To be fair, Castillo was even worse, but he didn’t play enough to qualify. I wouldn’t want to replace a horrible 2B with a slightly less horrible 2B.”

Gravedigger, I can’t speak to the efficacy of the defensive metric that you looked at, but Hudson did win the GG in 2006 and 2007. Of course this is a subjective award, and the managers and whoever else vote for it aren’t infallible. The one example people like to use is that of Rafael Palmeiro who won the GG at 1B about a decade ago, even though he played all but 28 games or so as a DH. Twenty-eight games at 1B, and he won the GG award. So, the voters can still make mistakes, and I doubt that they have a whole set of stats when they are making their decisions (if they don’t, MLB should probably provide it for them). Instead, from what I understand, the voters, who are mostly managers I think, go by what they’ve seen on the field- and they can’t vote for their own guy. That’s understandable.

When Palmeiro won the award in 1999 for being a DH more than a 1B, it had been his third straight GG Award. Voters tend to go with the same guy each year, unless there’s something to change their mind.

Anyway, Hudson can’t be that bad if he got the award two times in a row. Plus, he’s a much more productive hitter than Castillo.

Pelfrey’s a sinkerball pitcher, too, and he’s had no problems with the defense behind him. I maintain that Lowe would be just fine. You truly underestimate the Mets infield defense. And if they can get Hudson, they will be that much better.

who cares on the age he is the second lefty