I hear you guys throwing just about anything out on the podcast (dude... Jace and Alec are totally playing star wars upstairs *nods*) but I haven't heard anything about Hodge.
I know he was a rather minor character but he was still important in CoB and I think he might play a role in CoG. I dunno... he's aligned with Valentine and other things I think it would be a little weird if he was left out. He seems like a loose end to me.