The New York Mets are strapped for cash and don't exactly have a lot of money to spend this winter as a result, but one name the Mets have their eye on is right-handed relief pitcher Daniel Hudson, according to Andy Martino of SNY.
Hudson split the 2019 campaign between the Toronto Blue Jays and Washington Nationals, going 9-3 with a 2.47 ERA in 69 relief appearances. Over 73 innings of work, he allowed 56 hits while totaling 71 strikeouts and also recording eight saves.
Hudson closed games for the Nationals during their run to a World Series title, notching four saves throughout the postseason and pitching the final inning in Game 7 to clinch the championship.
The 32-year-old, who played his collegiate baseball at Old Dominion, was originally selected by the Chicago White Sox in the fifth round of the 2008 MLB Draft.
He made his big-league debut in 2009, pitching in six games with two starts and going 1-1 with a 3.38 ERA.
Hudson was then dealt to the Arizona Diamondbacks midway through the 2010 campaign, and in 2011, he had a breakout year, going 16-12 with a 3.49 ERA, surrendering 217 hits while fanning 169 hitters across 222 frames of action.
However, injuries ruined Hudson as a starter from that point moving forward.
Between 2012 and 2014, Hudson appeared in just 12 games total, missing all of 2013. He then transitioned to a reliever in 2015 and experienced moderate success, going 4-3 with a 3.86 ERA while giving up 64 hits and recording 71 punchouts through 67 2/3 innings.
Since then, Hudson has been a permanent reliever and has had varying degrees of success.
His last season in with the Diamondbacks came in 2016, when he logged a bloated 5.22 ERA. He then linked up with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2017, posting a 4.38 ERA in 71 relief outings. Hudson then spent one year with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2018.
Over the course of his career, Hudson owns a 3.83 ERA.
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