Koyie Hill is Back! (DFA'd 6/14)

[davell]

I guess he was taking up Soler's 40 man spot.

[Clem Fandango]

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5ksub6SmA1qim8pi.gif

[davell]

Guess I'm wrong, Valbuena got his spot.

[SouthSideRyan]

Guess I'm wrong, Valbuena got his spot.

 

I'm sure Lalli will be gone next time they need one.

[MWV]

Koyie Hill is the Jason Voorhees of shitty catchers.

I'd like to believe that he's really gone for good this time, but I can't...

[Fro]

http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/cubs/post/_/id/11081/koyie-hill-declines-cubs-offer-moves-on

 

CHICAGO – Catcher Koyie Hill did not accept his outright to Triple-A Iowa and has become a free agent.

 

Hill was acquired from the Cincinnati Reds on May 19 for cash considerations after Steve Clevenger, Welington Castillo and Geovany Soto all were injured. He played in 11 games batting .179 (11-for-39) with an RBI and three runs scored.

 

Hill was playing at Double-A Pensacola in the Reds system before he was acquired.

 

:yahoo:

[davell]

He gave us all some wonderful......Yeah right. Good riddance, vagabond.

[davell]

The Nationals signed Hill to a minor league deal. Lending hope for us trading for him twice in the same year.

[Banedon]

The Nationals signed Hill to a minor league deal. Lending hope for us trading for him twice in the same year.

 

Also to DFA him twice in the same year.

[Little Slide Rooter]

The Nationals signed Hill to a minor league deal. Lending hope for us trading for him twice in the same year.

 

Also to DFA him twice in the same year.

 

And it won't be the last. If the Cubs are Mr. Burns, Koyie Hill's Bobo.

[El Duderino]

Assuming a minimum of like 800 PA, is Koyie Hill the worst Cub of all time? Edited June 20, 2012 by El Duderino

[Brian]

Jose Macias?

[El Duderino]

Jose Macias?

 

not nearly enough PA, but out OPS'd Hill by almost .100

[Sammy Sofa]

Didn't Neifi Perez have a historically bad season (like, maybe the worst ever) as a Cub?

[El Duderino]

Neifi Perez OPS as a Cub: .681

 

Koyie Hill: .556

[Sammy Sofa]

Historically bad trumps unremarkably bad.

[Brian]

The Neifster had an amazing game winning home run at Busch that should automatically eliminate him from worst ever discussion.

 

Koyie's highlight is sawing several fingers off his hand.

[Sammy Sofa]

Neifi Perez was actually a starting position player.

 

Hill was just a crappy backup catcher.

[davell]

Career, Hill has Neifi beat. -1.1 to -0.6 actually. But Perez' 2002 season of -2.9 is epic.

[El Duderino]

Historically bad trumps unremarkably bad.

 

that season was with the Giants, I believe. err, royals.

 

The one year Neifi played a full season with the Cubs as a regular he had 2.1 bWAR

[Sammy Sofa]

Fine. I'm still not going to crown a backup catcher the worst Cubs player of all time. There's far too many horrible starting players.

[Bote McBoteface]

Hill did have 1,430 at bats as a Cub compared to Neifi's 922.

 

Hill's were spread out over 6 years compared to Neifi's 3, but that's still a lot of at bats for Hill and every single one of them were terrible.

[dew1679666265]

He didn't have nearly enough ABs, but Aaron Miles deserves at least a mention.

[CincyCubsFan]

Koyie was a cub for parts of six years? Holy [expletive].

[rawaction]

Koyie was in the majors for parts of six years? Holy [expletive].

 

Fixed.