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Cubs Avoid Arbitration With Koyie Hill

By Ben Nicholson-Smith | January 12, 2011 at 1:51pm CDT

The Cubs avoided arbitration with Koyie Hill, the team announced. MLB.com's Carrie Muskat first reported the agreement (on Twitter). The catcher earned $700K last year as a first-time arbitraiton eligible player and Patrick Mooney of CSNChicago.com reports (on Twitter) that his 2011 deal is for $850K.

Hill, 32 in March, hit .214/.254/.298 in 231 plate appearances as Geovany Soto's backup last year. He threw out 18% of would-be base stealers, down from his career average of 28%. Welington Castillo and recent pickup Max Ramirez could also compete for a 25-man roster spot this spring.

As MLBTR's Arbitration Tracker shows, the Cubs have four arbitration eligible players who aren't yet under contract for 2011: Soto, Sean Marshall, Carlos Marmol and Tom Gorzelanny.

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18 Comments

  1. Aaron X

    14 years ago

    No point with Castillo and Ramirez.

    Reply
  2. needcoffee

    14 years ago

    Bring back Hank White

    Reply
  3. BlueCatuli

    14 years ago

    Joy and rupture…

    Reply
  4. PennMariner

    14 years ago

    Hmm.

    Reply
  5. ubercubsfan

    14 years ago

    I was hoping they’d just let him go. 🙁

    Reply
  6. Mark S

    14 years ago

    Should have kept Robinson Chirinos.

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    • ubercubsfan

      14 years ago

      I actually think Max Ramirez is better than Chirinos based on both minor league records. I think with the waiver pickup the Chirinos part is a non issue.

      Reply
  7. Dynasty22

    14 years ago

    I don’t understand why he’s on a team, but whatever.

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  8. bookies710

    14 years ago

    Isn’t Garza arb eligible too?

    Reply
  9. Jntg4

    14 years ago

    Ya, you forgot Garza.

    Reply
  10. Prince Angore

    14 years ago

    I really don’t get this move from the cubs point of view..Koyie is a decent back up but when we have max and castillo he isn’t needed. On top of it Koyie is out of options, if he gets beat out during spring training what are they gonna do?
    Not a devastating move by the cubs but a completely unnecessary one

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    • zartan

      14 years ago

      Koyie is a decent back-up? I would hate to see what you consider to be a bad back-up. Koyie Hill should have been out of baseball 7 years ago.

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      • Prince Angore

        14 years ago

        Don’t have stats infront of me but it would be interesting to read what they say on games that Koyie Hill catches Obviously he isn’t gonna hit big or throw hard, then he wouldn’t be a back up, but the last few years he has handled the staff well enough and he seems to get a good amount out of our pitchers

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      • Prince Angore

        14 years ago

        Don’t have stats infront of me but it would be interesting to read what they say on games that Koyie Hill catches Obviously he isn’t gonna hit big or throw hard, then he wouldn’t be a back up, but the last few years he has handled the staff well enough and he seems to get a good amount out of our pitchers

        Reply
  11. Jonny Dollar

    14 years ago

    I was a little surprised by it as well, but it’s obvious they value his defense over Ramirez or Castillo or otherwise it would make no sense whatsoever.

    Reply
  12. firealyellon

    14 years ago

    LOL

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