February 20, 200917 yr Dodgers, Orlando Hudson Agree To Terms By Tim Dierkes [February 20, 2009 at 1:36pm CST] Sirius XM’s MLB Home Plate is reporting Orlando Hudson has agreed in principle with the Dodgers, pending a physical. The Diamondbacks lose their second baseman to a division rival, but also receive L.A.'s #17 pick in the June draft plus a supplemental pick.
February 20, 200917 yr Now we're pretty much down to Twins and A's in the O-Cab sweepstakes. Good move for the Dodgers though, but if the Giants get a (somewhat) healthy Crede i'd put them on top with that pitching staff.
February 20, 200917 yr QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Feb 20, 2009 -> 02:28 PM) Now we're pretty much down to Twins and A's in the O-Cab sweepstakes. Good move for the Dodgers though, but if the Giants get a (somewhat) healthy Crede i'd put them on top with that pitching staff. Huh? Have you seen their projected every day lineup? It's terrible.
February 20, 200917 yr DeWitt moves down to AAA, O-Dawg slides into 2B, and they can still sign Manny. Excellent deal for the Dodgers. Hudson gives them the best defensive 2bman they've had in years, and he'll give them an excellent top of the order hitter.
February 20, 200917 yr QUOTE (DBAHO @ Feb 20, 2009 -> 04:11 PM) DeWitt moves down to AAA, O-Dawg slides into 2B, and they can still sign Manny. Excellent deal for the Dodgers. Hudson gives them the best defensive 2bman they've had in years, and he'll give them an excellent top of the order hitter. id wait to see how much money they gave hudson, before id call the deal excellent....especially considering they gave up a pretty high draft pick
February 20, 200917 yr QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Feb 20, 2009 -> 03:54 PM) Huh? Have you seen their projected every day lineup? It's terrible. I imagine that if they get production from Lewis, Rowand, Renteria, Crede and Molina. Lincecum, Cain, Sanchez, Johnson, and Zito will take care of the rest.
February 20, 200917 yr I wonder if Kenny realizes how f***ing lucky he is that our divisional rivals haven't done s*** this offseason either.
February 20, 200917 yr QUOTE (daa84 @ Feb 20, 2009 -> 04:19 PM) id wait to see how much money they gave hudson, before id call the deal excellent....especially considering they gave up a pretty high draft pick 3.4M with 4.6M to be made in incentives apparently. Giving up the draft pick hurts, but there's no doubt that Hudson is a better ballplayer than O-Cab when healthy.
February 21, 200917 yr A one year deal for Hudson solves the White Sox problems as he is slotted into the lead-off spot and Anderson bats ninth and plays center. The defense is then air tight. I guess money is a huge obstacle for the White Sox this season. If KW was really going for it year in and year out, he signs Hudson for this price. Pretty sad state of affairs right now.
February 21, 200917 yr I was listening to some Royals talk show and they were getting angry at the Royals GM for not signing Hudson. Apparently Hudson had some interest in going to K.C.
February 22, 200917 yr QUOTE (Jenks Heat @ Feb 21, 2009 -> 11:03 AM) A one year deal for Hudson solves the White Sox problems as he is slotted into the lead-off spot and Anderson bats ninth and plays center. The defense is then air tight. I guess money is a huge obstacle for the White Sox this season. If KW was really going for it year in and year out, he signs Hudson for this price. Pretty sad state of affairs right now. We could have had Orlando Hudson AND Bob Abreu for about 10 million this year. Unload Dye for some prospects and you are significantly better. You could even eat a little of that salary to entice a team to trade for him. I just don't get it.
February 22, 200917 yr QUOTE (whtsoxfan @ Feb 21, 2009 -> 08:22 PM) I just don't get it. I get it, there was collusion between the owners to take advantage of the public's perception of the economy in order to get contracts in check.
February 23, 200917 yr QUOTE (whtsoxfan @ Feb 21, 2009 -> 08:22 PM) We could have had Orlando Hudson AND Bob Abreu for about 10 million this year. Unload Dye for some prospects and you are significantly better. You could even eat a little of that salary to entice a team to trade for him. I just don't get it. Ken Williams tried that and it didn't work.
February 23, 200917 yr QUOTE (whtsoxfan @ Feb 21, 2009 -> 08:22 PM) We could have had Orlando Hudson AND Bob Abreu for about 10 million this year. Unload Dye for some prospects and you are significantly better. You could even eat a little of that salary to entice a team to trade for him. I just don't get it. I understand the Dye thing as the money was a huge issue. Anyone that really wanted Dye could have had Burell.
February 23, 200917 yr And Orlando Hudson will make $8M this year if he stays healthy, sure his base salary is $3.4M but when you sign a guy like this you have to assume he'll reach his incentives and there just isn't $8M in the budget. Add on top of that Bobby Abreu's $5M and suddenly trading Dye becomes impossible, now you're going $4M-$6M over budget just to move Dye (NO team is going to trade for Dye without receiving cash in return).
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