The Rockies have selected the contract of right-hander Dakota Hudson from Triple-A Albuquerque, the team announced. In a corresponding move, left-hander Chasen Shreve has been designated for assignment.
Hudson, 29, accepted an outright assignment to Triple-A earlier this season. He signed a one-year, $1.5MM contract with Colorado this past winter, but following a poor performance over his first 17 starts (career-worst 5.84 ERA, 5.61 SIERA, and 12.3% strikeout rate), he was designated for assignment in early July. After he passed through waivers unclaimed, the Rockies sent him outright to the Albuquerque Isotopes.
Through three starts with the Isotopes, Hudson has given up 14 runs (12 earned) in 11 1/3 innings. He has 10 strikeouts, four walks, and a .360 batting average against. His most recent outing against the Las Vegas Aviators was especially brutal; he lasted just 2 2/3 innings, giving up seven runs (five earned) on seven hits while striking out only two. Nevertheless, the Rockies have selected his contract, and he will start tonight’s contest against the Braves at Coors Field (per Patrick Lyons of Just Baseball).
Lyons reported yesterday that Hudson would be starting today in place of Cal Quantrill, who is dealing with some “general forearm soreness.” The team has pushed back his next outing indefinitely (per Lyons). Presuming Quantrill is ready to get back on the mound within a few days, Hudson will, most likely, remain in the rotation until Ryan Feltner returns from the 15-day IL. Feltner landed on the injured list on Thursday with a right shoulder strain, but his recent MRI came back clean, and he could return as soon as his minimum 15 days on the IL are up (per Lyons). That should mean at least two more starts for Hudson after tonight. While he has struggled this season, Hudson is only two years removed from a solid 2022 campaign with the Cardinals, when he pitched to a 4.45 ERA and 5.11 SIERA over 139 2/3 innings. Those aren’t excellent numbers by any means, but all the Rockies need right now is an innings eater.
Shreve, 34, has pitched in the majors every year since 2014, appearing for the Braves, Yankees, Cardinals, Mets, Pirates, Tigers, Reds, and, most recently, the Rockies. He has a 3.96 ERA and 3.87 SIERA across 368 career appearances, mostly as a lower-leverage reliever. Despite his serviceable performance in 2023 (4.63 ERA, 3.77 SIERA in 50 games), the veteran southpaw could only land a minor league contract from the Rangers this winter. Texas released him in May, re-signed him, and then released him again in June. Following that, he signed a minor deal with the Yankees, only to be released again in August. After inking a minor league pact with the Rockies earlier this month, Shreve finally made it back to the majors. He made one brief appearance for Colorado on Wednesday, tossing a scoreless inning against the Mets. He will now be placed on waivers, and if he goes unclaimed, he could opt to return to free agency and seek an opportunity with his fourth organization of the season.
Deck chairs are certainly deck chairing.
Four batters and he’s out.
So…Shreve pitched one scoreless inning and the Rox decided that he didn’t really fit in with the rest of the bullpen. Sounds about right. I don’t see any reason to keep Peter Lambert over him.
Lambert can give you multiple innings, which they’ll need when Hudson gets knocked out after 3 or 4. What I don’t understand is why they didn’t option Chivilli or Pint to the minors. Putting Marquez on the 60-day IL if they needed a 40-man spot.
That makes sense, but they still have Davis and Molina as longer options. Lambert is likely going to be a non tender this offseason anyway, so I just don’t see what worth he has right now. I just don’t like seeing people not even given a chance and Lambert has had more than enough chances.
@AHH-Rox
Couldn’t even get out of the 3rd. T-T
I think Dakota Hudson picked the worst place to play in for his skill set. Hes not the type of pitcher thats going to strike everyone out. He should of went to a team like Oakland if he wanted to be successful
Maybe Colorado was the only team interested in him?
After all. Not like anyone claimed him off waivers, and his salary isn’t that much of a deal breaker.
There are only so many starting spots and it’s not like Dakota Hudson was at the top of the free agent list this past offseason. He went somewhere where he was virtually guaranteed a spot in the rotation and gave himself a chance to prove himself. It didn’t work out well, but I respect him betting on himself in the role he wants to occupy instead of going t a pitcher’s park as a mop up long reliever.
Hudson’s numbers at Albuquerque were just as bad as his numbers in Denver. I guess the Rockies at least appreciate the consistency…
Isn’t this the actress in that awful Madame Web spider verse chic flick
No, she has better control. Well, I’d certainly like to find out if she has better control…
The level of performance by what’s left of the bullpen after Deeks and Mears are gone makes the DFA of Shreve mystifying.
Keep Chasen your dream, Shreve
Oh god, more disastrous punctuation by this writer. “Presuming Quantrill is ready to get back on the mound within a few days, Hudson will, most likely, remain in the rotation until Ryan Feltner returns from the 15-day IL.” There should be NO COMMAS around “most likely.” Think how weird it would look to have them around simply “likely.” It’s straight up wrong.
Then there’s this garbage: “Shreve, 34, has pitched in the majors every year since 2014, appearing for the Braves, Yankees, Cardinals, Mets, Pirates, Tigers, Reds, and, most recently, the Rockies.” NO COMMA BEFORE “most recently.” It’s part of an item in the list and doesn’t get its own comma, Oxford or otherwise. Would you write “I’ve been to China, Japan, and, recently, Taiwan” when asked “have you been to any Asian countries? No, because “recently” isn’t a country. You say “I’ve been to China, Japan, and recently, Taiwan.”