Jays in on Kelly Johnson, would move Hill to 3B

SargentBargs101 · Post #1 » by **SargentBargs101** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 6:29 pm

Jon Morosi tweet:

"Aaron Hill willing to play 3B, says terrific column by @GloBlair. I'm hearing #Jays have considered Kelly Johnson at 2B. #Dbacks #TRADES"

aligator · Post #2 » by **aligator** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 6:36 pm

Just another rumour.......for now. I guess AA has numerous balls in the air.

Avenger · Post #3 » by **Avenger** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 6:40 pm

meaningless rumor, doesn't warrant a thread at all IMO

Brinbe · Post #4 » by **Brinbe** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 6:47 pm

We're assembling an Ex-Braves infield.

SargentBargs101 · Post #5 » by **SargentBargs101** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 6:59 pm

you guys can close the thread than.....

beefman · Post #6 » by **beefman** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 7:29 pm

i highly doubt the jays will move Hill to 3B. he's doing a great job at 2B, why mess with a good thing. they've already shuffled him around when he first came up.

Pop Rozay · Post #7 » by **Pop Rozay** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 7:41 pm

surprised no one mentioned that we have edwin encarnacion at 3rd and Bautista in RF who can play 3rd, and with snider coming back, its gonna be a huge log jam....

aligator · Post #8 » by **aligator** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 7:56 pm

AA does appear interested in middle infielders and already has AHech on the way. A logical mind can only conclude that at some point he is thinking of moving Hill to 3b or another team.

Brew666 · Post #9 » by **Brew666** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 8:03 pm

aligator wrote:AA does appear interested in middle infielders and already has AHech on the way. A logical mind can only conclude that at some point he is thinking of moving Hill to 3b or another team.

Or move Escobar to 3rd when AHech is developed...especially with Escobar's size for SS, I can see him making the move over to 3rd before Hill

Hoopstarr · Post #10 » by **Hoopstarr** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 8:09 pm

Kelly Johnson? That would be buying high on an unspectacular player and he's not even a type B so we can't try for a pick.

Pop Rozay · Post #11 » by **Pop Rozay** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 8:19 pm

Brew666 wrote:
aligator wrote:AA does appear interested in middle infielders and already has AHech on the way. A logical mind can only conclude that at some point he is thinking of moving Hill to 3b or another team.

Or move Escobar to 3rd when AHech is developed...especially with Escobar's size for SS, I can see him making the move over to 3rd before Hill

no way escobar moves to third, they might mold ahech to play 2b or have hill play 3rd or getting shipped

CapeCrusader · Post #12 » by **CapeCrusader** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 9:12 pm

Nah I don't see Hill getting moved...he's just having an off year. He'll bounce back, moving him to third...I dunno about that. It would depend who we have filling the 2nd.

Post #13 » by **OldNo7** » Wed Jul 28, 2010 9:26 pm

Johnson is decent, but has cooled incredibly since his start. Trading for him would be doing the reverse-Gonzalez. Doesnt fit AA's MO.

northernpuppy · Post #14 » by **northernpuppy** » Thu Jul 29, 2010 1:56 am

Pop Rozay wrote:
Brew666 wrote:
aligator wrote:AA does appear interested in middle infielders and already has AHech on the way. A logical mind can only conclude that at some point he is thinking of moving Hill to 3b or another team.

Or move Escobar to 3rd when AHech is developed...especially with Escobar's size for SS, I can see him making the move over to 3rd before Hill

no way escobar moves to third, they might mold ahech to play 2b or have hill play 3rd or getting shipped

Definitely not. The whole reason Ahech signed with us was the fact that he had a good opportunity to play SS in the majors. If Escobar is here long term, he moves to SECOND base and hill is either moved to 3rd and or removed altogether.