Twitter birds saying Orlando Hudson is a Padre. Jed Hoyer spending money. Foulweather fans super confused.

Not sure why Hudson has had so much trouble finding a multi-year deal.

He was like"Yeah 4 teams have contacted me with 2-3 year deals, and the way its looking I will be a San Diego Padre!" Then he talked about how awesome San Diego is, with the ballpark, beaches, his family is really excited…

I would love to play poker with that dude.

As others have commented, he seems under-valued.

Stronger up the middle and hopefully we replace 2/3 of Adrian’s value at 1/2 the cost at 1B.

Like Harang also. I worry about keeping the flow of good, cheap relievers with DePo and KT gone, but pieces might fit. Any chance for a solid D, solid bat OF?

Then I could see us have a chance.

We’re looking for a 1B, and, what, a utility guy or two?

But looks like we will have about $10m committed between Hudson and Bartlett, that’s doesn’t leave much for a first baseman, definitely not most of the names that have been thrown around (ie Lee ). I for one am not too worried about the backup catcher, I see a breakout year for hundley. Filling 1b with a utility guy for the first few months might not be the worst move either, that way when rizzo bats 350 with 15hrs in the first two months in Tucson, no one will be blocking hi ascension

$8M mutual option in ’13 or a $2M buyout.

I really would not mind seeing Hawpe there. Glauss sucks and will miss to much time with injuries. Cantu really does nothing for me. Hawpe i think still has some good years in front of him and we need a lefty in the lineup.

The Padres have acquired Jason Bartlett & player TBA , sending Brandon Gomes, Adam Russell, Cesar Ramos & INF Cole Figueroa to Tampa

He was a strikeout machine in San Antonio the last two years.

If our payroll is really in the 40’s, then this guy is chewin up almost 15% of the payroll… Hudson is getting kind of old, and he doesnt even provide Eck’s kind of leadership. That said, I’m glad we’re actually going out and getting guys instead of waiting to see what’s left at the bottom of the bucket after winter.