Bigger sample size? Okay. In each minor league stop that Hill had 200 or more at bats (which includes last year), he's never posted an OBP below .365. 2000- .442 2001- .396 2002- .382 2003 Iowa- .365 2006- .396 Not too shabby. Unfortunately, I think you end up with a big dip in his OBP production when he doesn't play much, something a 25th man not managed by Dusty Baker is usually accused of. But, I'll take the OBP improvement over the likes of Womack, Bynum, Neifi, Cedeno, etc. infinity. He'll have to really impress in the spring in order to bump someone from the 40 man roster and make the team. It is probably likely that Pagan will be the 25th man. #1, he's already on the 40 man roster. #2, Piniella will probably prefer outfield help that can play any of the outfield positions. There does seem to be quite a bottleneck at Iowa as well. Patterson, Moore and McGehee will be manning 2nd and 3rd. I'd like to see McGehee get some corner outfield work to possibly expand on his utility player value in 2008. There was talk of letting Patterson play some CF, but that won't be happening while Pie is in Iowa.