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Originally Posted by Caged Great
I could see both Hill and Lind being used as trade bait if they do get Uggla from the Marlins.
I could see a trade like Arencibia + Rzep + a prospect pitcher for Uggla. If they did that, they could float the idea of trading both Hill and Lind for either a CF or a 3rd baseman and moving Bautista to 3B if we get a good CF like Colby Rasmus from the Cards.
All that would needed to be done at that point is sign either of Buck or Olivo, and find a first baseman (say Carlos Pena)
The jays payroll is only about 60 million with Bautista signing for 10 million, so they definitely have the ability to add 30 mil no problem (what they actually spent on players last year, some of which were playing on other teams)
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I think if the Jays do acquire Uggla they'd likely move him to 3rd base. He's definitely a below average 2nd baseman, but likely has the ability to be average-to-good at 3rd.
Hill has been up and down at bat the past few years, but if he can settle down somewhere in between his highs and lows and have a lot more support in the line-up by adding Uggla and Ramirez then I think he's a solid guy to keep around. I don't really believe that "protection" really has a significant impact on a hitter, but I do think that having better bats in the lineup would settle down Hill and let him play his game instead of trying to become the big middle of the lineup hitter (which he isn't).