Hardy Traded To Twins For Gomez
The Milwaukee Brewers and Minnesota Twins have agreed on a deal to send shortstop JJ Hardy to the Twins for outfielder Carlos Gomez, espn.com is reporting. Similar to the Hermida-Red Sox trade and the Teahean-White Sox trade, the move is largely a financial one for the Brewers who do not want to pay Hardy the estimated $7M he will make in arbitration this off season.
The trade is also not good news for Brewers incumbent center fielder, Mike Cameron, who is headed for free agency. Gomez is a very good defense center fielder, something Cameron made his name on, and significantly cheaper and younger than Cameron who turns 37 in January and made $10M in 2009.
Carlos Gomez tries to make a diving play
November 6th, 2009 11:09 PM
Cabrera's a free agent, so he's definitely gone now. The Twins will get a draft pick from whomever signs him too.
November 6th, 2009 5:28 PM
Nice trade for both teams. Twinkies needed a solid shortstop (Cabrera's not the answer) and the Brewers need to get younger in center and lose payroll all around.