Tip of the Hat

By: T.R. Slyder, TRSlyder@yahoo.com, AndyDisco on Twitter

To Cubs Catcher Koyie Hill. The Cubs needed you to be come up huge and be available every single day until Soto got back. You have done that. While I have seen players hit the ball with more consistency, you excelled defensively, took zero days off and did your job. When Soto went down the Cubs just started getting hot and that did not change during your tenure as a starter- the precise job description of a substitute; you didn't disrupt the rhythm. As it turns out, you didn't make a case to replace Soto, but that's ok. You made a great a case for being a solid backup during a crucial time of the Cubs ascendency to the lead in the NL Central.

To further my point: I lifted this from here

Hill has caught 207 innings since Soto was hurt. That's nearly three games more -- 27 innings -- than any other catcher in baseball. The Dodgers' Russell Martin is next, at 181 2/3 innings, followed by St. Louis' Yadier Molina (179 2/3 innings) and Milwaukee's Jason Kendall (174).

Job well done.





I'm T.R. Slyder, and that's how you Tangueray.