Per Dejan Kovacevic of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Perry Hill who is the infield instructor for the Pittsburgh Pirates may not want to stay with the team even though the team carries an option on his contract for 2010 because he is unhappy with the trades of three of his four infielders: Jack Wilson, Freddy Sanchez and Adam Laroche. Obviously it is a poor state of affairs when your infield instructor who is under contract to you does not want to stay with the team. Frankly, I always thought any infield instructor on a major league team should just be "happy to be there" but I guess things don't work that way with the Pirates.
I do note that Derrek Lee of the Cubs who was with Hill when they were together with the Marlins offered these comments on Hill: "Perry Hill is probably the best coach I've ever had. What he preaches defensively, what he brings as an infield coach, I'd say he's worth 10 to 15 wins a year as a coach. That's saying a lot for a coach. We'll take him."
10-15 wins attributable to an infield instructor?!
Just what is he doing out there?
Does he have some special insight on positioning? Does he have special oil for their gloves? Does he apply their eye-black just right?
What is it?
10-15 wins is about what you get from an all-star starting pitcher when you subtract out his losses. Perry Hill is certainly underpaid if we are to believe Derrek Lee!
You know, I bet Derrek Lee wishes that Perry Hill was somehow with him on that card above; like maybe in the background flashing a sign or offering encouragement or even picking up his broken bat. If the guy is worth 10-15 wins a year, surely he should be on a card.
Right? I mean you can't deny him. Not with those numbers.
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