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Linebrink

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Milwaukee Brewers

Reinstated OF Bill Hall from the 15-day disabled list and optioned OF Tony Gwynn to Triple-A Nashville; Acquired RHP Scott Linebrink from the Padres in exchange for RHP Will Inman, LHP Joe Thatcher and LHP Steve Garrison.

Veteran bullpen arm for some good prospects, we wont really know how it pans out until we see Inman in the majors.

Hopefully Balfour and Spurling can now pack their bags.

[editor's note, by Jeff] Ack. It's nice to have Linebrink, to be sure, but for Inman? This makes me think that there was more to the Otsuka deal than was rumored...this is a bigger bounty than it would've taken to get Akinori, who is probably the more valuable commodity.