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Hudson

Hudson declined the assignment and became a free agent. The former 16-game winner for the Cardinals was 2-12 with a 6.17 ERA in 18 starts for the Rockies this season. His velocity is down about three mph from where it was during his brief heyday, and it doesn’t look like he has a future as a major leaguer at this point.

Hudson is done for the rest of the season due to right elbow inflammation. The procedural move opened up a spot on Colorado’s 40-man roster.

Hudson pitched 2 2/3 innings and allowed five runs against Atlanta on Saturday, and the right-hander will now be out for at least two weeks while he recovers. Josh Rogers was recalled from Triple-A in the corresponding transaction.

The 29-year-old right-hander was designated for assignment in early July and sent outright to Triple-A after he passed through waivers unclaimed. He has somehow managed to work his way back after posting a cringe-inducing 9.53 ERA, 1.94 WHIP and a 10/4 K/BB ratio over 11 1/3 innings in his three starts at the Triple-A level. Fantasy managers should stay far, far away. Chasen Shreve was designated for assignment in a corresponding move on Saturday.

Hudson predictably went unclaimed on waivers as there wasn’t a team out there willing to pick up the remainder of his $1.5 million salary for 2024. The 29-year-old righty has accepted the outright assignment and will attempt to turn things around in the minors after posting a bloated 5.84 ERA, 1.64 WHIP and 48/46 K/BB over 86 1/3 innings (17 starts).

Hudson is now off the roster with Tanner Gordon coming up from Albuquerque in the corresponding move. Hudson was unsurprisingly ineffective while with Colorado with a 5.84 ERA and 1.64 WHIP and ugly 48/46 K/BB over 86 1/3 innings. If he doesn’t get claimed or acquired via trade, he can elect free agency or report to Triple-A. The former seems more likely than the latter.

Hudson surrendered a solo homer to Christian Yelich in the first inning. A walk, wild pitch, and a base hit brought a second run in to score for the Brewers in the second inning. Hudson later loaded the bases in the fifth and walked in a run before he was replaced on the mound with two outs in the frame. The 29-year-old right-hander ends the day with a 5.84 ERA, 1.64 WHIP, and a 48/46 K/BB ratio across 86 1/3 innings. He’ll take on the Reds in Cincinnati on Monday.

Pitching on the road against the White Sox is pretty much the easiest assignment Hudson is going to get as a member of the Rockies, but he messed it up by walking five and hitting a batter. He’s now 2-11 with a 5.84 ERA, and the Rockies might weigh moving on from him after the break.

Not ideal. Hudson allowed 11 hits in the loss — two of those homers — and he didn’t pick up a single strikeout. The 29-year-old has mostly been effective in 2024, and he’s earned his 2-10 record over the first half of 2024. The only good news for Hudson going forward is his next start comes against the White Sox.

It was one-run through five, but the Pirates ended up totaling five runs against Hudson and Viktor Vodnik in the sixth, denying Hudson what would have been a fourth quality start in his last five tries. He fell to 2-9 with a 4.89 ERA.