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Tuesday, November 22, 2005

Padres - Acquired Hill, Signed Young

San Diego Padres - Signed IF Eric Young to a 1-year contract worth $700,000; acquired IF Bobby Hill from the Pirates for future considerations.

Nothing to complain about here as both Young and Hill are being brought in (or back, in the case of Young) as role players, not starters. Both are up to that task and I’m kind of curious what the Padres are doing with Geoff Blum, who’s less valuable than either and also less valuable than Sean Burroughs who has yet to be dumped elsewhere.

2006 ZiPS Projections  
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Player        AB   R    H  2B 3B  HR RBI  BB  SO  SB    BA   OBP   SLG 
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Hill         359  42   88  16  2   4  34  44  65   6  .243  .337  .334

Young        340  47   88  17  1   3  32  33  29  14  .259  .332  .341

Dan Szymborski Posted: November 22, 2005 at 02:37 AM | 8 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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1. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Griffin (Vlad) Posted: November 22, 2005 at 03:00 AM (#1741705)

The Pads are getting a nice little infield backup and PH in Hill. The man always leaves everything on the field.

I wonder who the PTBNL is. Given the time of year, he's probably Rule V-eligible.

2. s.zielinski Posted: November 22, 2005 at 04:22 AM (#1741851)

It's amazing how so many fans root for Bobby Hill but his managers and GMs seem to hate him.

3. Greg Schuler Posted: November 22, 2005 at 02:55 PM (#1742214)

BCT says the PTBNL could be Clayton Hamilton, a 2003 pick on the Pirates who refused to sign and was drafted in 2004 by the Padres. He is a - surprise - pitcher. Stats.

4. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Griffin (Vlad) Posted: November 22, 2005 at 03:50 PM (#1742270)

A 23-year-old in Low A? Yeah, that sounds like someone the Pirates would want.

5. Mark Shirk (jsch) Posted: November 22, 2005 at 03:54 PM (#1742275)

Is Bobby Hill projected to be better than Vinny Castilla in 2006?

6. ECBucs Posted: November 22, 2005 at 03:54 PM (#1742276)

I don't know why the Bucs even want players in these situations.

They should just get the most money they can.

Ogden Nutting might have to send a directive out about this.

7. Bucs Fan Posted: November 22, 2005 at 04:38 PM (#1742327)

So the net-net of that Aramis Ramirez trade is whomever winds up being named in this deal (aside from the cash savings!). Great. I imagine Littlefield chose the Padres to deal Hill to because they had a crappy non-prospect from the Pittsburgh area to send back - assuming the Clayton Hamilton rumor is true. He must've figured the sub-moronic demographic of the team's fan base would be excited to get a local kid in the organization and conveniently forget that they essentially traded the league's All-Star thirdbaseman for him.

Good luck Bobby Hill. You are probably worth a lot more than the scrub you got traded for. Just feel lucky that the Pads had a guy in their organization from Western Pennsylvania or else you may have been exchanged for Oliver Perez's old jockstrap.

8. Barry`s_Lazy_Boy Posted: November 22, 2005 at 10:28 PM (#1742990)

Unfortunately for Buc fans, #7 is hilarious and true.

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