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Phillies, Rays Swap Rich Thompson For Kyle Hudson

By Mike Axisa | May 16, 2012 at 11:48am CDT

The Phillies have traded outfielder Rich Thompson to the Rays for outfielder Kyle Hudson, reports Jim Salisbury of CSNPhilly.com (on Twitter). Both players have been playing in Triple-A this season.

Thompson, 33, has hit .307/.390/.398 in 101 plate appearances for Philadelphia's top minor league affiliate this season. He's a .276/.349/.383 career hitter in over 3,400 plate appearances at Triple-A, where he's spent the last five years with the Phillies' organization. Thompson has one big league plate appearances to his credit, coming with the Royals back in 2004.

Hudson, 25, has hit .291/.378/.318 in 133 Triple-A plate appearances this season. He had four singles in 29 plate appearances for the Orioles last year, resulting in a .143/.143/.143 batting line. The Rays originally acquired him from the Rangers at the end of Spring Training.

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  1. The Hebrew Hammer

    9 years ago

    “…and in other news, the Mets and Royals swapped 10 nice maple bats for a bag of balls. Both teams were slightly satisfied by this trade.”

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    • Zach

      9 years ago

      Wouldn’t 10 bats be worth a lot more than a bag of balls!?

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      • Lunchbox45

        9 years ago

        depends on whos swinging them

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      • Ryan

        9 years ago

        Its all economics my good man.  Who has the competitive advantage, who has the comparitive advantage?

        Expand the pie…

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    • anthony88

      9 years ago

      you funny man, I kill you last 

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  2. ObamaDinoKiller

    9 years ago

    i guess it’s a win for the phils since hudson is much younger…. ?

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  3. Grant

    9 years ago

    This sounds dumb. Two minor leaguers, and the Rays traded away a young 25 year old for 33 year old? Doesn’t make much sense to me…

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  4. Backup_Slider

    9 years ago

    Just when we thought we were finally free of Rich Thompson transactions, the other Rich Thompson rears his head.

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  5. Down_Goes_Brown

    9 years ago

    Thompson has done a great job for Lehigh this year. He isn’t more than a fifth outfielder but I hope he can find the majors in Tampa. Guess the other guy is just a reserve as well.

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  6. Down_Goes_Brown

    9 years ago

    ew, hudson has no power whatsoever. Never hit a pro HR, only 17 xbh and a career iso of.038. What exactly is good about this guy?

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    • thatonephillyfan

      9 years ago

      25 years old/33 years old

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    • Philley11

      9 years ago

      Not to say that he is better, but he fits right in there with Pierre and Polanco who both have very little power anymore.

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  7. fivebeesforaquarter

    9 years ago

    I’m guessing Joe Jordan had a say in this. He drafted Hudson and, from what I have read, always really liked him.

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