Twins Sign Hudson

While the rest of IHS crack journalism team heads down to sunny South Florida for Super Bowl Weekend, I'm stuck in central Iowa. But it's not without benefit for you dear reader.

Because I'm happy to break to you that, in the last hour, late Thursday night, the Twins agreed to terms with long sought-after free agent second baseman Orlando Hudson.

Provided that he is in fact completely healthy and has no ill effects from his wrist injury late last season, for the Twins to sign him a one-year deal worth $5 million is about as smart a move as Billy Smith has made in his short tenure.

Now if he can just keep the Mauer deal to 6-8 years in length...