The Padres decided to keep Wells at the Advanced-A level but he soon found himself a promotion to the Double-A Mobile BayBears in 2005.

Wells was named the Padres Minor League Pitcher of the Year at the club's annual organization postseason Awards Dinner on November 3.

Even though his performance was sub-par, he was called up for the first time in his career on May 22, 2008, and made his major league debut with the Padres on May 24.

After just one more appearance with the Padres, he was traded to the Mariners on May 28 for Cha Seung Baek and was assigned to Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers.

[2] Wells pitched for the Tacoma Rainiers after starting the season with the Double-A West Tenn Diamond Jaxx in 2009.