Didnt we already have this rumor?

Yep, this is a rumor of another rumor :)

maybe theyll trade lowe now

This makes me happy! Stay huddy, stay!!

PLEASE -- use the money to buy some bats --- they play everyday!! and are not coming off major surgery!!!!

Hideously dumb.

Resigning him will be more important for the future of the club. It will allow us flexibility in a trade of one of the starting pitchers we currently have to bring in the bat we're in desperate need of and hopefully it will be a right handed one. Between McCann, McLouth, LeRoche and the young prospects Freeman and Heyward all hitting lefty, we need a right handed bopper. Even if its a guy like Mark Reynolds that strikes out a lot.

Git-r-done!

Aaron #8: If you need a right-handed power bat, signing a 6th starting pitcher to a $27 million contract is not the right move. You maintain your financial flexibility in order to be able to negotiate freely in FA, not tie your hands financially before you even get there. If Hudson's people thought he could get a better deal in FA, they'd force the Braves' hands on the option and then go to FA either this year or next. The Braves have three trade-able starters: Javier Vazquez, Jair Jurrjens, Tommy Hanson. All three of those guys are far more valuable to the Braves than Tim Hudson at this point. I doubt the Braves can find a taker for Derek Lowe given his contract. Not without eating a good bit of it. And no one is lining up to trade you the power bat in that case, or for Kenshin Kawakami. So, you tell me how any of this makes the pitching staff on the whole better OR gets you any closer to the RH power bat you're after.

I have this feeling Vasquez will be traded. I wish they could unload Lowe, but that contract....... Maybe they can find someone desperate!! (or dumb). Hanson & Jurrjens have to be untouchable. I have a feeling Kawakami will wind up being an expensive long reliever.

First L #12:
BINGO!!! The Braves wouldn't trade Jurrjens or Hanson. That would be idiotic. As would trading Vazquez at this point. So if they wouldn't trade Jurrjens or Hanson, or Vazquez (who won't fetch much at his price with only a year left on his deal; he's also their best pitcher IMO), and they can't trade Lowe, and Kawakami won't fetch much, how on earth does signing Hudson help them get a power bat? It doesn't. Which was my point. In fact, it hurts, because now they'll have thrown away a significant chunk of money that may have been needed to land that power bat.
I think my post went over your head, but for the record, (as you appear hung up on the fact I said Jurrjens and Hanson were 'tradeable'... which is not the same as saying they should be traded...), you and I appear to agree on this issue.
To answer your other question, I would be willing to trade Happ. I think he's pitching way over his head and the level every scout in the Phillies' system has ever projected for him, IF the return package represented value significantly above that long-term projection. Howard I would not trade so long as the Phillies are contenders.

you guys are pathetic

don't forget lowe was a closer for the red sox. i believe in 2000 he had 42 saves. which is better than what we had this year.

Actually, all of these teams that need a frontline starter like Vazquez with a shallow free agent pool starting pitching wise would be very interested in getting him. His value is probably higher than his actual ability. Bringing back Hudson, who apparently is okay with taking below market value, is much smarter. Vazquez had a great year, but he's gone after 2010.
Signing Huddy and dealing Vazquez is the business smart decision along with the one that makes the most sense baseball-wise. If the market wasn't out there for Vazquez, sure, it seems dumb, but I think you are underestimating how many teams could use Vazquez next year and need to go out there and get a player like that. Sadly, he can negate any deal to AL and NL West squads, but I wonder if he would change his mind to go to Texas, which isn't all that more west than Kansas City.

LOL ... We have more pitching then we know what to do with. With Derek Lowe, Javier Vázquez, Tim Hudson, Jair Jurrjens, Tommy Hanson, Kenshin Kawakami, Kris Medlen, and Jo-Jo Reyes thats 8 Major League Starters, not including the minor leage pitchers thats ready or a year away like AAA Gwinnett Braves pitchers Jonny Venters, and Mariano Gomez. Oh and lets see how this years draft picks are fareing .....
*LHP Minor, Michael
Minor, Sags post Arizona Fall League first shutout
Selected by Atlanta with the seventh overall pick in the June First-Year Player Draft, Minor had an 0.64 ERA in four starts for Class A Rome of the South Atlantic League. In seven games as a pro, opponents are hitting just .234 against him.
*LHP Crim, Matt
DAN- Stats GS:11 IP:68 ERA:3.18 W-L:10-2 SV:0 SO:48
08/25/2009 APP Post-Season All-Star
08/25/2009 APP Pitcher of the Year
Theres to many teams needing pitchers.
Expect a Big Trade!

Tommy P #16: But Vazquez is the Braves' best pitcher. Wouldn't the Braves be better off spending the money they are offering to Hudson instead on an extension to Vazquez? They'd still have $9-12 million in 2010 to spend in FA on a RH power bat. Signing Hudson on the presumption that you'll then be able to trade Vazquez to someone willing to part with a power RH bat in exchange for one year of Vazquez at $11.5 million not only doesn't make a lot of sense to me but it's also unrealistic in this economy. And it takes the Braves out of the market for FAs for the value of Vazquez's contract, as you cannot trade for an FA.
One year of Vazquez at a very high contract price just doesn't bring a lot of trade value. Not in this economy, an economy where the Toronto Blue Jays just gave up Alex Rios for nothing just to get out from under his contract, and Scott Kazmir cleared waivers at $6 million for this year, and $8 million for next. The values in today's baseball economy are to be had by signing FAs at today's prices, not by trading overvalued contracts signed in frothier markets.
Again, if someone can explain how the Braves plan on parlaying the signing of a sixth starter they don't need into landing the power bat they do need, not to mention addressing their needs at the set-up and closer roles, I'm all ears. But your explanation doesn't ring true. Sorry.

Why are you peolpe fighting with phillies fan? If he thinks its a bad idea that must mean he thinks it will help the Braves reclaim the divison, so let him rant.

Why are you peolpe fighting with phillies fan? If he thinks its a bad idea that must mean he thinks it will help the Braves reclaim the divison, so let him rant.

Oh Sonarman, why do you try to dissect me with your blunt little tools?