Found October 15, 2006 on Mop Up Duty:
Much like my Gregg Zaun/Bengie Molina column, I am going to play GM with the Jays' middle infield. There are 2 things we know for sure. The first is that Aaron Hill is a solid second baseman. He is no O-dog (who is really?) but he fields well, he is capable of hitting .300 and scoring a bunch of runs. He began to show signs of some pop at the end of the season, posting a .523 slugging % in the month of September. Most importantly, he is cheap. The second thing we know is that Russ Adams can not be the Jays starting SS come opening day. Why you ask? At some point this year Adams became haunted by the ghost of Chuck Knoblauch. As I see it, Adams had started to become afraid of making a mistake and I can see it every time he double clutches a throw before he air-mails it above Lyle Overbay's head. He looks like he's thinking more about the ramifications of what he's doing, rather than simply playing with competitive arrogance that most stars (or at least com...
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