pitching prospect Tayron Guerrero and cash for right-handers Jarred Cosart and Carter Capps and two minor leaguers, pitching prospect Luis Castillo and first baseman Josh Naylor.

Cashner is 4-7 with a 4.76 ERA in 16 starts, including a 2.55 ERA in his past three outings while being showcased for a trade. He also has a career record of 30-49 with a 3.73 ERA in seven seasons. Mattingly, former manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, faced the 6-foot-6 right-hander often in the NL West.

“I’ve seen him really good,” Mattingly said. “He’s got power stuff. I saw him when he was their No. 1, and he has that kind of stuff.”

Rea, who is in his second major league season, is 5-5 with a 4.98 ERA in 19 games this year.

Cashner has a $7.15 million contract and becomes a free agent after this season. Rea, 26, has a salary of $510,200 and is under team control through 2018.

The Padres are fourth in the NL West and looking to future seasons, and for them the prize in the deal might be Naylor, 19, a left-handed power hitter taken by the Marlins in the first round of the 2015 draft. He is batting .269 with nine home runs this year for Single-A Greensboro.

Cosart went 13-11 in 2014 with Houston and Miami but has struggled since. This year he is 0-1 with a 5.95 ERA in four starts with the Marlins, and 3-4 with a 4.09 ERA in 10 starts for Triple-A New Orleans.

Capps, a reliever with a 100 mph fastball, underwent Tommy John surgery in March and is expected to be ready for opening day 2017.

“Cashner has very good stuff,” Miami’s Jose Fernandez said. “I’ve actually faced him hitting, and I don’t like to hit against him. I think he’s going to help us get to where we need to go.”

A-Rod expects to get playing time

Alex Rodriguez expects to get some playing time at first base during the final two months of the regular season.

“I think so,” the struggling Yankees slugger said before New York’s game at Tampa Bay. “I think it’s just a work in progress.”

The 41-year-old Rodriguez is hitting just .206 with nine homers and 29 RBIs in 58 games as a designated hitter and pinch-hitter.

Clearing the bases

Royals center fielder Lorenzo Cain has been reinstated from the disabled list after missing a month with a left hamstring strain. … Mets outfielder Juan Lagares is expected to miss six weeks because of a sprained left thumb that needs surgery. … Angels ace Garrett Richards won’t pitch again this season because of a tear in his right elbow.