Would you trade Aaron Hill?

I wouldn’t move him unless there was an outstanding deal where the other GM suddenly became brain damaged and thought they were getting 3 Aaron Hills for a whole slew of players.

Otherwise, he needs to be a core of the “retool” as it were…

I’ve been saying this for a very long time now. Look up my commenting history.

Aaron Hill’s value will never be higher. The team still has many, many holes. Hill is also signed to a reasonable contract considering his perceived value (which I feel is quite a bit higher right now than his actual value). I think you could get significantly more for Hill than you did for Halladay right now, which is saying something, and would make a lot of sense to investigate.

Hill’s value is only going to go down, unfortunately. I hope I am proven wrong, but this team is probably 2-3 years away from seriously challenging for the playoffs, and at that point Hill will likely be heading into his decline.

Cash in while you can.

I thought i was the only one who liked the idea of trading him. He is a great player, but by the time we are ready to compete (which I put at around 2012-2014) he will be 30 years old and i doubt that he will be repeating his previous years. Trade him while his value is high for 2 high ceiling prospects (preferably at third base and shortstop) and let those prospects be in their prime when we can start winning again. And at second base the Jays have some promising prospects. But the Jays aren’t going to get as much as they got for Halladay. Halladay is one of the best pitchers in the game and most consistent.

I don’t think any Hill trade will sit well at all with the fan base, unless of course Wells is part of the package. (Hey, one can dream.)

Hill is probably the main reason I (and a lot of others) will have an incentive to watch a game or visit the ballpark this year. Besides, at the end of the season he will still be…27; and i think he will have another stellar year. But the worst part about trading Hill is that it might instill an Oakland-type mentality where we might just keep developing players and then trading them away.

Will Hill’s performance decline over the next 2-3 years?
Will the player(s) you get back be able to significantly contribute to the Jays in the next 2-3 years?
Is there a player in our system that can adequately replace Hill at 2B in the next 2-3 years? The replacement player would not have to match Hill’s accomplishments but he would have to play well enough that there is no too much of a drop off.

Hill is a great 2B, a position always in demand… you could get a LOT back for him. He isn’t going to be as good as he was last year again in his career.
I don’t think the Jays should trade him unless someone offers something spectacular, but you can never rule out the idea… even though its unlikely to ever happen.

Baseball Prospectus really makes a lot of the same ones. Since when is 27 even an age players get “on the other side of”? I’d like to know how many players the Prospectus said that about.

As dex said above, you have to be willing to part with players if the right deal comes along, but the problem with Hill is that his perceived value is nowhere near what they might claim it to be — particularly if you go off shopping him now. The value of any established major leaguer who is signed to a team-friendly contract will “only go down.”

Hill really is my favorite player so I am kinda biased here and I dont want to see him go anywhere.

On the other hand if it was a big deal you can never say you won’t listen.

if a team came out and gave some great prospects you trade him..
There is no burning need to trade him now, he is still a good defender and a good hitter.
He has a good contract so there is no need to trade him unless some team blows you out of the water.

No !

I’m a Yankee fan, but for 25 years my allegiance was with the Blue Jays—until fairly recently. I opted for fan free-agency so I’d have the “chance to win”.

I’m not going to waste my time following the Canadian version of the Pittsburgh Pirates for the next five to ten years, eh.

Do you think Yankee fans discuss trading Robinson Cano for “cant-miss” prospects? I haven’t heard a single thing mentioned.

Over the past quarter-century, the Jays have gone from a good team to a great team to a mediocre team to the current bottom-feeder team. I’ve got them pencilled in for 58 wins this season; Yankees should have around 115. (No need mentioning why, guys. I’m fully aware that MLB is a joke in terms of competitive balance.)

Sad thing to see a once-great franchise disappear down the dumper.

Hi Jesse

Let’s be pals.

Tom just told me how this site works. I’m in excrement up to my ears because I asked if you were dumb, but it’s okay with Tom that you suggest that I have mental problems. Because you’re his friend, eh.

The other know-it-all, Haynes, calls me “out-of-touch,” a euphemism for “ignorant”.

Let’s face it. The subject matter of the article is hilarious. Trading one of your two stars for “can’t-miss” prospects. What for? So that four or five years down the road you can trade the best prospect you got for Hill—if one of them becomes an impact player—for more prospects?

The only thing big corporations like Rogers Comm. can’t take in stride is bad publicity. You’ve got a respectable medium here. Why don’t you start using it to effect change?

Buying into Anthopoulos’ propaganda is pathetic. AA’s saying all the right things to get fans to continue to support the team, while his bosses cut about $35 million in payroll, reducing the team’s contending chances to nil.

A baseball game at the Rogers Centre is still entertainment, but there’s not going to be much “sport” in it for years to come.

Dex, you’ve disarmed me. You’ve got to cut me some slack. I can’t keep up with all your non-germane metaphors, similes and hyperbole, although I really did dig the overall sense of oxymoron which permeated throughout.

Just because I’m a practicing Christian Irish-Canadian old-age pensioner living the high life in goyland, don’t you think I know what “drek” means? Nein yiddisher mensch, ich bin a gute goyshe alter kocker mit a sehr bisl meshugas. Verstahe? So please refrain from using foul language. Er, unless you’re one of Tom’s friends. Then it’s okay.

In my previous posts, I made several statements about the Jays organization. Would you care to address those remarks? If you don’t agree, give me your take of the Jays’ situation, will you?

I don’t agree with what you said about the Pittsburgh fans. They’re acting like a bunch of masochists. Weak as water. Makes a man want to toss his cookies.

Pittsburgh fans can improve their team’s chances anytime they want. After all, they hold the big stick. All they have to do is not attend any of the games in the team’s next six-game homestand. That ought to do it. You’re an intelligent fellow, Dex, so I’m sure you can see how.