Orlando Hudson arrives, Orlando Hudson departs

He was here for the final portion of his physical exam, sporting a brick-red colored T-shirt that might have been mistaken for Diamondbacks attire until he turned around to reveal that it said South Carolina on the front. Because the signing still can’t be announced until the results of that exam are complete, he told Josh Rawitch he wasn’t comfortable talking to reporters until tomorrow morning. But we ARE expecting to get the announcement in an hour or so. There was some nervousness on the part of club officials, moreso than with the usual pre-signing physical, because O-Dawg, as all the cool people call him, is still in the final stages of recovery from the left-wrist surgery he had last fall. The surgery was to his glove hand, so it won’t affect him defensively. He is a switch hitter, and the only real concern is whether he will be hindered when he hits left-handed. I’m told there is no chance that he will hit only right-handed while the wrist goes through the final stages of the healing process.