QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ May 30, 2012 -> 10:12 PM)
It seems the loudest people here are still whining over the Hudson deal, and I've been saying Gio is going to be the better pitcher when it's all said and done.
QUOTE (iamshack @ May 30, 2012 -> 10:19 PM)
I think it's because Hudson was immediately successful with the DBacks after we traded him. At least the A's had to develop Gio a bit...he didn't start the next week and begin dominating.
I wasn't upset with them dealing Hudson at the time because, salary aside, it looked like a fairly even trade stat-wise.
I'm upset that Rizzo bamboozled KW into being forced to keep Jackson instead of completing the 3 way to get Dunn.
THEN Rizzo gets the Sox #1 on top of it the following season, with the Sox signing Dunn as a type A, AND he signs Jackson as a free agent for free.