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2008 Koyie Hill took advantage of the Cubs' revolving door at catcher last year to record his longest stint as a big-leaguer, but didn't do himself any favors by posting a .174 EqA. As a backup catcher, he's neither any better nor any worse than most of the scrubs in the league. 2006 He has yet to translate his acceptable minor league walk rate into something more like a career, and it doesn`t look like he will. He put up okay numbers by admittedly pathetic D-Back catcher standards while regrouping in Triple-A after an abysmal start. If he was unable to push Chris Snyder`s .202/.297/.301 line out of the everyday lineup, he`s no longer a prospect. 2005 Did he just pull it all together? Solid defensive catcher, shows occasional flashes of all the tools in previous years; average one year, power the next, plate discipline, then has a pretty good consolidation season at Las Vegas, and gets a taste of the bigs. With Hammock's knee a concern, he'll compete with the more talented but less proven Chris Snyder for the #1 job.
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