While you weren't looking, Tim Hudson has been building a pretty impressive Hall of Fame résumé. He won his 200th career game on Tuesday night, even adding a home run that bounced off Bryce Harper's glove. 200 wins isn't a Hall of Fame milestone by any stretch of the imagination, but Hudson is young enough that he could add significantly to his already-impressive totals. To wit: His past three seasons have seen him go 49-26 with a 3.19 ERA and 399 strikeouts. We're not saying his best years are ahead of him, but he's clearly ascribing to the "fine wine" theory of aging.

• Justin Riddick: "'Hudson's going to have to reach the Hall of Fame as a compiler instead of someone who was a really dominant pitcher. The guy's basically been a consistent #2 caliber starting pitcher since joining Atlanta. If he has a career ending injury in the next year or two or his performance has a significant drop in 2014 or 2015, he definitely won't make it."
• Jason O'Rear: "200 wins is a great accomplishment, but it speaks more to longevity and good luck on Tim Hudson's part to be in this position. There are too many people being passed over (like a lot of Tigers on the 1984 team) for this to merit inclusion."
• Shanynn Forbes Karkowsky : "The Hall of Fame is for the greatest to ever play their position. Tim Hudson? Nice career, good pitcher. HOF - NO WAY."
• Luca Ferrieri: "His numbers are better than some of the pitchers already in the HOF. So, by that logic, he IS hof worthy."
• Paul Schmidt: "I think you have to compare Tim Hudson to the other starters that pitched during his career. Not once in his career did he challenge for the Cy Young award. I would put him at very good, but not HOF."
• Tiger Sanders: "He deserves to be in the hall. There will be no more 300 game winners in today's game."

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All in all, the Yankees seem to be doing pretty well without Derek Jeter -- they're 8-6 and would be atop the AL East standings if the Red Sox hadn't suddenly had a run of excellent pitching. Still, the news that Jeter will be out until after the All-Star break has to be disheartening. Jeter's getting up there in years, but he was playing relatively well last year before his injury. Without Jeter's production, the Yankees could miss out on crucial wins -- by the time he returns, their season might be all but over.

• Dustin Stegall: "I love how everyone says "Oh Jeter isn't very good" when he's healthy, but now when he's hurt everyone'S like "Uh oh, they can't win without him!"....which one is it people?"
• James O'Donelly: "I really have to wonder if we've seen the last of the captain."
• Chris Paider: "I dislike the Yankees, but Jeter has always played with class and any team would be proud to have him on their roster."
• Cookie Obt: "Its a blessing in disguise for the Yanks. They need to see if Nunez or whomever else can be a productive regular. Relying on a 39 year old shortstop is absurd whoever its name is."
• Jim Dietter: "I don't think it's unreasonable to think that the Yankees could shut Jeter down for the entire season if he suffers any more setbacks or doesn't heal as fast as expected. It will probably depend on his physical recovery as well as the success of the team. There is no reason to rush him back if the team isn't in contention or if it could result in further damage."
• Jason Wilson: "Bet he still gets voted as starter in All-Star game."

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What do you expect from Derek Jeter when he returns to the Yankees?

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  26%
  About the same performance as usual
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  49%
  Slightly worse performance than usual
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  25%
  Much worse performance than usual

(Total votes: 26,096)

Major leaguers across baseball today will be wearing the No. 42 in honor of Jackie Robinson. The Hall of Fame second baseman was the first player to break baseball's color barrier, making him perhaps the most important player in MLB history. Robinson's struggle is portrayed in ''42,'' a movie starring Chadwick Boseman as Robinson and Harrison Ford as Dodgers president and GM Branch Rickey. Our writers have been covering the movie, from its director to its realism to the legacy of Robinson's family. Their take? "42" isn't perfect, but it's definitely an important film.

• Matt Edelman: "A must see film. Helgeland achieved his goal, capturing the essence of Jackie's impact on those around him, and America at large. 42 inspires and definitely reminds us of the right way to go through life."
• Mitch S. Nakagawa: "I give it 2.5 stars. Ken Burns' documentary Baseball did a better job imo."
• Lou Small: "Watched the movie yesterday and I agree with Jason - 3 stars. Acting was really good with Harrison Ford leading the way. There were a few mistakes like saying that Warren Spahn was pitching when then it showed a right hander - not a lefty like Spahn and showing Pee Wee Reese batting after Robinson when Reese was ALWAYS the leadoff hitter until Junior Gilliam came to the Dodgers. All in all, I loved how it showed how far we've all come."
• Edgar Zuniga: "What a beautiful film. I grew up a Dodgers fan and have always known about Jackie Robinson's life story but part of this film still got me teary-eyed."
• Marc Weiss: "The only detail that I thought the film was missing was the voice of Jackie, who spoke with a very high pitched sound. Chadwick Boseman has a much deeper voice and I think that threw me off."
• Larry Ham: "Jackie Robinson was the most important sports figure of the 20th century - and an outstanding human being. Can't wait to see 42!"

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Major League Baseball has suspended Padres outfielder Carlos Quentin eight games for charging Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke after being hit by a pitch Thursday night. That's a good deal less than the eight weeks Greinke will be sidelined with a broken collarbone he sustained in the fracas. Did the punishment fit the crime? SportsNation weighs in.

• Karen Braun: "He needs a lot more time off. How did Greinke incite this? Welcome to baseball. There is no way that hit by pitch was on purpose ... not in that situation during the game. Don't worry, Quentin will have his punishments. ..."
• Allan Paolo Aclo: "The gravity of the suspension should not be proportional to the amount of money the pitcher is making. I guarantee that if this was some no-named or third-rate pitcher who got hurt in a brawl, no one would be calling for Quentin to be suspended for a month. By no means am I saying that Quentin wasn't at fault but 8 games is sufficient in my book. He's an everyday player. If a pitcher gets suspended for 7 games, he will likely miss only one start."
• Jerald Johnson: "What a joke. He should get no more than 5 games. It's MLB taking care of their Golden Franchise. Greinke got what he deserved plain and simple."
• Dave Robb: "It should be 50. Guy leads his league in hit-by-pitch last 2 years playing about 200 out of 320 games because he leans in and is a statue. It was obviously not on purpose given the count and score. He ruins a guy's year. I'm not even close to a Dodgers fan. It's just wrong."
• Ryan Downs: "I think Kemp should've gotten at least a game as well. If Hairston got suspended for instigating a 2nd incident, wouldn't Kemp confronting Quentin after the game be instigating a third?"

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No one ever gets hurt in baseball fights, right? There's an initial charge (usually blunted at the very last second), a bit of pushing, lots of posturing, maybe an ejection or two, but in the end, all the players return to their dugouts having received only emotional wounds. That wasn't the case in Thursday night's Dodgers-Padres brawl, which resulted in Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke breaking his left collarbone after a tussle with Carlos Quentin. The Dodgers as a whole are furious, with Matt Kemp confronting Quentin after the game and Don Mattingly suggesting that Quentin be suspended for as long as Greinke is out. Considering the collarbone is kind of important, that might be a while.

Do you believe that Zack Greinke threw at Carlos Quentin on purpose on a 3-2 pitch in the sixth inning of a one-run game?

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  24%
  Yes
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  76%
  No

(Total votes: 92,572)

What do you think of Don Mattingly's idea to suspend Carlos Quentin for as many games as Zack Greinke ends up missing?

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  68%
  Good idea
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  32%
  Bad idea

(Total votes: 58,018)

Will the Dodgers hit Carlos Quentin at any point during their next series against the Padres? (April 15-17)

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  74%
  Yes
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  26%
  No

(Total votes: 17,216)

Will the Dodgers make the playoffs if Zack Greinke misses a significant amount of time with a broken collarbone?

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  51%
  Yes
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  49%
  No

(Total votes: 30,261)

The designated hitter rules turns 40 this year, much to the delight of aging, slightly arthritic sluggers everywhere. The DH, though occasionally derided as having taken the strategy out of baseball, has kept alive the career of many hitters who find themselves somewhat less-than-adept at the half of the game that involves throwing and catching. Jayson Stark thinks that daily interleague play will eventually result in universal adoption of the designated hitter rule. Such a change would strip the American and National Leagues of any real differences, but it might be a necessity, if for no other reason than to minimize the managerial headache that comes from playing with two sets of rules.

• Thomas Warren: "There is so much more strategy involved when pitchers actually have to play the game of baseball. Plus the DH addresses a problem that no longer exists -- lack of offense."
• Kenny Firlit: "What is so fun about watching a pitcher come to bat and just about 90% of the time make an out?"
• Mark Wooldridge: "DH is for coaches who don't understand strategy of the game. Luckily the old school coaches are all but retired."
• Jeff Ende: "Eventually it will come to the NL. And I won't like it. But if it must come, how about making the DH is only for the starting pitcher. When the starter comes out, the DH is out of the game too. This will still force those decisions in late games that we see in the NL and not in the AL."
• Stephen O'Brian: "The DH is a great rule. Nobody wants to see a pitcher K on 3 straight pitches or go down swinging like a little leaguer. If you want to keep pitchers hitting then have them become better hitters."
• Andre Daniels: "The DH is a travesty. Make the pitchers take BP. They are baseball players. Baseball players hit. Next thing you know we will have the DH in Little League. If you think that is absurd than why is it not absurd to have it in the MLB?"

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April baseball can play tricks on your mind. You're reminded, as your team soars or plummets out of the gate, that it's a long season. But then you recall how early success can kick-start a run to the playoffs (like last year's Orioles), or how a first-week disaster (like last year's Red Sox) can demolish high hopes.

So what can we take away from the first week of the 2013 season? Is Orioles DH Chris Davis that good? Can R.A. Dickey really be that bad? Will the Diamondbacks and Rockies fend off the Giants and Dodgers all season?

Which of these players had the best opening week?

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  26%
  Yu Darvish, Rangers (2-0, near-perfect game)
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  37%
  Chris Davis, Orioles (.455 BA, 17 RBI)
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  16%
  Clayton Kershaw, Dodgers (2-0, 0.00 ERA)
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  2%
  Justin Masterson, Indians (2-0, 0.69 ERA)
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  19%
  Justin Upton, Braves (.318 BA, 5 HR)

(Total votes: 4,116)

Which of these players had the worst opening week?

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  9%
  Robinson Cano, Yankees (.130 BA, 3-for-23)
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  40%
  R.A. Dickey, Blue Jays (0-2, 8.44 ERA)
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  21%
  Josh Hamilton, Angels (.160 BA, 4-for-25)
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  15%
  Matt Kemp, Dodgers (.100 BA, 2-for-20)
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  15%
  Carlos Marmol, Cubs (0-1, 1 save, 27.00 ERA)

(Total votes: 4,053)

Which team's surprising hot start will be the most sustainable over the course of the season?

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  31%
  Diamondbacks (5-1)
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  36%
  Red Sox (4-2)
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  21%
  Rockies (5-1)
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  12%
  Twins (4-2)

(Total votes: 41,226)