At 37 years old, with a twice-repaired elbow and surgeries on both knees in the past two years, Daniel Hudson has been one of the most under-the-radar signings from the Dodgers’ “billion-dollar offseason.”
Hudson contemplated retirement last season but decided to sign a minor-league deal to return to the Dodgers with a $2 million guarantee.
The reliever couldn’t have predicted his success, which has now given him hope for a possible return next year.
“We’ll cross that bridge when we get there,” Hudson said. “I kind of went into the last contract thinking that was probably gonna be it.