Aaron Hill is well known to long time Boston Red Sox fans for seven years he spent playing second base for the Toronto Blue Jays from 2005-11. His best year was 2009 when he was an All-Star while hitting 36 homers, 37 doubles and knocking in 108 runs.
In 2016, Hill was finishing out his likely last big contract (five years, $46 million) when the Diamondbacks traded him to the Milwaukee Brewers because Arizona was willing to cover $6.5 million of the $12 million he was owed this year.
In Boston, Travis Shaw had earned the third base job in Spring Training and was doing well in the first two months of the season, hitting .