Minnesota has signed Orlando Hudson to a 1-year/$5 million deal.  Honestly, I thought Hudson to the Nationals was a done deal but he wanted $9 million per and the Nationals basically insulted him by offering $3 million.   I guess Hudson realized he wasn’t going to get $9 million and rather try to win, make the playoffs and hopefully a World Series title; he has a good shot with the Twins who desperately needed a second basemen.  I couldn’t be happier.  The Twins have finally accomplished something in the off season that they said they were going to do!

Last year Hudson got off to a hot start at 32 years of age and was an All-Star.  In September Joe Torre replaced Hudson in the lineup with Ronnie Belliard which I thought was crazy but proved to be an ok move for the Dodgers at that time.  In 2009 Hudson hit .283-9 HR-62 RBI-.357 OBP.  If he can duplicate those numbers this year the Twins will get a much needed boost to their offense; I just hope he does’t put too much pressure on himself because the people of Minnesota are very happy to have him.  I love Nick Punto’s style of play but this is better for the team, plus Punto may start at third base now.

I wrote on Pat Neshek’s facebook wall as soon as I heard about the signing and I said something along the lines of, “Is it true, did you sign Hudson?”  To which Pat responded, “It’s true, our team is stacked!”  That’s the excitement I like to see from my favorite team!

Grade for the Twins: A; I’m probably being so biased here but I mean it did cost them only $5 million for the signing and Hudson is a huge improvement to what the Twins had at second base and it’s only a one year deal if it doesn’t work out.  With the Twins payroll around $100 million this year there is no excuse to lose to the Yankees.  LET’S GO!