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Quick Hits: Escobar, Hudson, Padres, Dodgers

By Mike Axisa | April 17, 2012 at 10:36pm CDT

Scott Baker had Tommy John surgery on Tuesday according to LaVelle E. Neal III of The Star Tribune. He was supposed to have surgery on his flexor tendon, but Dr. David Altchek found damage to the ligament and repaired it. The Twins hold a $9.25MM club option for Baker next season, and it seems unlikely that they'll pick it up.

Here's some news from around the league, as Tuesday turns into Wednesday…

  • Mike Puma of The New York Post reports (on Sulia) that Kelvim Escobar will travel to the U.S. and audition for teams next month. The 36-year-old right-hander has thrown just five big league innings since 2007 due to major shoulder issues.
  • Andy Parrino has made two straight starts at second base for the Padres, and Bill Center of The San Diego Union-Tribune speculates that Orlando Hudson could be released if his play doesn't improve. The 34-year-old Hudson is hitting .114/.139/.171 in the early going and is owed $7.25MM between his salary and the buyout of his 2013 option.
  • Peter O'Malley and his family are "thinking about" trying to purchase the Padres, reports Bill Shaikin of The Los Angeles Times. The O'Malley family owned the Dodgers from 1945-1997 and unsuccessfully tried to repurchase the team from Frank McCourt.
  • Meanwhile, Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com spoke to incoming Dodgers president Stan Kasten, who said the new ownership group has more money coming after buying the team for $2.15 billion.
  • Matthew Futterman of The Wall Street Journal says contract extensions for young players are starting to take a bite out of free agency. Check out our Extension Tracker for a list of such deals.
  • The Cubs are enjoying being free from Carlos Zambrano, writes Gordon Wittenmyer of The Chicago Sun-Times.
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  1. jigokusabre

    14 years ago

    The Marlins are enjoying being free of Chris Volstad. 

    Reply
    • Lastings

      14 years ago

      Nyjer Morgan is enjoying being in the same division as Volstad again…

      Reply
  2. owlssc

    14 years ago

    The Marlins are going to skip Zambrano’s start against the Cubs so Zambrano doesn’t go raid the Cubs dugout and get suspended.

    Reply
  3. bigpat

    14 years ago

    I’m sure teams would be knocking down the door for Kelvim Escobar… 

    Reply
    • thebigbangdito

      14 years ago

      i had forgotten about him.. he was great for the angels few years back before all the shoulder issues started

      Reply
      • chaifetz10

        14 years ago

         I remember waaay back when the Blue Jays were giddy over the young trio of a Escobar, Roy Halladay, and Chris Carpenter as the future of their staff.  Granted two of the three went on to be Cy Young pitchers, and Escobar had some decent seasons himself…it’s always fun to look back and see what could have been. 

        Reply
    • chico65

      14 years ago

      Yeah, nothing like 5 innings in 5 years to inspire confidence

      Reply
  4. websoulsurfer

    14 years ago

    Love to see Odog released by Padres. He is done ad player. Just say no to O’Malleys as Padres ownership group. Padres are not Dodgers south.

    Reply
    • John W

      14 years ago

       Lately the Padres look more like the Tijuana Potros north.

      Reply
    • Gumby65

      14 years ago

       No Padres are NOT Dodgers south..  Dodgers were bright enough to don blue uniforms from the get-go, and also figured playing in a football stadium wouldn’t be a good idea for 30 some odd years.

      Reply
      • PLTuna

        14 years ago

        The best selling classic jersey in 2012 is a PADRES jersey, not a Dodgers jersey.

        Padres consistently had games with 60,000 + at them for 30 years. Have the Dodgers ever done that in Chavez Ravine?

        Reply
  5. brian310

    14 years ago

    If the O-Dog gets released, would like to see the White Sox take a chance on him.  Maybe a change of scenery in a smaller ballpark would help him out.  Send Beckham down already!

    Reply
  6. Runtime

    14 years ago

    An article with 2 former Blue Jays… neat.

    Reply
  7. Eduardo Medina

    14 years ago

    Kelvim Escobar trying to comeback to baseball? please boy go back to your bed

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