Rea excited to be back with Padres

SAN DIEGO — Colin Rea was back in the Padres’ clubhouse Tuesday afternoon, and it was almost like he never left. Even his beard — which he was required to shave upon briefly joining the Marlins — had begun to grow back.

Of course, Rea did leave. And during his three-day stint with Miami, before being dealt back to San Diego, he sustained an elbow injury. Rea had an MRI on Monday, and the Padres are still waiting on a diagnosis.

Rea added a bit of clarity to the entire situation when he addressed reporters on Tuesday. He said he felt soreness in his elbow prior to being dealt, but he assumed the soreness was normal. He said he had experienced it before and was able to pitch through it.

“Every pitcher kind of goes through some soreness here and there throughout the season,” Rea said. “… For me, that’s what it was. It wasn’t anything more. It was something I was able to throw through. It didn’t bother me at all. Then, obviously, in the start on Saturday, it just got a lot worse in those last couple innings to the point where I couldn’t throw anymore.”

The Marlins were upset that Rea went down with injury so quickly after they had acquired him. As a result, they phoned Padres general manager A.J. Preller to attempt to re-work the …

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