Why? It's simple: The Jays recently extended Yunel Escobar's contract at $5 million per year for the next 2 years plus another couple of option years at the same price. Aaron Hill has 2 option years coming up at $8 million for each year. There's absolutely no way the Jays are going to pick up those options or convince Hill to take a drastic pay cut to stick with the team. It would also be a slap in the face to Yunel Escobar. Also, there's no way that they'll get any decent return before the trading deadline, so I expect him to be placed on waivers some time in August. It's possible that
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011
An Aaron Hill Prediction
So there's been lots of talk about Aaron Hill's future in the blogosphere recently, so I figured I'd jump into the mix. So let's rip the bandage off quickly: Aaron Hill will not be in a Toronto Blue Jays uniform after this season. Guaranteed.
Why? It's simple: The Jays recently extended Yunel Escobar's contract at $5 million per year for the next 2 years plus another couple of option years at the same price. Aaron Hill has 2 option years coming up at $8 million for each year. There's absolutely no way the Jays are going to pick up those options or convince Hill to take a drastic pay cut to stick with the team. It would also be a slap in the face to Yunel Escobar. Also, there's no way that they'll get any decent return before the trading deadline, so I expect him to be placed on waivers some time in August. It's possible thatAnaheim a desperate team would be willing to pick him up to help a late playoff run. Even if that doesn't happen, they'll let him walk after this season.
Why? It's simple: The Jays recently extended Yunel Escobar's contract at $5 million per year for the next 2 years plus another couple of option years at the same price. Aaron Hill has 2 option years coming up at $8 million for each year. There's absolutely no way the Jays are going to pick up those options or convince Hill to take a drastic pay cut to stick with the team. It would also be a slap in the face to Yunel Escobar. Also, there's no way that they'll get any decent return before the trading deadline, so I expect him to be placed on waivers some time in August. It's possible that
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You talk of ripping the bandage off - I don't think anyone is going to hurt too badly about losing Aaron Hill. Facing that reality is more like gently peeling off a wet bandaid that has lost its adherence.
ReplyDeleteI was just looking at the AL batting leaders, and then at Hill's stats - he's not even in the top 50. A team would have to be very desperate to take a chance on him; that being said, AA has turned straw to gold so far this season, so I wouldn't be surprised to get some good assets in return.