The Washington Nationals announced that they have traded right-handed pitching prospect Pedro Avila to the San Diego Padres for catcher Derek Norris.
Norris, 27, hit just .186/.255/.328 with 17 doubles, 12 home runs and 42 RBI in 2016 for the Padres.
Norris is a career .223/.309/.380 hitter and fills the Nationals hole at catcher with Wilson Ramos now a free agent.
The right-handed hitter was drafted by the Nationals in 2007, but was traded by Washington to the Oakland Athletics in 2011 along with A.J. Cole, Tommy Milone, and Brad Peacock for Gio Gonzalez.
