The Padres will release both Tadahito Iguchi and Brett Tomko to open up room for Matt Antonelli and Wade LeBlanc on Monday. The Padres wouldn't call up Antonelli unless they planned to play him pretty regularly at second base. He's had an extremely disappointing season, but he did step it up this month. LeBlanc might work out of the pen initially, but odds are that he'll make at least a couple of starts next month.Source: San Diego Union-Tribune Related: Brett Tomko

News: Padres 2B Tadahito Iguchi had a RBI double and scored once in five at-bats Wednesday against the Diamondbacks. Iguchi has 14 doubles this season and is 5-for-18 (.278) with three RBI during a five-game hitting streak.

Analysis: Iguchi has not hit well since coming off the DL in early August, but still starts more often than not. NL-only Fantasy owners are the only players that want to trust Iguchi at this point. His days of being a viable Fantasy 2B are in the past

News: The Sports Xchange notes, Padres 2B Tadahito Iguchi is 0-for-13 with five strikeouts since returning a week earlier than expected from a dislocated shoulder. Iguchi was activated from the disabled list when SS Khalil Greene broke his hand July 30.

Analysis: Guess he wasn't ready, was he? Iguchi could lose at-bats to Edgar V. Gonzalez if he keeps this up. Consider the veteran Iguchi nothing more than a NL-only option -- a low-end one -- at this point

News: According to The Sports Xchange notes: 2B Tadahito Iguchi was one of two starting second basemen in the major leagues who hadn't committed an error when he suffered a separated shoulder June 5 at Petco Park against the Mets. In his second start back, Iguchi made a throwing error that paved the way to the decisive run in the Mets' 6-5 win Tuesday. Iguchi is also struggling at the plate. Since returning, albeit earlier than expected, Iguchi is 0-for-9. In the seventh inning Tuesday, the Padres had the tying runners on first and second with no one out when Iguchi grounded into a double play.

Analysis: Iguchi could lose at-bats to Edgar V. Gonzalez if he keeps this up. Consider the veteran Iguchi nothing more than a NL-only option -- a low-end one -- at this point

San Diego Padres 2B Tadahito Iguchi (shoulder) went 0-for-4 Saturday, Aug. 2, against the San Francisco Giants, in his first start since being activated from the disabled list, according to The Associated Press.

The Sports Network reports the San Diego Padres activated 2B Tadahito Iguchi (shoulder) from the 15-day disabled list Friday, Aug. 1.

Padres activated second baseman Tadahito Iguchi from the 15-day disabled list. Iguchi was probably going to do a lot of sitting after returning before Khalil Greene got hurt. Now the Padres have the option of putting Edgar Gonzalez at shortstop to open up room for Iguchi at second base. Iguchi will probably have modest value in NL-only leagues.

Tadahito Iguchi is expected to be reinstated from the 15-day disabled list on Friday. He's played three games on his rehab assignment, going 4-for-10 with two homers. He'll take the roster spot of Khalil Greene, and should take playing time away from Edgar Gonzalez, who despite a hot start has just one hit in his last 24 at-bats.Source: Padres.mlb.com Related: Edgar Gonzalez