Updated 11:07pm 2/4/2010

It’s official, the Twins have signed Orlando Hudson to a one-year, $5 million deal.  So, this is what it feels like for your team to get the best free agent available, huh?

For once, the projected starting lineup and bench looks solid!  The  Twins front office gets an “A” for the offseason IMHO.

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Original post: 5:23pm

Curtis Kitchen (who??) is tweeting that 2B free agent Orlando Hudson to the Twins is done:

Hearing Hudson gave Nats price tag 2x (maybe more) what Twins will pay.

Reported close earlier, but Hudson is a done deal to Twins.

If it’s true, this is a fantastic move by the Twins and signals a shift in overall philosophy from a team looking to compete in the AL Central to a team setting up for a run deep into the playoffs.

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