Hudson to dodgers?
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The story broke in the CC Times, but turns out it wasn't official or expected to be announced yet.
http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/NA...212&content_id=921387&vkey=news_oak&fext=.jsp
Hudson: Deal to LA not done yet
A's ace says reported trade is 'speculation right now'
By Mychael Urban and Kevin Colligan / MLB.com
ANAHEIM -- The rumored trade of A's ace Tim Hudson to the Los Angeles Dodgers was characterized as a done deal by a Bay Area newspaper on Sunday. Hudson, however, told MLB.com early Sunday morning that he'd received no such news.
Sunday's Contra Costa Times reported that Hudson's agent, Paul Cohen, "confirmed" a trade that would send Hudson to the Dodgers in exchange for right-handed pitcher Edwin Jackson and minor-league infielder Antonio Perez.
"I spoke with an executive from another team, and that's what I've heard," Cohen told the Times. "Until I hear from the principals, that's where we stand."
Hudson laughed when told of the story.
"If Paul has a trade confirmed, he would have called me, and he didn't," Hudson said by phone from his home in Florida. "Look at what he said. That's not confirming anything. All I've heard from Paul is that he's heard the same kind of thing about the Dodgers as he was hearing about the Cardinals earlier in the week."
The Cardinals are among many teams that have been rumored to be in the hunt for Hudson since the Winter Meetings opened Friday.
"It's still all speculation right now," Hudson said. "If a deal was done, I'd know about it, and I haven't heard anything concrete."
Neither team confirmed the deal to MLB.com, and in the Times report, A's spokesman Jim Young said he was not aware a deal had been made. A's general manager Billy Beane was not available for comment.
Beane said on Saturday night that he was closer to a trade than he had been on Friday, but declined to get into specifics. "Today was every bit as productive as yesterday," he said.
Beane also discounted some of the rumors which have swirled around Oakland's Big Three starters -- Hudson, Mark Mulder and Barry Zito -- this offseason. "When you see some of this, a lot of it's wrong," he said.
Hudson, 29, is 92-39 with a 3.30 ERA in his six seasons with the A's. He will be paid $6.75 million next season, the last of a four-year deal. Hudson is seeking a contract extension before the start of the season and is expected to command a four-year deal worth about $50 million.
Earlier this month, Hudson and his agent told the A's he would not return to Oakland if the team did not sign him to an extension before March 1.
Dodgers general manager Paul DePodesta, a former assistant to Beane, has been trying to bolster a pitching staff which currently consists of Brad Penny, Kazuhisa Ishii and Jeff Weaver. Penny was hurt the final two months of the season and Ishii was left off the Dodgers' postseason roster after struggling with consistency.
Odalis Perez was offered arbitration by the Dodgers, but DePodesta said he is confident Perez will accept a multiyear offer elsewhere.
Though he struggled with injuries at Triple-A last season, Jackson, 21, is a highly coveted young fireballer. He is 4-2 in 12 appearances (eight starts) in the Majors.
"The guy's just 21," DePodesta said at the start of the Winter Meetings. "He should be a junior in college and he'd be the first pick in the draft. I'm incredibly high on Edwin. I think he's one of the best pitching prospects in the game."
Perez hit .296 with 22 homers and 88 RBIs at Triple-A Las Vegas last season.
Mychael Urban is a reporter for MLB.com. Kevin Colligan is a regional editor for MLB.com. Reporter Ken Gurnick also contributed. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/NA...212&content_id=921387&vkey=news_oak&fext=.jsp
Hudson: Deal to LA not done yet
A's ace says reported trade is 'speculation right now'
By Mychael Urban and Kevin Colligan / MLB.com
ANAHEIM -- The rumored trade of A's ace Tim Hudson to the Los Angeles Dodgers was characterized as a done deal by a Bay Area newspaper on Sunday. Hudson, however, told MLB.com early Sunday morning that he'd received no such news.
Sunday's Contra Costa Times reported that Hudson's agent, Paul Cohen, "confirmed" a trade that would send Hudson to the Dodgers in exchange for right-handed pitcher Edwin Jackson and minor-league infielder Antonio Perez.
"I spoke with an executive from another team, and that's what I've heard," Cohen told the Times. "Until I hear from the principals, that's where we stand."
Hudson laughed when told of the story.
"If Paul has a trade confirmed, he would have called me, and he didn't," Hudson said by phone from his home in Florida. "Look at what he said. That's not confirming anything. All I've heard from Paul is that he's heard the same kind of thing about the Dodgers as he was hearing about the Cardinals earlier in the week."
The Cardinals are among many teams that have been rumored to be in the hunt for Hudson since the Winter Meetings opened Friday.
"It's still all speculation right now," Hudson said. "If a deal was done, I'd know about it, and I haven't heard anything concrete."
Neither team confirmed the deal to MLB.com, and in the Times report, A's spokesman Jim Young said he was not aware a deal had been made. A's general manager Billy Beane was not available for comment.
Beane said on Saturday night that he was closer to a trade than he had been on Friday, but declined to get into specifics. "Today was every bit as productive as yesterday," he said.
Beane also discounted some of the rumors which have swirled around Oakland's Big Three starters -- Hudson, Mark Mulder and Barry Zito -- this offseason. "When you see some of this, a lot of it's wrong," he said.
Hudson, 29, is 92-39 with a 3.30 ERA in his six seasons with the A's. He will be paid $6.75 million next season, the last of a four-year deal. Hudson is seeking a contract extension before the start of the season and is expected to command a four-year deal worth about $50 million.
Earlier this month, Hudson and his agent told the A's he would not return to Oakland if the team did not sign him to an extension before March 1.
Dodgers general manager Paul DePodesta, a former assistant to Beane, has been trying to bolster a pitching staff which currently consists of Brad Penny, Kazuhisa Ishii and Jeff Weaver. Penny was hurt the final two months of the season and Ishii was left off the Dodgers' postseason roster after struggling with consistency.
Odalis Perez was offered arbitration by the Dodgers, but DePodesta said he is confident Perez will accept a multiyear offer elsewhere.
Though he struggled with injuries at Triple-A last season, Jackson, 21, is a highly coveted young fireballer. He is 4-2 in 12 appearances (eight starts) in the Majors.
"The guy's just 21," DePodesta said at the start of the Winter Meetings. "He should be a junior in college and he'd be the first pick in the draft. I'm incredibly high on Edwin. I think he's one of the best pitching prospects in the game."
Perez hit .296 with 22 homers and 88 RBIs at Triple-A Las Vegas last season.
Mychael Urban is a reporter for MLB.com. Kevin Colligan is a regional editor for MLB.com. Reporter Ken Gurnick also contributed. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
first of all, as a dodger fan i would take hudson in a heartbeat even over Randy Johnson (mainly because of AGE), but this is not a done deal yet, as Hudson said. and people shouldnt jump to conclusions.
better something then nothing. dont you think??? Jackson is one the Top 5 pitching prospects in the game. and the infielder is a guy that can steal 30 bases and hit 20-30 HR's while playing 2B.
no it hasnt he is still the same pitcher he has always been. Actually he would be even better in Dodger Stadium as HR's become fly outs in that great pitchers park and he inherits a middle infield like he has never had in C. Izturiz and A. Cora
the reason they are looking to move him is because they cant afford to sign him beyond next year and why not take E. Jackson who happens to be one of the Top Prospects in the Game, wont be 21 until next year, only started pitching at the age of 19, played outfield in HS but was drafted by dodgers as a pitcher (what an eye that scout had!).
better something then nothing. dont you think??? Jackson is one the Top 5 pitching prospects in the game. and the infielder is a guy that can steal 30 bases and hit 20-30 HR's while playing 2B.
no it hasnt he is still the same pitcher he has always been. Actually he would be even better in Dodger Stadium as HR's become fly outs in that great pitchers park and he inherits a middle infield like he has never had in C. Izturiz and A. Cora
the reason they are looking to move him is because they cant afford to sign him beyond next year and why not take E. Jackson who happens to be one of the Top Prospects in the Game, wont be 21 until next year, only started pitching at the age of 19, played outfield in HS but was drafted by dodgers as a pitcher (what an eye that scout had!).
