Benching Costs Orlando Hudson

Would love to see this guy back in LA on a 3 year deal. Course, I'm also like, the only guy here who thinks Ned should keep his job.

Orlando Hudson: 21/3.

Would love to see Hudson in Chicago next year. I was pretty critical of the Dodgers signing of him this offseason but its turned out to be a very good investment and he seems like the type of guy that it would be very easy to root for.

i'd love to see him some how some way in a NY mets uniform

I wouldn't be surprised to see the Cubs go after Hudson. Given their recent trouble I can see them making a play for good character guys like Hudson. Being a switch hitter will help his case as well. Plus, they have an obvious need for a second baseman who can hit a little and play solid defense. Hudson isn't a star but he's still a good player, he would fit right in with the Cubs.

There's a guy in LA named Vin Skully who works for the Dodgers. If anyone is the personification of class, it is him.

"Why is Huddy being benched anyway? He's a much better player than Belliard."

Not at the moment, he isn't -- on offense, at least.

Hudson, over the last month: .266/.329/.359/.688
Belliard, since coming to LA: .304/.339/.589/.928

Maybe if he gets a rest he'll be ready to catch fire again for the playoffs. If he can hit in October like he did in April... watch out.

I'm sure you meant Vin Scully, right?

Or how about Tommy Lasorda, Jackie Robinson, Duke Snider, Gil Hodges, Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale, Orel Hershiser, do I really need to go on? I can. Brett Butler, Shawn Green, Kershaw/Billingsley/Kemp/Ethier/Broxton/McDonald/Martin/Loney. Don't take your misguided dislike of Manny Ramirez and the one or two guys like Jeff Kent and Milton Bradley and let it ruin your impression of a truly class-filled organization.

When I think of class I know my first thoughts are Red Sox fans.

When I think of class I know my first thoughts are Red Sox fans.

Posted by: bjsguess | September 21, 2009 at 05:17 PM

Word.

I absolutely love Hudson's attitude. I like seeing his smile out there everyday. I love that he plays hard. That being said, we can probably get more bang for our buck somewhere else... Stick Dewitt at second next year, and use the money on Lackey or somebody else...

blue, most people believe the struggles of DeWitt are because of the 6 times he has been called up. He has never been able to get comfortable in any one spot. Meanwhile, he plays great defense, is a lefty, has shown power(remember that bomb in Citi Field?). if he can get comfortable and get legit playing time with some mentoring, he will be a good MLB player. And if we cant sign Hudson(it would be stupid for the dodgers to commit 3 yrs to him when we have Hu, DeWitt, DeJesus, and maybe Abreu[depending on Garland deal] all SS or 2B in the high minors. Then we have Gordon at SS and Baez at 3b. We have too much IF depth to commit that long to Hudson

BIGGESTHOMER4LIFE, I guess Piazza, Beltre, Manny, Gagne et al are Charter Members of the "Doped Up Dodgers" teams of recent memory and how can we not say classy without the mention of Dodgers Chairman and racist ,AL CAMPANIS. To paraphrase his words, "Dodgers fans lack some of the necessities to , lets say, talk baseball. They also lack bouyancy and the ability to stay at a game past the 7th inning due to their lack of compassion". Yup, classy!

Blue Sky, these are the 'transactions':

Transactions
Dodgers July 28: Activated pitcher Hong-Chih Kuo from the 60-day disabled list; optioned third baseman Blake DeWitt to Albuquerque of the Pacific Coast League (AAA); transferred pitcher Xavier Paul to the 60-day disabled list.
Dodgers July 12: Optioned third baseman Blake DeWitt to Albuquerque of the Pacific Coast League (AAA); recalled pitcher Scott Elbert from Albuquerque.
Dodgers July 6: Placed pitcher Eric Milton on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to June 28; recalled third baseman Blake DeWitt from Albuquerque of the Pacific Coast League (AAA).
Dodgers June 7: Recalled second baseman Blake DeWitt from Albuquerque of the Pacific Coast League (AAA); placed pitcher Eric Milton on the 15-day disabled list.
Dodgers April 18: Placed first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz on the 15-day disabled list; recalled third baseman Blake DeWitt from Albuquerque of the Pacific Coast League (AAA).
Dodgers April 13: Optioned infielder Blake DeWitt to Albuquerque of the Pacific Coast League (AAA); purchased the contract of infielder Juan Castro from Albuquerque.

Six times before he was called up in September. He has been screwed over by being called up and down.

Honestly, I do hope they let him have a year at AAA with minimal up and down. However, if they cannot resign Hudson w/o giving him a 3 year deal, he may be the only option. I hope they let DeWitt plantoon with someone(possibly Belliard) and if he struggles, leave him in AAA. I dont think we can stand a whole year of Belliard.

the only other option I can think of is let it be a competiton of DeJesus, DeWitt, and a vet. Remember, DeJesus looked pretty good in ST this year before he broke his leg.

And RSD, if you base classiness on roids, you lose. The Sox had 10 guys off the top of my head, Manny, Ortiz, Canseco, Clemens, Paxton Crawford, Gagne, Jeremey Giambi, Mike Lansing, Mike Stanton, Maurice Vaughn. On the Mitchell Report, there are 7 guys who were from the Dodgers. If you then count in Manny(although he was mainly using in Boston), its 8. You have 10. You lose. And btw, I did not count Beltre because it was one ESPN who thought he used roids because he struggled in his first year in a new league and through April of the next yr. He ended the second year hitting 276. I think everyone on this site realizes that most hitters struggle when changing leagues. The fact that he has been productive since then makes me feel he has been clean the whole time.

Heres the link from of the Mitchell Report, with Sox guys in bold. Remember to add Manny and Ortiz to the list.

http://www.redsoxsuperfan.com/blogger/2007/12/13/steroid-report-list/

Here's my thinking.

Huddy is your best defensive 2b right? Check.

You're headed towards what you wish to be long playoff run right? Check.

Huddy was .295/.354 in the month of August right? Check.

In September he's been in a minor slump @ .250/.318 but isn't exactly being overwheled at ust 5 ko's in 40 at bats. In the playoffs you need his glove and you hope he can contribute with his bat. How is he going to get thru his little slump if he can't get regular at bats? In 40 at bats do you know what the difference is between hitting .250 and hitting .325? An infield single, a blooper to short center and a "seeing eye" single up the middle.

I can understand resting him once a week or taking him out when you have big leads late in a game but there's no question that he should be starting over Belliard....not even close.

After watching Torre manage for the last couple of seasons, I can see that his operative theory is to go with players when they are hot, and rest slumping players whenever possible. He does this with position players and pitchers. Belliard is hot right now, Hudson is not. Who can argue with the results? Twelve more games until postseason. I'm sure Hudson will start at least half of them. Then we'll see.

Also... way, way, WAY too much is being made of Hudson's incentive money.

Yanksfan, IMO players like Piazza, Beltre, Bagwell, Larry Walker, and Jason Schmidt were users who managed to do a great job covering their trail. Just an opinion. Sorta like how YANKEESDODGERSGIANTSFAN4LIFE keeps spewing his infomercial garbage about his dodgers as if they were the greatest team ever and how Kershaw is the 2nd coming of Koufax. Only difference is his opinion is garbage just like all his posts here!

RSD, you do realize that all of major league baseball realizes that guys like Kemp and Kershaw are two of the most valued guys in the majors. Espically considering they have 3 and 4 more years of control, respectively. Kershaw pitches next yr at 400K and Kemp goes to arbitration for the first time. Yes, they are some of the most valued players. Think of it this way, there is a reason the Bo Sox and Dodgers havent done anything major beside Manny in the last 5 years... they have wanted Kemp and/or Kershaw and the Dodgers laughed in their faces.

And when guys like Joe Torre, Honeycutt, Hershiser and even Koufax himself saying this kid could be one of the best in the majors. Accept it, Kershaw is gonna be REALLY good, better than Buccholz, probably by a long shot. I think you need to learn that the whole country isnt on the east coast.

Now do you see what I mean about this moron's infomercials! WHAT A TOOL!

RSd, you call me the tool, adn yet the STATS, which you seem to want to rely on, shows the dodgers have the 2nd best win % behind the Yanks, better than your Sox, and much better than the Phils. We will have a winning % over 600 after this game, we are leading 14-2. Oh, and this is the FIRST game against the Nats all year and we have another series against Pitt. We are the only team that still has games against the Nats(basically the whole season series) Pitt and SD.

we also have the best team ERA(btw, you have a ERA that is 0.8 runs higher than ours), bullpen ERA, the 3rd best BA (team) behind the Angels and Yanks, not the Sox. we are 4th in OBP. Hell, we are even 5th in KOs. Out pitchers have 1158 and the SFG have 1200 to lead the league. And the only team of the 4 thats going to the postseason is the Yanks. If you say that the Phils or even the Sox are better, you are being BIASED and not looking at the STATS...

LDYFOURL otherwise known as the poster formerly known as LAKERSDODGERSYANKEES4LIFE, sorry to see your lack of faith in your teams has caused you to change your name out of fear of ridicule. The good side of this is that with your credentials as a blowhard and Billy Mays now gone, you can now be the new spokesman for THE SHAM-WOW infomercials!

wow, your responce to someone throwing stats at you that prove the Dodgers are the 2nd best team in the majors, statistically, is about the name i logged in on, thats about 4 years old? wow... just wow

pathetic... A grown adult is really this immature