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The Adventures of Aaron Hill

#1 Wingack

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Posted 02 April 2008 - 12:12 PM

While I was very pleased with the Yankee victory last night and the game the Yankees played, I am not sure they would have won that game if it wasn't for Aaron Hill. And this seems to be a pretty frequent thing. So, for 2008 let's keep an eye on Aaron Hill and see how many games he plays a large part in losing (not just against the Yankees) for the Toronto Blue Jays. Thus far, Hill can be blamed for one loss.

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#2 Foulkey Reese

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Posted 02 April 2008 - 12:16 PM

There were at least two games towards the end of last season where he made some appalling errors that cost the BJs wins over the Yankees. The BJs were able to come back and win one of those games in extra innings though.

So by my count he has blown 3 games with his late innings defense in Yankee Stadium which have cost the BJs 2 wins since the end of last season.

I hate him.

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Posted 02 April 2008 - 12:23 PM

He's well on his way to winning this lifetime achievement award. In fact, last night may have clinched it.

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Posted 02 April 2008 - 01:48 PM

Any chance McDonald starts coming in as a defensive replacement (not that we would have seen him in a tie game) in the later innings?

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Posted 02 April 2008 - 05:58 PM

Come on, this is a horrible metric to use for fielding. Hill fares well in the objective measures. He's a good fielding 2B.

If McDonald came in it'd be for Eckstein, who isn't very good. In fact, given how terrible Eckstein is offensively, they shouldn't have signed him period.

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Posted 02 April 2008 - 09:12 PM

Hill fucks up a play in the bottom of the 9th again. Leadoff man on for NYY.

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Posted 04 April 2008 - 11:55 AM

In defense of Hill, he was fourth among AL 2B's in overall Win Shares:

Roberts - 24
Polanco - 23
Cano -21
Hill - 20
Ellis -20
Pedroia - 19

In defense of his defense, he was second among AL 2B's in fielding Win Shares:

Ellis - 8.5
Hill - 7.5
Pedroia - 7.1

Finally, (and on a somewhat random note), the Jays were 5-12 in games when Hill hit a homerun last year.