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Mets Acquire Joe Hudson From Cubs

By Steve Adams | April 12, 2024 at 1:43pm CDT

The Cubs traded journeyman catcher Joe Hudson to the Mets yesterday, per the teams’ transaction logs at MLB.com. It’s presumably a cash deal that’ll give the Mets some additional depth behind the plate. Hudson was assigned to Double-A Binghamton.

Hudson, 32, has seen brief action in three big leagues seasons but none since 2020. He has just 33 MLB plate appearances under his belt. Hudson has spent the past two seasons in Triple-A with the Rays and Braves, hitting for a low average but posting strong on-base marks and showing off good pop at the plate. He was hitless in eight plate appearances with the Cubs’ Iowa affiliate in 2024 but batted .230/.362/.432 with 20 homers in just 437 plate appearances with the top affiliates for the Rays and Braves from 2022-23.

Behind the plate, Hudson is 0-for-7 in halting steals at the MLB level but boasts an enormous 40% caught-stealing rate in 11 minor league seasons. He’s also typically posted strong framing marks in the upper minors, per Baseball Prospectus.

The Mets are set at catcher on the big league roster, with young Francisco Alvarez shouldering the bulk of the workload and veteran Omar Narvaez backing him up. In Triple-A, they’ve got veteran Tomas Nido and well-traveled Austin Allen — a pair of backstops with big league experience (quite a bit of experience, in Nido’s case). For now, Hudson will head to Double-A and pair with top catching prospect Kevin Parada.

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54 Comments

  1. Johnny utah

    2 years ago

    Mets doing a good job collecting other teams discarded garbage

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    • @DaOldDerbyBastard

      2 years ago

      Johnny Every single team does it. It’s a depth move. Get a grip. Is this LFGMets?

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    • MetsSchmets

      2 years ago

      Johnny I DK if you know but you are allowed to take a day off from being the preeminent fool on this site. There’s plenty others to pick up the slack.

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      • Johnny utah

        2 years ago

        @MutsSchmuck

        i’m the only one with any common sense around here

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        • MetsSchmets

          2 years ago

          @JohnnyUtah

          “A wise man never knows all. Only fools know everything”

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        • Canosucks

          2 years ago

          @Johnny utah common sense? but apparently no life
          Lol Lol Johnny utah Lol

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      • ALou

        2 years ago

        Let the guy speak.

        Reply
    • Lyman Bostock

      2 years ago

      At least this time they aren’t paying 30 mil + for it though

      Reply
      • MetsSchmets

        2 years ago

        Who was the other discarded trash that the Mets paid +$30 mil for?

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        • Johnny utah

          2 years ago

          well muts are paying about $70 million to players not on their team. a couple of them havent been on the squad in 25 years lol

          and on top of that they’re paying another 30 million to absolute low down dirty garbage bush league trash waste

          so about 100 million dollars for absolutely nothing. even ohtani didnt gamble away that much money (not yet)

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        • Cohens_Wallet

          2 years ago

          @johnny

          Remember perspective is always key. You can CHOOSE to see things however you want.

          My neighbor bought a brand new Range Rover then traded it in 1 month later cause he didn’t like it the way he thought he would. Lost money on the deal.
          One person I know called him dumb while another person I know said he wished he had enough money to do things like that.

          Perspective! Just be happy.

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        • Johnny utah

          2 years ago

          @cohen

          there’s only 1 way to look at it.
          cohen is a billionaire spending on the mets like its monopoly money. and every muts fan out there is a hopeless dreamer stuck in a timeloop of 1986 highlights who waste precious time on a disappointing underwhelming perpetually failing freak show circus joke humiliation of a sports franchise. if you choose to look at it any other way, you are essentially choosing to live in the twilight zone. meanwhile the rest of us are doing our best to live in reality.

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        • MetsSchmets

          2 years ago

          @Johnnyutah .. how come when you’re asked to account for *ANY* of your logic all you can say is “Bobby Bonilla”?

          You regurgitate a misunderstanding of that contact and then go about the day thinking you’re brilliant.

          THE. METS. MADE. MONEY. FROM. THAT. CONTACT.

          Also it enabled us to nab Mike Hampton and later on the comp pick from Hampton signing with the Rockies got us David Wright.

          Another swing and miss from Point Break.

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        • Cohens_Wallet

          2 years ago

          @johnny

          LMAO you have more serious issues than I thought lol.

          I will tell you that it is fun reading your posts, you definitely are funny. And yes, funny like you amuse me and im sure many others.

          Please keep going.

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        • User 401527550

          2 years ago

          Gilbert, Acuna and Clifford are absolutely nothing? For someone claiming to have the most common sense you seem to have zero.

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        • @DaOldDerbyBastard

          2 years ago

          Oh my god. Muts? Brilliant. Ya goofy.

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        • johnrealtime

          2 years ago

          Just mute the obvious troll “Johnny Utah”. Your life will improve

          1
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        • Cohens_Wallet

          2 years ago

          @john

          Lol I think he muted me instead of the other way around. I’ll miss laughing at his posts lol.

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        • Johnny utah

          2 years ago

          @cohen
          Didnt mute
          Not much else to say to ignorant hopeless naive mets fans. Ill let you continue living in lala land

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        • Cohens_Wallet

          2 years ago

          Obviously something to say lmao you responded. Let’s keep it going. Don’t mute me please, too funny.

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        • MetsSchmets

          2 years ago

          Johnny
          Keep telling everyone else to go on living in LaLa land while you ignore all our points with your fingers in your ears and calling yourself smart. Just realize you’re fooling nobody here you troll

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        • EasternLeagueVeteran

          2 years ago

          Cohens_Wallet: johnny utah writes much like MarlinsFanBase did last year, and I liked the back and forth with that outsider critic, too.
          Sometimes you would get some well thought-out points, some critical thinking. Most other times, just this stuff.

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        • Larryj

          2 years ago

          Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

          Reply
        • Roll

          2 years ago

          @johnny

          “Not much else to say to ignorant hopeless naive mets fans”

          you say this so much yet you keep coming back with your nonsense. just save yourself and real baseball fans time and go back to getting kicked in the head by bodie and rosey

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    • mbart33

      2 years ago

      You have to field 9 no
      Matter what level-but probably not going
      To amount
      To
      Much

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      • SalaryCapMyth

        2 years ago

        @j-Utah

        “i’m the only one with any common sense around here”

        You’re the only one, eh? That is a whole lot of arrogance shoved into one statement. I’m really hoping you aren’t a Braves fan. We have enough like you. I’m sure just about every fan of every team is saying the same thing.

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        • Lee Harvey Oddball

          2 years ago

          Besides, the Braves are still paying Bruce Sutter for his contract from the 80’s.

          4
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        • SalaryCapMyth

          2 years ago

          There’s a few of them out there. Ichiro Suzuki, Chris Davis, Ken Griffey Jr. It happens in other sports. The Mets take to much heat for this.

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        • Roll

          2 years ago

          very true and the mets had others in there like it was either saberhagen or appier they owed deffered money until a year or two ago but the bonilla one was just such a weird one is why it stood out. Just like the ohtani one will in the future im sure.

          i dont like that deferred money doesnt get fully accounted for regardless of “worth” because why wouldnt the yankees get a reduction for year 10 for cap purposes for judge

          I would say half of the deferred gets accounted during the actual playing years and the other half gets done during the deferred years.

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    • ALou

      2 years ago

      Exactly!

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    • texasguscc

      2 years ago

      You ever think this may be to help Parada with his defense by being an example?

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      • EasternLeagueVeteran

        2 years ago

        Kevin Parada won’t get to benefit as Hudson was already elevated to the AAA Syracuse roster and started the second game of Syracuse’s Sunday doubleheader.

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    • ALou

      2 years ago

      So true.

      Reply
  2. Mrski

    2 years ago

    Itssss hapennnnning. After 2 out of 3 in Atlanta, now they are going for it.

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  3. Larry D.

    2 years ago

    Professional minor leaguer.

    1
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    • rct

      2 years ago

      Even still, he’s probably a better hitter than Nido, who is abysmal at the plate. Purely a depth move that they hopefully don’t need. If Alvarez or Narvaez gets injured, Hudson can maybe get the call. He may also be able to help out Parada a bit.

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      • CleaverGreene

        2 years ago

        lol What makes you say he’s “probably’ a better hitter than Nido? nuthin’ right. He’s organizational filler.

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        • Lee Harvey Oddball

          2 years ago

          Maybe they brought him in to mentor Parada, who hasn’t started out like a first round pick.

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        • Rational_Mets_Fan

          2 years ago

          I agree, not only Parada but the pitchers in AA. While the Mets look better of late, I’m not expecting much this season. If they can trade Narvaez for more prospect depth and pay his salary. We still have guys like this to keep organizational depth when he gets traded or one of he and Alvarez gets hurt. Let the kids develop where they belong and use these AAAA guys to get shipped around the East Coast.

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  4. User 2161944466

    2 years ago

    Once JD is ready, the east should be scared

    Reply
  5. Tom the ray fan

    2 years ago

    His great great great great great grandfather Henry was helluva guy

    Reply
    • CarryABigStick

      2 years ago

      He dropped his trousers at some hecklers, and they discovered he only had a half moon.

      Reply
  6. AL B DAMNED

    2 years ago

    JD is ready..
    John Deere..
    To bury the Mets!

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  7. CarryABigStick

    2 years ago

    This clears a path for Curt Casali, ahh never mind.

    Reply
  8. chrismilwaukee

    2 years ago

    Super glad the cubs could save a little money to pocket.

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    • EasternLeagueVeteran

      2 years ago

      Enough $$$ to buy another bag of baseballs to drag behind the pitchers screen for Batting Practice. LOL

      Reply
  9. Unclemike1525

    2 years ago

    Was wondering why the Cubs signed Ali Sanchez and Casali. Guess when they signed Casali Hudson asked to be on his way.

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  10. Devlsh

    2 years ago

    This certainly qualifies as the most words devoted to the acquisition of a 32 year old AA catcher in the history of baseball.

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  11. Canosucks

    2 years ago

    I like Nido; he got his medical problems straightened out; ranks high on list of defensive catchers; couldn’t understand the need to sign Omar Narváez

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    • LFGMets (Metsin7) #ConsistentlyBannedBaseballExpert

      2 years ago

      @Canosucks I’d rather have Nido up and DFA Narvaez, hes finished. Can’t defend, can’t hit, waste of a roster spot

      Reply
  12. Well Hung

    2 years ago

    Mets team is loaded with players that resemble what falls out of my rear end

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  13. LFGMets (Metsin7) #ConsistentlyBannedBaseballExpert

    2 years ago

    World series, here we come!

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    • EasternLeagueVeteran

      2 years ago

      For the Rumble Ponies ?
      Kings of the Eastern League?
      I predict this move will not put the Rumble Ponies over the top. But it may help Kevin Parada develop if this version of Crash Davis can help.

      Reply
  14. Cohens_Wallet

    2 years ago

    Yes! LOL

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