[jthig32]

Hamilton has more catches that look difficult than Borbon because Borbon's speed and reaction time gets him to more balls without having to dive. That's my take on it, anyway. Regardless, I don't think it's a ridiculous stance to say Hamilton is better defensively. They're both quite good. I was just surprised at the reaction to my assessment. I think it's too close to call either stance ridiculous. Oh, and I would definitely take Pettis' evaluation of defensive ability over Wash's.

Any rankings in August/September would have been speculation, and yes they do change as the year goes on, as they're based on the stats for the year. And no, signing your own free agent doesn't figure into any of this compensatory pick discussion.