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Drew Hutchison Opts Out Of Dodgers Contract

By Steve Adams | August 1, 2018 at 10:03pm CDT

Right-hander Drew Hutchison has opted out of his minor league contract with the Dodgers, tweets Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times. The veteran right-hander, then, is a free agent and is now eligible to sign with any team.

Hutchison, 27, began the season with the Phillies and pitched to a 4.64 ERA with a 19-to-13 K/BB in 21 1/3 innings of work before being designated for assignment and ultimately landing with the Dodgers. While he never made it to the big leagues in L.A., he pitched brilliantly with Triple-A Oklahoma City, logging a 2.14 ERA with 8.6 K/9 against 2.8 BB/9 in 42 innings at that level. More impressively, Shaikin notes that Hutchison snapped off a 23-inning scoreless streak to end his tenure with the organization.

Understandably, after not being brought to the Majors on the heels of that type of success, Hutchison will re-enter the open market in hopes of finding a new opportunity with a clearer path to the big leagues. The right-hander has struggled to find his footing in the Majors over the past several years, but he looked like an intriguing long-term rotation piece with the Blue Jays back in 2013, when he pitched 184 2/3 innings of 4.48 ERA ball with a strikeout per inning, solid control and a 3.85 FIP.

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51 Comments

  1. Jordan 5

    7 years ago

    Omg. Now what????

    Reply
  2. julyn82001

    7 years ago

    A’s Billy Beane needs this fellow in the athletics’ rotation…

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    • hammertime510

      7 years ago

      Low key move that might work lol

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    • nste23

      7 years ago

      With how Edwin Jackson and Trevor Cahill have worked out for the A’s this year not a bad idea at all

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      • arc89

        7 years ago

        A’s will have him on the phone as we speak.

        Reply
  3. Disco Dave

    7 years ago

    #alavila

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  4. Jbigz12

    7 years ago

    Orioles. Need arms. should absolutely take a flier.

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    • srechter

      7 years ago

      Actually, yes, that’s probably not a terrible idea. They really need someone serviceable to throw out there.

      Reply
    • Opposing Views

      7 years ago

      That’s actually a really good idea

      Reply
    • KermitJagger

      7 years ago

      Orioles or Rays.

      Reply
  5. jimmertee

    7 years ago

    Back to the Jays, quickly please. If he has regained his previous form, the Jays rotation is awful, he would be a great piece.

    The question is he back to form?

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    • andrewgauldin

      7 years ago

      Wouldn’t hurt to try, especially with Jaime roaming in the rotation/bullpen. When is he going to be released?

      Reply
    • TheBoatmen

      7 years ago

      Who cares, at this point they Jays just need somebody to throw some innings so might as well give him a shot. That or finally bring up SRF but I don’t see them starting that clock yet.

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    • its_happening

      7 years ago

      Absolutely would bring him in to pitching. Start, relieve, whatever. Perhaps being back in Toronto energizes him the next two months. Send down Cumpton and release Nick Tepesch.

      Reply
  6. nyyankeegal

    7 years ago

    Yankees! Sign him! Then dfa Sonny Gray!

    Reply
    • johnrealtime

      7 years ago

      lol yeah dfa sonny gray. Great idea there

      Reply
  7. GOP Lizards

    7 years ago

    Friedman’s arrogance will be their downfall. No pen… no championship.

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    • Jbigz12

      7 years ago

      I suspect he’s banking on having one or two of his starters in the pen. Maybe maeda and buehler. Idk. They definitely have too many starters when healthy but none outside of kershaw are really scary. Maybe ryu or wood to the pen instead as well. Hard to say.

      Reply
    • 38gamesover

      7 years ago

      pen has been pretty good last couple of months

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    • Kenleyfornia74

      7 years ago

      Good thing they have a pen

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      Reply
    • Cam

      7 years ago

      Geez, did Friedman rail your husband or something?

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      Reply
  8. jints1

    7 years ago

    How about the Giants?

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    • Gobbysteiner

      7 years ago

      That’s what I was thinking.

      Reply
    • aceofrainbows

      7 years ago

      Don’t have the luxury tax space. Even the MLB minimum pushes them over.

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  9. Dorothy_Mantooth

    7 years ago

    He’ll sign with Tampa

    Reply
  10. clrrogers 2

    7 years ago

    The Blue Jays don’t have a starter for Thursday. They might as well bring him back and see what happens.

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    • Grade_1_teacher

      7 years ago

      Agreed. The Blue Jays should just take him back and try him out again. Can he be any worse than what they have now? He can’t be worse than Gaviglio or Biagini or Perez or Garcia. How bad can it be?

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      • jimmertee

        7 years ago

        Frank, Agreed and agreed and agreed all those genius Atkins moves haven’t worked so it is time for a change…

        Reply
  11. HalosHeavenJJ

    7 years ago

    Brewers were the team with the most obvious need to add pitching and they didn’t.

    Reply
  12. astrosfan

    7 years ago

    The Rangers could use him badly

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    • lesterdnightfly

      7 years ago

      He’s already been used badly. Needs someone to utilize him well instead.

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      • srechter

        7 years ago

        lol

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  13. lesterdnightfly

    7 years ago

    The __________ could try him, why not?

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  14. bucsfan

    7 years ago

    AAAA pitcher. Too good for the minors, but not good enough for the show.

    Reply
    • jimmertee

      7 years ago

      He was good enough, in fact a stud major league pitcher for a short time, but injuries have left his arm probably AAAA at this point unless he can prove himself all over again.

      Reply
  15. CL1NT

    7 years ago

    Get him Tampa!!

    Don’t they only have 1 active SP on the MLB roster?? And it’s the guy they got back from the Archer trade? It is amazing they are a .500 ballclub..

    Reply
  16. Gwynning's Anal Lover

    7 years ago

    Oh man, the Pirates didn’t have to trade away the farm for Archer after all. Their ace is available once again.

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  17. suddendepth

    7 years ago

    He should have broken camp in the Phillies rotation instead of Lively. I thought he was solid and did everything Kapler and Klentak asked of him. He relies on deception and his defense but produces results. I’d argue that his 2018 ML stats are skewed because they were rung up in a long man role rather than as a starter. His minor league numbers are off the charts but he’d be somewhere in between back at the big league level. He’s a slightly less effective version of Jeremy Hellickson. Plenty of teams could use that down the stretch. I hope he finds a home and does well.

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    • Vogt83

      7 years ago

      I was surprised he got DFAd by the Phils. They could still used him…in case Pivetta or Efflin implode.

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  18. Vogt83

    7 years ago

    I was surprised he got DFAd by the Phils. They could still used him…in case Pivetta or Efflin implode.

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    • Pax vobiscum

      7 years ago

      I was thinking the same thing, particularly if Kapler is going to a piggy back rotation in September.

      Reply
  19. nyy42

    7 years ago

    Indians

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  20. Ted

    7 years ago

    Drew Hutchison did not pitch in the big leagues in 2013… that decent year in Toronto was 2014. In any case, he’s a useful piece as a late August-September starter for a team out of it (Toronto, Baltimore, etc) that just needs innings. Beyond that, he looks like the same old Hutchison — a pretty good AAA starter who can’t give you much more than a 4.50 ERA in the majors.

    With that kind of fringy talent he’ll keep getting paid to play ball, but I highly doubt he’s “figured it out” or “regained his form” as people are suggesting. He’s exactly who he’s always been.

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    • jimmertee

      7 years ago

      No, I disagree, he was a stud at times, not fringy MLB talent. That is why he keeps getting 2nd chances.

      Injury has hurt him which means there is a shot at him fully recovering and regaining form.

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    • AmericanEducated

      7 years ago

      He is who we thought he was!

      Nfl meme and coors commercial

      Reply
  21. AGAVE

    7 years ago

    Wouldn’t he want to chose a potential post season team.
    Gives him a chance to be seen.
    Am League team?

    Reply
  22. top jimmy

    7 years ago

    Brewers or Giants.

    Reply
  23. bobtillman

    7 years ago

    His peripherals are lousy, even for a PCL guy. That said, he’s not totally useless. He’s just one of the those guys who was “meh”, then hit arbitration; in other words, he was fine at minimum wage, not worth much above that.

    He’d be a nice pickup, probably for an NL team; I can see the Brewers in play here.

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  24. Modified_6

    7 years ago

    27 years old. I’d like to see Texas pick him up. We need arms, who knows, maybe he sticks.

    Reply
  25. AmericanEducated

    7 years ago

    He is who we thought he was!

    Nfl meme and coors commercial

    Reply
    • AmericanEducated

      7 years ago

      The comment above me wont delete. Wtf?

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