Comments on: Steve Hill can hit the baseball http://www.futureredbirds.net/2009/05/08/steve-hill-hit-baseball/ Baseball's Future in the Gateway City Fri, 17 May 2013 00:09:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: FreeRedbird http://www.futureredbirds.net/2009/05/08/steve-hill-hit-baseball/comment-page-1/#comment-7334 FreeRedbird Mon, 11 May 2009 02:42:50 +0000 http://www.futureredbirds.net/?p=2950#comment-7334 Brandon Buckman had been on the DL for several weeks, then got released last week.

]]> By: Redbird http://www.futureredbirds.net/2009/05/08/steve-hill-hit-baseball/comment-page-1/#comment-7303 Redbird Sat, 09 May 2009 07:07:41 +0000 http://www.futureredbirds.net/?p=2950#comment-7303 Was Brandon Buckman released?

]]> By: jjray http://www.futureredbirds.net/2009/05/08/steve-hill-hit-baseball/comment-page-1/#comment-7291 jjray Fri, 08 May 2009 17:53:41 +0000 http://www.futureredbirds.net/?p=2950#comment-7291 Breaking Quad Cities news from Derrick Goold. Josh Wison has returned to the team after brief retirement. Guess he tried to get a job and then figured, “hey, I wonder if they would take me back at Quad Cities?”
http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/bird-land/bird-land/2009/05/minor-moves-a-high-draft-pick-returns/

]]> By: erik http://www.futureredbirds.net/2009/05/08/steve-hill-hit-baseball/comment-page-1/#comment-7290 erik Fri, 08 May 2009 17:10:47 +0000 http://www.futureredbirds.net/?p=2950#comment-7290 he’s just not that big of an asset yet to be considered the centerpiece of any major trade. he would have to a) keep slugging near .600 and b) continue to do so at AAA for a reasonably sustained period of time.

i like his bat, but he’s not in top 100 territory or even close to it, and that’s what you have to be more often than not in order to be part of a big trade. maybe he could be a trade chip to get a piece of the puzzle, a 5th starter or middle reliever, or he could be a part of a trade to get a more key type of player, but only as basically a part that would include better prospects.

]]> By: arch support http://www.futureredbirds.net/2009/05/08/steve-hill-hit-baseball/comment-page-1/#comment-7288 arch support Fri, 08 May 2009 16:32:15 +0000 http://www.futureredbirds.net/?p=2950#comment-7288 What are your opinions on the best time for an NL club to trade a prospect that is almost assuredly a future DH/1B? Hill’s stock is pretty high right now; is it better to trade him now in the expectation that his trade value is close to peaking? Or is it preferable to wait for him to clear AAA, get a 60 or so AB with the big club, then see what team will bite? The latter option incorporates the risk that he’ll slow down/get hurt between now and then.

What I’m asking is, at what point could the Cards expect to get the most in return for Hill? I think the question is especially pertinent given that we’ve already got a 1B/DH type in the majors (Duncan) who could have been traded when he was most valuable but wasn’t.

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