It's Different Than It Was.

"Ever meet a fella by the name of Hill?"
"Hill?"
"Hill?"
"Hill?"
"Hill?"
"Hill?"
"Hill?"
"Hill?"
"No!"
"Just a minute, just a minute, just a minute!"
"Never heard of any salesman Hill"
(Because he's an infielder)
"Now he doesn't know the territory"
(He used to play for Toronto) 
"What's the fella's line?"
(.283/.359/.380)
"Never worries 'bout his line."
"Never worries 'bout his line?"
"Or a doggone thing. He's just a bang-beat, bell-ringing, big-haul, great-go, neck-or-nothin', rip-roarin', every-time-a-bull's-eye ballplayer. That's Professor Aaron Hill. Aaron Hill."

That last part probably makes it seem like I'm much more excited about Aaron Hill than I actually am but he does seem like a nice complementary piece for this club.

Need a pitcher or eleven, though.

Second Time Was a Blast.

If a pitcher is fundamentally unable to pitch in adverse weather conditions, can he still be a major league starter? Do you skip his turn if the weather might be bad and run the risk of messing up the rest of your rotation? Do you have a second starter/long man on notice as insurance?

Even though I sort of expected John Farrell to be fired yesterday, I don't think that you can hold the decision to leave Wright in against him. Yeah, a poor outcome was almost guaranteed but, given the make up of the rest of this team, what was he going to do? He was going to pull him? For whom? This is a flawed team. Steven Wright is your only decent starter and, depending on the day of the week, maybe the only decent pitcher on the staff. Steven Wright in the rain is terrible but you know what else is terrible? Trying to get four innings from this bullpen without them giving up six runs.

I think that you have to stick with Wright. Neither situation is likely to have a positive outcome but trying to get more out of Wright at least, theoretically, results in the least amount of chaos.