Apparently Matt Stairs is going to make the Padres, which is awesome for a number of reasons. Mostly because Matt Stairs is awesome and now he’s on a team that’s not the Phillies. Also, word is he dropped 40 pounds.

Here’s the new and old Matt Stairs. I can see it. Part of it is just how the photos are cropped, but there’s definitely a bit more of a gut in Matt Stairs from August ’09 then there is in Matt Stairs from March ’10. And they say pinstripes are slimming.