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Pirates Sign Joe Hudson To Minor League Deal

By Steve Adams | January 25, 2021 at 2:57pm CDT

The Pirates announced Monday that they’ve signed catcher Joe Hudson to a minor league contract and invited him to Major League Spring Training.

Hudson, 29, spent the 2020 season with the Mariners and appeared in nine big league games, going 3-for-17 with a pair of walks and five strikeouts in 20 trips to the plate. That marked Hudson’s third straight season with at least a taste of the Major Leagues, although both the nine games and 20 plate appearances were career-highs for the journeyman backstop. Overall, he’s a .167/.219/.200 hitter in a minuscule sample of 33 plate appearances.

Beyond his limited big league time, Hudson has logged 102 games at the Triple-A level, batting .249/.323/.411 with 13 homers, 14 doubles and a triple in 383 plate appearances. He’s thwarted a whopping 43 percent of the 505 stolen base attempts against him in the minors since being drafted by the Reds in the sixth round back in 2012, and Baseball Prospectus gives him generally strong marks both in terms of pitch framing and pitch blocking.

Jacob Stallings and Michael Perez are the only two catchers on Pittsburgh’s 40-man roster at the moment, and they lack an MLB-ready prospect behind the dish. Hudson joins fellow non-roster invitee Andrew Susac and 2017 fourth-rounder Jason Delay as depth options for the Bucs who could see action in Triple-A. Delay hasn’t played above Double-A yet and struggled there in 2019, hitting .234/.286/.398 in 67 games.

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29 Comments

  1. baseballpun

    4 years ago

    All contracts with the Pirates are minor league deals.

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    • 8

      4 years ago

      Because they are a minor league team.

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      Reply
      • Gwynning

        4 years ago

        Are you guys here all week and should I try the veal?

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  2. Rangers29

    4 years ago

    They were running short on Joes.

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    • thekid9

      4 years ago

      Why all the comments for this player?
      You kids need to come up from that basement and have some of mamas cookies.

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      • Mendoza Line 215

        4 years ago

        Very few are on the Hudson.
        Sometimes the threads tend to wander.
        The Pirates are the piñata this year,taking over from the Orioles and other clubs.

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  3. Captain Dunsel

    4 years ago

    It’s a shame Hudson never caught Rivera. That would have worked well in New York.

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  4. BobSacamano

    4 years ago

    (IMO) It’s not if Stallings will be traded, but when.

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    • YourDreamGM

      4 years ago

      I don’t think he will be traded soon. Simply because I don’t see another team paying the prospect price to aquire him. He has a lot of value to a team with nothing but young pitchers.

      Reply
      • Dock_Elvis

        4 years ago

        I’d like to see Detroit try and deal for him. They’re staff is farther along, and its about the point to add that catcher.

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  5. YourDreamGM

    4 years ago

    Love it. Excellent 3rd string catcher.

    Reply
  6. CubsWin108

    4 years ago

    WOW HOT STOVE IS HEATING UP

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    • 8

      4 years ago

      It will even more once the Pirates make the splash for Drew Hutchison.

      Reply
      • Brian 2

        4 years ago

        Triggered.

        Reply
  7. Mjshof

    4 years ago

    Rooting for Pittsburgh. Great franchise absent some of the recent incompetence. Looks like they are embracing a total teardown. GOOD ! Blow it up now

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  8. Orioles Fan

    4 years ago

    Looking at Hudson stats he has bounced around a little but it seems like he has never really gotten a chance to play in the majors. Most likely a AAA catcher with a couple of call ups during the season.

    Reply
  9. JNShafes027

    4 years ago

    But do they have any pitchers left to eat an entire season’s worth of innings…

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    • Orioles Fan

      4 years ago

      Good question. No names come to mind.

      Reply
      • YourDreamGM

        4 years ago

        Mitch Keller, Chad Kuhl, Steven Brault should all pitch to a under 4 era. Of course the later 2 could easily be traded. 5 rookies and a veteran or 2 off the scrap heap will compete for the other 2 spots.

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        • Mendoza Line 215

          4 years ago

          They have groomed Brubaker to be the fourth starter.
          I am somewhat surprised that they did not keep Williams to be the innings eater.

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        • 3Rivers

          4 years ago

          Ponce will be one of the starters.

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        • Mendoza Line 215

          4 years ago

          I think that he will be the next one up also.
          However,I was very surprised that they kept throwing Holland after they finally brought Ponce up last year as he did not pitch all that badly.Maybe NH signing of the guy whose name I always forget and who went to Milwaukee for Ponce will end up paying dividends after all.

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  10. esaskgd2

    4 years ago

    When do game tickets go on sale

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  11. Dice 66

    4 years ago

    Central is weak ! Bucs sign an innings eater plus bench bat? Who knows let young pitchers throw. Having Evans all year will help this team . He is a player they need more.

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  12. Ghost of past pirates

    4 years ago

    Don’t be so negative on the pirates. They are doing a total blow up. Best thing to do. I would rather see kids playing hard than overpriced veterans. Buccos will be good in two years
    Watch out for Keller and Hayes

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    • Mendoza Line 215

      4 years ago

      I just felt bad for the Pirates and the fans that the three very fine years had to come when the Cardinals were so strong.
      Se la vi.

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      • 3Rivers

        4 years ago

        All of the central was strong during that time. Was the bets division for most if not all of those years.

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    • Dock_Elvis

      4 years ago

      Maybe 5.

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    • Jimbobroy

      4 years ago

      Pirates have some good young guys on the roster and a lot of promising young guys in the minors. I give them three years and they will be competitive. Now if we can just get a new owner so we can keep these guys when they get to the show that would be super!

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