The Los Angeles Dodgers have reached a 1-year agreement with Orlando Hudson. The deal is believed to be worth $3.4 million with incentives that could add as much as $4.6 million to that, which could bring the deal to a total of $8 million for the year.
What a great pickup for the Dodgers. Hudson hit .305 with eight homers, 41 RBIs and a .367 on-base percentage in 107 games with the Diamondbacks in 2008.
He adds a versatile switch hitting and speedy duo at the top of the Dodgers lineup. This really improves the team as a whole, espcially on the defensive side. I look forward to many dazzling plays and double plays between Furcal and Hudson this season! Here would be the projected batting order.
1. Furcal
2. Hudson
3. Ethier
4. Kemp
5. Loney
6. Blake
7. Martin
8. Pierre
Of course it could look alot better like this:
1. Furcal
2. Hudson
3. Ethier
4. Ramirez
5. Kemp
6. Loney
7. Blake
8. Martin
Sorry, I had to do it.
Now the Dodgers lose their first-round Draft pick in June, No. 17 overall but Los Angeles will receive an additional sandwich pick between the first and second rounds, as well as the Atlanta Braves’ second-round pick as compensation for the signing of Derek Lowe. And IF Manny Ramirez decides to sign with another team the Dodgers would be in line for another draft pick as compensation.
So the way I see it this was masterful because whether or not the Dodgers sing Manny they win. Its a win-win situation!
Its not a done deal until Dodgers have Manny….
Good for the Dodgers, another nail in the coffin for the Pads…
It’s a win win yeah, but a WIN WIN if Manny signs with the Dodgers!
Fumi, Ricardo, I think that even without Manny the Dodgers lineup looks pretty damn good. If they sign Manny then great, they are pretty much a lock. But if they don’t they will still have a decent team. Plus if someone else signs Manny then the Dodgers get their draft picks!
Hudson is a great pickup. The national league west is SO bad, the dodgers had that division locked up before spring training, and this just helps cement that fact.
Well, to be quiet honest the pick up of Orlando Hudson is futile as Manny and Dodger management don’t seem to be on the same page at all. We all know how bad the west is, however the sleeper team is the Giants and if they land Manny he is sure to take out his aggression out on the Dodgers all year leaving them to wonder why did we not just give him a long term contract?