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I think he would look good in cubbie blue!! I mean he has very good defense and then we could have fontenot/miles coming off the bench.

Hudson, where would he play? loney, blake, dewitt, furcal is the infield. unless dewitt is going to the bench, which i dont think would be smart, let the kids play

Dodgers could defenitely do well this offseason if they turn around and sign-

Dunn, Looper, Wolf, Hudson and Beimel all for 5, 5, 6, 6, and 2.

thats 24 million, for 5 players who would greatly help the team. if boras cant see this hes nuts, because NO ONE can tell me that manny is worth more then those players.

id love to see him in blue.. hate to see em give up the pick to the dbacks though. That would be an awesome defensive infield. Blake isnt anything special, but furcal o-dawg and loney would be sick. Have lorretta and Dewitt be the backups..

Castillo is about as useful as a jar of vegemite in an american house.

If the Nationals were willing to spend money they could put together a much better team by signing Hudson and Dunn or Abreu. Both these guys could be cheaper than the bucks they wanted to shell out to Teixeria.

Some one posted on a Yankees blog that the Yanks could sign Hudson put him at 2B and then shift Robinson Cano to CF. Not sure how much I like the idea of moving Cano when he is still developing at 2B. One issue that was raised with the move is that Cano's speed might not be enough to handle CF in Yankee Stadium.

"How come you just keep on ignoring his putrid road splits?"

Most players perform better at home, regardless of ballpark. There's just more of a comfort level with being cheered for as opposed to being booed. It's a mild concern, no doubt, but even on the Road he's been better then Castillo.

"And that he is at the age where 2B start declining (have you forgotten Alfonso, Alomar, Baerga, and Castillo so quickly?)"

So because the Mets have had poor luck picking 2B-men in the past they should stop trying? People like Jeff Kent managed to play at a high level well into their Late 30's.

"that he is coming off of two consecutive hand/wrist injuries that ended his season,"

He broke his wrist colliding with Brian McCann and injured his finger sliding into 3rd base. They're freak injuries, nothing more. They're not chronic knee injuries like Castillo has been dealing with.

"and his declining defense?"

Still Better then Castillo, and I trust his ability to rebound much better considering he doesn't have chronically injured knees.

"Unless he is signing for 1/4, then why go down this road again?"

That's the thing, I wouldn't be advocating this if he was still looking for a 4/40 contract, but I believe he can be had for somewhere around 6-8 million a year on a short term (1 or 2 years) deal. At that point, it's a potential bargain.

Jeff Levy:
What bothers me is that Kasten was willing to offer Tex $20 million for 9 years but isn't willing to get Dunn and O-Dog for pretty much the same price. If we can get them both we could be much better than last year.

its good the mets are going after..castillo needs to pack his bags and make way for the o-dog cause the he can hit in the two hole and he has very good defense....delgado, hudson, reyes, and wright thats a dirty infield

I have to say Gleb...I'm not a fan of that idea at all. OHud is 32 and a career IF. This isn't Babe Ruth League where every player can just play wherever he wants. Playing CF in spacious Yankee Stadium takes some skill level. Not to say he couldn't do it...but I'm not digging the experiment for us. Let Brett play there this year. He hit .290 in his second stint with the club, has a great arm and covers a butt load of ground in CF.

Damon, Jeter, ARod, Tex, Matsui, Nady, Cano, Posada and Gardner is a good line-up in itself...epecially with the new pitching staff.

A, I think what walkoffblast was saying is that the if the yankees sign hudson they would only give up a 4th round pick so if they traded him for say a 3rd rounder they would move up. And yes they can still sign more type As. There was a whole big thing ob here a few days ago about the number of type A/Bs you could sign in one offseason and I think that number was like 8 or 9 this year.

DCSportsGuy:
I agree it is annoying. Hudson and Dunn combined might actually be more valuable than Teixeria. That would be a solid infield. I'm not very aware of the situation of the Nationals pitching rotation, but Tim Redding is gone and Odalis Perez is still on the market. Even if the rotation needs more depth solid defense is a start.

"Most players perform better at home, regardless of ballpark. There's just more of a comfort level with being cheered for as opposed to being booed. It's a mild concern, no doubt, but even on the Road he's been better then Castillo."

Fair enough, though those are pretty enormous splits.

"So because the Mets have had poor luck picking 2B-men in the past they should stop trying? People like Jeff Kent managed to play at a high level well into their Late 30's."

Jeff Kent is an exception, not the rule. And yes, the Mets should stop giving out long term deals to second baseman over 30. Most 2B break down around this time.

"He broke his wrist colliding with Brian McCann and injured his finger sliding into 3rd base. They're freak injuries, nothing more. They're not chronic knee injuries like Castillo has been dealing with."

I understand that they are freak injuries. But they still happened. They make him more likely to re aggravate one of these injuries, and hand/wrist injuries will have an effect on what you do as a hitter. He is getting older, and it is harder to recover from these injuries.

I am with you, if he can be had for a 1 year deal (maybe a 2 year deal, worth no more then 10 million total), I would give him a shot, see what he can do for us. But anything more then that, and it is making the same mistake over again imo.

Hudson < Cano

Yanks can sign another A free agent (not that they will), they just need to ask MLB permission, but because of the numbers this year there is a stipulation in the CBA. MLB would easily allow them to do this.

Yanks do still have a 1st rounder for compensation, for not signing last years.

I was unaware of any sign and trade rules in baseball.