Comments on: Twins unlikely to re-sign second baseman Orlando Hudson

By: Orlando Hudson will decline arbitration as part of gentleman’s agreement with Twins | HardballTalk

Tue, 30 Nov 2010 18:18:17 +0000

[...] let go in part because the Twins specifically didn’t like his presence in the clubhouse, as multiple sources affiliated with the team told me throughout the season that his outspoken jokester act grew tiresome even though national media members like Heyman [...]

By: docktorellis

docktorellis — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 02:28:57 +0000

Seems to me that Hudson just didn’t fit in with the Minnesota Nice clubhouse feel. Which, really, is a shame. I know it’s an intangible, and therefore risks inanity, but the fact is that after T. Hunter’s departure, the MN roster has really lacked a firestarter. Gardy can get ejected all he wants, but somebody from within that clubhouse needs to take on that role, and it’s looking increasingly doubtful that it will ever come from Mauer or Morneau, as great as their on-the-field play is.

By: willmose

willmose — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:27:49 +0000

Hudson has gotten one year contracts the last three years at reasonable prices. Tell me again about how he is one of the over hill players that got a multi year contract.

By: jfk69

jfk69 — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 23:24:04 +0000

Finally a team gets it. Signing these declining over the hill players to multi year contracts and then bemoaning the fact they did only creates a problem on the team and for public relations as they try to justify high ticket prices and a team hamstrung with over priced fat and lazy i got my deal veterans.

By: Jeremiah Graves

Jeremiah Graves — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 21:04:37 +0000

I had really high hopes for O-Dawg in Minnesota. The defense rebounded nicely after recent regression, but the offense just didn’t live up to .282/.348/.431 career line he had coming into the year. He played some awful baseball down the stretch and was hurt too often. I’d be all about bringing him back if he’d hit closer to his career norms and stayed healthy, but at 33 a long-term contract is a tough pill to swallow.