One might think a veteran player nearing the end of his career would be distraught over being traded from a team going for it in 2016 to one going for it, well, a bit farther down the road.
Not Aaron Hill.
Soon to be 34, Hill viewed his recent trade from the Arizona Diamondbacks to the Milwaukee Brewers with his customary positive attitude.
"I heard a deal was getting close," Hill said in a telephone interview from his home in the Phoenix area. "Then they told me I was going to Milwaukee and I said, 'Great.