The Padres have acquired one of the top relievers on the trade market. San Diego announced a deal with the Nationals to add Daniel Hudson to the late-inning mix. Two prospects — pitcher Mason Thompson and infielder Jordy Barley — are expected to head to Washington in return.
Hudson becomes the latest player out the door as part of the Nationals broader sell-off. Washington is finalizing a deal to send Trea Turner and Max Scherzer to the Dodgers and has already announced agreements to move Brad Hand and Kyle Schwarber. Once GM Mike Rizzo and his staff embarked on the teardown, a Hudson deal became increasingly likely given his impending free agency.
The right-hander has long been a productive reliever, but he’s taken his game to a new level this year. The 34-year-old has a career-low 2.20 ERA across 32 2/3 innings, striking out an elite 37.8% of opposing hitters against a tidy 5.5% walk rate. There’s little question he’s capable of stepping into high-leverage innings for the Padres, who are amidst a three-way battle in the NL West. That won’t be the case immediately, though, as Hudson landed on the COVID-19 injured list this morning as the virus spread throughout Washington’s clubhouse.
Hudson is playing out the season on a $6MM contract, a bit more than $2MM of which is still owed. His two-year, $11MM deal comes with a $5.5MM luxury tax hit, which prorates to about $1.9MM. The Padres are reportedly a bit over the $210MM threshold, but indications are that ownership is willing to pay some extra expenditures. The Friars’ reported talks with the Nationals about Scherzer this afternoon would’ve likely pushed San Diego well above that line had they resulted in a deal, for instance. Of course, there’s also the possibility that Washington retains some salary.
In order to add Hudson for the stretch run, San Diego parts with Thompson, a 2016 third-round draftee. The righty has made his first four big league appearances this season but spent the bulk of the year with Triple-A El Paso. A pure reliever, Thompson has tossed 26 2/3 innings over 23 appearances, working to a 5.74 ERA with slightly lower than average strikeout and walk rates (21.8% and 7.3%, respectively) in that hitter-friendly environment. He’s already on the 40-man roster and has a pair of minor league option years remaining beyond the current season.
Barley has been in the Padres organization since signing as a member of San Diego’s massive 2016-17 international class. At one point, the speedster was a fairly well-regarded prospect, but he’s struggled to hit in the low minors. Barley has posted higher than average strikeout rates throughout his professional career, and that’s continued this season. The 21-year-old is hitting .240/.333/.388 with a 29.4% strikeout percentage in Low-A. Entering the season, Eric Longenhagen of FanGraphs slotted Barley as the #28 talent in the Padres system.
Robert Murray of FanSided first reported the Padres and Nationals were in discussions on a Hudson deal. Jim Bowden of the Athletic confirmed the trade had been agreed upon. Dennis Lin of the Athletic was first to report Thompson’s inclusion. Jon Heyman of MLB Network was first to report a second prospect was involved, with Jesse Dougherty of the Washington Post specifying Barley’s inclusion.
Padres better hurry.
It looks like the Nationals acquired a great player back. Not bad. Their farm system is improving with all the recent trades.
Starting from a low bar.
Yeah, mason Thompson is amazing, they got a great young arm
With the exception of 2010, every time this guy pitches for an NL West team he gets lit up like a Christmas tree. Good luck w/all of that. Ahahaha!
Padres taking yet another L. Go Dodgers.
Next we’ll be hearing that “Padres are in serious discussions for National’s ball boy”.
Dodgers money will come in to block again! and add the ball boy AND girl
Good reliever with playoff experience. Boy, that Dodgers/Padres wild card game is gonna be exciting!
You Giants fans are way too confident about holding that 3 game lead.
I mean the Giants have been in first place for over two months now. Before you bring up the Dodgers injuries here’s a fun fact….Yaz is the ONLY Giants player with enough ABs to qualify for the batting title. The injury debate is a wash at this point, but I will say Scherzer and Turner make them a much better team so we shall see.
Fun fact … the Dodgers who have been injured are all game changers. Their replacements are not even close to the same level.
Longo and Belt are game changers the way they’ve played this year.
Very small sample size.
Plus they are injured as usually. You guys would love to trade Belt if you could. But you can’t because he is ALWAYS hurt.
Longoria and Belt don’t compare to Seager and Betts. The Giants have been impressive this season so far, but they will not win the division. They could miss the playoffs entirely. To their credit, they have given new meaning to overachieving so far this season.
The Giants have been shopping Belt for most of his MLB career. The closest they got was the Mariners years ago, but couldn’t get it done…nothing but declining value since.
Thinking the Giants miss the playoffs entirely is pretty ridiculous. I don’t see any fathomable way the Phillies or Reds catch a WC spot at all let alone the team with best record in baseball four months in. If the Giants play .500 ball the rest of the at they’re at 94 wins
Fun fact. Not all facts are fun! Some are boring. Like complaints from Dodgers’ fans. Yawn!
The injury debate is not really a wash because Seager and Betts are returning this weekend and are better than any player on the Giants.
Fun fact, the dodgers got their asses kicked when they had their game changers, and their only victory came when their rapist was pitching
It’s just salt from Dodgers fans who are panicking that they haven’t got it easy for once and can’t remember what that’s like. I’m a Padres fan, but even I can give major props to the Giants for what they’ve done this year. Sure, I thought they’d run out of steam early on, but they don’t seem to be going away so good on them. They will be hard to catch.
It’s just a joke mocking how overhyped the Dodgers/Padres rivalry has been considering the Giants have been in 1st since May, though it’s funny to see so many people getting worked up by a team employing LaMonte Wade Jr and Thairo Estrada as their current stars
Dodgers at least have a reason to be getting hype but the Padres have been healthier than both the Giants and Dodgers and have been rotting in third for most of the year now.
WRF are saying???? Makes sense so we know WTF you are talking about.
Actually the padres lead the league in IL time.
Same Dodger fans accuse the Padres of buying a Championship, ha ha
Shhh don’t let facts get in the way of the anti Padres agenda.
@libertyfighter well the Dodgers did just trade their two best prospects for Scherzer and Turner even though only one of them really fits on their roster and that one is 37 years old and a free agent at the end of the year…
@libertyfighter Citation needed.
Actually you’re wrong, the Padres have more people on the IL and for longer periods of starter downtime than any team in the league
Rotting in 3rd place? C’mon man. Padres have the 8th best record in all of baseball. They are a serious threat and we can’t pretend they aren’t.
Lol tell me you know nothing about baseball without telling me you know nothing about baseball.
Padres have had Tatis injured, Machado out, Nola out, Lamet, Clevinger and Morejon basically out for the season, Strahm hasn’t played a game yet, Pomeranz has been out for a while, Grisham had an injury, we’ve had Covid cases, and plenty of other injuries. To say Padres have been healthy shows just how little you know. Embarrassing.
Instead of trying to puff your chest out for achievements that aren’t even your own, why not just admit that all 3 West teams are doing the division proud by playing so well despite being ravaged by injuries?
@Joe I for one am not that confident about holding the division lead, but it’s the way that we’re doing it that’s making it awesome. The Giants will still make the playoffs in a year that nobody even mentioned them. Then we will have 180 million to spend and a deep, top 10 farm system to graduate prospects from.
As a Dodgers fan, I honestly was not expecting this level of play from the Giants this year and in fact kept expecting them to “come back to Earth”. But the Giants keep winning, so I don’t understand how anyone can question their legitimacy at this point. Truth be told, if I had a vote it would be Gabe Kapler for manager of the year, my hat’s off to your team!
One thing I think fans of both fanbases can agree on this might be the most intense year of the rivalry in years. Dodgers went 6-3 the first nine games of the season series, the Giants have gone 5-2 the past seven. This past series was a microcosm for their entire season series one run Giants game, then the Dodgers blow out the Giants on a shutout win followed by the Giants blowing out the Dodgers in a shut out win. That 3 game series in September is going to be insane
Absolutely this. It’s in the how.
Just working hard. Manager setting the tone. Old school work ethic with modern day analytics and fancy pitching machines. It’s good.
This
Giants fan here and I’m surprised by the standings – been going back and forth with my best buddy – who is a Dodgers fan. I think this is the best – it’s been right all year and can go either way – but it’s been a blast. Trade deadline is edge of our seats drama
Having three of the best teams in baseball in the same division is baseball overload – lots of good and meaningful games. Everyone is primed and ready to roll – it’s the best when the LA -SF rivalry is legit – better for all of us
Almost feel sorry for Padres fan …… got lots of shiny legos just can’t get them to fit right
petefrompp, this will probably lead to MLB changing the first-round playoff format in the near future. Imagine a best-of-thee series between two of these teams?
Well the padres will enjoy knocking one of either the dodgers or giants out in the wildcard with all those Legos that don’t fit
When Johnny Cueto’s grandpa is shutting you out even max scherzer can’t help you win the division.
Hey, I like a little chip on the shoulder in a rivalry as much, maybe more, than the next guy.
3 games? Sure it’s not a lot. BUT, SF and LAD have already played 16 times this season. They’re about done.
SF and SD less so, having squared off 9 times.
Point being, LAD are 3 back, and SD are 6 back. With the head-to-head remaining, that lead is more sizable than it seems as either team is pretty much going to need help to catch the Giants, who have a fairly soft schedule the rest of the way out as well… and there really aren’t the head to head matches to expect them to do it on their own.
The Dodgers are in Arizona this weekend while the Giants host the Astros. Considering how good Houston is, it wouldn’t be shocking if the three-game lead was wiped away by Sunday night.
I just can’t wait till the next Padres Dodgers series, we can catch up a few games there, so should be good
Yet SF plays:
10 times against COL – .427 winning
9 times against AZ – .311 winning
6 times against ATL – .495 winning
3 times against CHC – .481 winning
Atl is trending down, and the cubs are sellers and won’t be half the team they were a month ago.
LAD and SD play 9 more times. Being a zero sum game one or the other will be losing those contests. That’s a chance for SF to make ground.
SD has 3 against HOU of its own, LAD plays HOU twice.
Sf vs LAD is 8-8 head to head, even split
Sf vs SD is 5-5 head to head, even split
LAD vs SD is 3-7 head to head, pads lead
Any way you slice it the race should be good to the wire with the giants and pads wrapping up the year with a set, but, people have predicted doom and gloom for those pesky giants all year and they’ve held their own, including with the tops of their division…
Well they keep beating LA, so naturally they feel good about it
Giants will come back to earth.
@Randy what does that even mean? I don’t expect them to win the division, but they’re going to make the playoffs. If that’s earth, then cool let’s land there. Nobody expected them to do anything. Farhan is writing cheat codes while the Fathers and Dodgers pay luxury tax and shell out top prospects. Let’s see who’s building towards sustainability…
There’s about 3-5 guys whose production is sustainable on the Giants but go off. I’m expecting 14 runs out of the Pads at Petco in the WC game
I don’t think Buehler gives up that many runs tbh
You must have missed the last few games the dodgers played the padres.
LA only had success against SD with Bauer pitching. And we’ll, you know.
Best bet would be sending Scherzer in the one game WC and the Padres will call up Camarena
In 2022
People have been saying that all year. At some point we have to acknowledge they’re legit. As others have pointed out it is a fun year to watch all three teams be so competitive.
Yeah because with over 50 games left and a 3 game lead the Giants are going to win the West. LOL! Good thing they don’t have to play the Padres again or the Dodgers at full strength … oh wait.
The Giants haven’t been at full strength either really getting sick of this debate.. Dodgers have four players who have been healthy long enough to compile enough ABs for a batting title while the Giants have ONE (Yaz). Really no excuse for the Dodgers to be looking up at a team with a payroll over $100M less than theirs.
As a Padre fan I completely agree with you.
No debate … Dodgers looking like they’ll be at full strength in a couple of weeks and then we’ll see if the Giants can hang in there. Looks like the Giants get there tough set of teams in the last month too … you know the same ones the Dodgers faced that put the Giants in first place.
Dodgers actually have 34 games left against teams .500 or better vs. the Giants 32 and the Giants have a better record against teams .500 or better. At this point we just got to wait and see how both teams do fully healthy.
@Gmen, I agree with all of your posts, and, tbh, I am rather surprised that “we” as in, The Giants, are still in first place. With the improvements the Dodgers and Padres have made on the past 24 hours (assuming the Scherzer/Turner deal goes thru) the Giants will need some help, I believe, down the stretch. Bart for Bryant and Kimbrel would make me pretty stoked. We need an upgraded bat in LF and Rogers/McGee,
although continuing to hold their own, at times seem shaky. Kimbrel (and all of his postseason experience) would be a bolster for our pen for the next year and a half! We’ll see. Glad Z is being very prudent with the farm, and still one impact move would be welcomed.
@giantsphan12 I think that’s the move that needs to be made tbh. Bart is expendable imo considering the Giants have Bailey. If the Giants got Kimbrel their bullpen might be the best in the bigs. Between McGee, Rogers, Garcia, Leone, Alvarez and Jackson the highest WHIP among them is 1.08. That’s absolutely insane,
@Gmen777 It’s a bad argument at any point in any season because, and I know people can’t quite seem to grasp this part, durability is part of the game. Saying, “we would win more if only our guys were more durable”, is like saying, “we would win more if only our pitchers were better or we scored more runs”.
Bad argument is bad, we are in agreement about that!
@balk7 I completely agree, I just feel Dodgers fans have overall brought it up more than Giants fans (it obviously could have to do with second place versus first).
People used to say Boston didn’t need both swihart and Vazquez around, with swihart being the better more advanced bat.
These years later I’m sure glad they didn’t trade away vazquez….
I wish the Giants would win the division. Sadly, I think the Dodgers will dominate the rest of the year and win by 5+ games.
I don’t see how the giants can hold the lead the rest of the way. They have players who has over achieved and the Dodgers had the injury bug.
This is where the unbalanced schedule will really come in too play all those head to head games between the NL West teams.
Maybe their players continue to over perform for the rest of the year? I think back to 2010, 2012 & 2014 when the Giants were constant underdogs in the playoffs. In 2012 they won 6 sudden death games to get to the world series. Good pitching, defense & timely hitting can go a long way. The MLB Network guys ended up looking like ass*oles with their predictions.
Excellent reliever that’s having an excellent year. I think they should still get a starter.
In the next week Dodgers will add Scherzer, Turner, Betts, Seager, Kershaw and Knebel to a team only 3 games behind a Giants playing over their heads. It’s going to be a hellish 2 months for Giants fans.
Giants will be adding Longo, Belt, LaStella and who knows might add players such as Bryant, Kimbrel and Berrios. Longo and Belt are on pace to having better years than Betts just saying
if you think those lists are the same, you’re not worth debating
You Dodgers fans overrate Seager likes it’s a pastime. Belt and Longo both have an OPS over 100 points higher than his for basically the same number of ABs and they’re worth 1.1 and 1.5 WAR to Seager’s 0.5. Feel like you Dodgers fans don’t actually look up stats and think “oh it’s Seager he must be better than Belt and Longo”. Seager is the third best SS of the three contenders
Do the Nationals have enough players to play this weekend?
Plenty of 40 man and 26 man space now
Well, they offloaded one with Covid…Turner.
Kinda funny to think that cubs play Nats tomorrow…will each have enough players for the game or will right field be out?
And now he’s a dodger
Way to one-up the Dodgers with this doozy
Maybe also get Ross in deal or even Corbin or Robles.
Oh man. If they took on Corbin and his contract……give back someone in A ball. Please let that happen!
Me and the homies only know him as Daniel Studson.
Doesn’t matter anymore
The Nationals are the sellers that I thought the Cubs would be
Hoyer still has 16.5 hours. I’d be SHOCKED if Bryant and Kimbrel were on the lineup card for the opener at Nats Park tomorrow night.
I don’t think the Cubs are finished selling. We still have 20 hours!!!
I’m still hoping the Giants just make the trade for Kimbrel/Bryant tbh. They could make that trade without gutting the entire farm
Can we send them Patrick Corbin’s contract for a picture of the San Diego Chicken as well??
We would but the bust that is Hosmer tapped us out.
Corbin 3.5 years left and after the season 3 years and 82 mill.
Hosmer has essentially 4 years and 59 mill left.
Maybe the Nationals and Padres do a swap of bad contracts in the off-season
Corbin and 17 mill to knock him down to 65 mill for Hosmer and his 4 years 59 mill left.
Ultimately that’s the only way Padres unload Hosmer without giving up prospects is to take back a bad contract and hope a change of scenery helps both players.
Nah all you have to do is trade them to the braves.
I feel like even though Hosmer sucks, going big for him may have done what it did for that Nationals when they went big for Jayson Werth. Gave them some much needed credibility and maybe helped draw in players like Machado. Certainly hasn’t hurt them overall. Except in the pocketbook.
Preller traded Mason Thompson (who is a hard throwing rp 11 years younger) for Hudson. Pure desperation.
Every year since 2017, Thompson’s ERA has been above 4.65…
He might be hard throwing, but he’s getting hit hard too.
96-97 is hard throwing now? Isn’t that the standard these days?
James Norwood “throws hard” too. It’s a very hittable hard thrown ball.
For two months of a guy they don’t need, it’s a good trade for them. Guy can be thrown into the bullpen right away. Good arm and see what happens.
Once in the playoffs (hopefully), you can never have enough experienced bullpen arms
The only desperation I saw today was the Dodgers breaking bank to make a splash because they were heading to a 3rd place finish.
Yeah now they only have the best rotation and lineup in the sport. They must be shivering.
I’d still take the Brewers rotation over the Dodgers. Scherzer would be like the 4th best pitcher on that staff
Which everyday Brewers would start for the Dodgers? I can’t think of any.
I can’t disagree. Brewers pitching is ridiculous and soooo much cheaper!
I said rotation not everyday players. Unless Yelich becomes who he was a few years ago I feel safe saying the Brewers position players are weaker than all three of the NL West contenders
I’m not a Brewers fan, I brew beer
For a hard thrower he doesn’t miss a ton of bats.
Padres going to empty the farm for Soto? Haha! (I’m kidding)
Can you imagine Soto and Tatis on the same team? That would be a blast to watch!
The Nationals pitching staff is now accepting volunteers.
Cubs nats this weekend. Show up early, you can play in the game.
So… Daniel Hudson to the Giants?
Now this right here is how you do a proper fire sale…trade everything but the kitchen sink (or in this case Juan Soto lol).
Padres should still look for a rotation piece.
Jon Gray seems the most likely target. Padres could also target Adam Wainwright and Charlie Morton.
Alex Cobb and Raisel Iglesias are right up the street.
There’s also Gibson and Berrios
Eric Hosmer +cash (to counter some of the difference between Corbin’s contract [82 million after this year] and Hosmer’s [59 million after this year]) for Patrick Corbin. Which team says no first??
Padres. Hosmer’s contract isn’t any worse than Corbin’s.
Been saying they should go after Gray for years. Now that Colorado basically has to trade him I just might get my wish…
They’re going to need make tags in DC tomorrow.
Way to realize it’s time to fold and get as much talent as you can.
Lemme guess…… for Hosmer?
This is a steal for the Nationals! Thompson is going to be a legit bullpen arm.
Who are the Nats gonna have left on the roster after tomorrow
Solid pickup. You can roll the dice with your starters when your bullpen is solid….
Thompson for an overpaid injury prone reliever? I feel like just taking the contract should be more than enough.
Why? The padre’s need is SP, send Paddack and Lamet to the BP, get Berrios and Pineda.
Does in 8 hrs what it took Al Avila 7 years and counting to do……
Takes actual talent to trade for prospects… And actual talent doesn’t stay in Detroit long enough to realize that value.
Caps & Wizards players are being asked to fill in some spots on Nats roster for next game.
Great job by the Nats, getting mlb ready talent, good free agent class next year.
Nats get peanuts from the Dodgers and hose my Padres. Flipping Nats
Dodgers about to jump out the bushes and trade for Hudson too.
I keep going to the milb (minor league) website to check the in-game boxscores to see if the Giants top prospects are playing. J. Bart, H. Ramos, M. Dubon, M. Luciano, L. Matos are all playing. Seems no deals are imminent.
Maybe the Padres should talk to the Dodgers about getting a starter … I hear that Gonsolin and Price have been told that with the addition of Duffy and Scherzer they’re going back to the bullpen.
Sherzer is going to get lit up in the West, just watch.
But if the Madres got him you would say the opposite. I don’t expect your AAAA franchise to stay classy because you guys have never won a title. The sad thing is that you guys maybe blowing your load now and won’t be able to compete a few years down the line because you guys will be broke. You guys are penny pinching now even though you think it is your window. Soon you guys will have to blow up the team because you can no longer support high salaries and still finish in 3rd. You guys should be used to this by now. It is the Madres Way. You guys are the MLB version of the Browns.
Check out this thread…as it goes from Padres getting Scherzer to Dodgers getting Scherzer and Turner.
gaslampball.com/2021/7/29/22599902/padres-news-mlb…
Duffy’s going to be out until late August at least anyways. I don’t think Price or Gonsolin are worried for the time being about losing their spot to him. Plus I think Duffy ends up working out of the bullpen regardless.
My Pads got screwed. What a joke!
I dunno… I’m thinking the Nationals might be sellers at this deadline. What say you?
Come on Giants! Do SOMETHING
If Max did come to the Pads , he won’t last more than 3 starts then he’ll have to get TJ surgery and at his age, it would game over on his career
This is the Washington Nationals shots fire(d) sale. Maybe Pelosi could lend her National Guard over to the Nats so they could field a team this weekend.
Maybe their players continue to over perform for the rest of the year? I think back to 2010, 2012 & 2014 when the Giants were constant underdogs in the playoffs. In 2012 they won 6 sudden death games to get to the world series. Good pitching, defense & timely hitting can go a long way. The MLB Network guys ended up looking like ass*oles with their predictions.
McCovey — I don’t think MLB networks guys were a-holes or stupid, I just think that decent Giants teams were very good at overachieving. I was glad to root for them because I like it when mediocre (certainly not excellent) teams do well. The 1987 Twins come to mind.
No they were ass*holes. My favorite was 2012 when they became incredulous anytime someone mentioned that Giants pitching could shutdown Detroit hitters. All the Giants did was sweep the series. Priceless!
This is the first time I will be actively rooting for a Padre to fail.
A for Padres. Hudson having strong year. I felt they got him cheap.
C for Nationals. Throws hard but hasn’t been impressive. Lower prospect is a weak lotto. I just think they should have gone younger more upside.
Well, as if trading Trea Turner away when he was on the verge of breaking out didn’t already suck for the Padres.
If the Padres had kept Trea Turner, there is a chance that they would not have made the Tatis trade. They may have but they may not have. Decision-making and deals would have definitely been altered in ways that are impossible to imagine.
@Remove (parody) Absolutely Preller still would have traded for Tatis if he hadn’t traded for Turner!
1. At the time the Padres were in the early stages of a rebuild. When you are in the early stages of a rebuild you ALWAYS trade for talent over fit and then see how it all fits together later.
2. At the time it wasn’t clear that Tatis would stick at short. Heck, it wasn’t clear at that point that Turner would stick at short. And Tatis will have to move off of short in a year or two anyway.
3. Those are both players you MAKE room for.
Next post: ‘Dodgers Finalizing Deal For Hudson; Padres Insist They Never Had Real Interest’
Padres get Hudson. Dodgers will counter with Kimbrel. A strong hunch that will happen.
Quite possibly. With :LA adding Trea Turner to the mix suddenly Gavin Lux is the odd man out. I wouldn’t be surprised to see him moved before the deadline, possibly attached to a Kimbrel return
Shouldn’t the Ommissioner step in and stop the Nationals from gutting their team?
Why? I was about to congratulate my friend for his team doing such a good job.
Lots of “we” and “us” Dodgers and Giants comments here lately. Many during games.
Shouldn’t you all be concentrating more on playing than ripping each other and congratulating yourselves? You might miss your turns at bat.
Go cry some more
That’s social media. The great passive aggressive tool known to mankind. I wonder if some of these comments would be said if done face to face?