Over the winter, Slingin' David Stearns and the Milwaukee Brewers completed a trade with the Arizona Diamondbacks that sent Jean Segura and Tyler Wagner to the desert. Milwaukee was able to pry away controllable starter Chase Anderson and 19 year old infield prospect Isan Diaz (who is tied for the Midwest League lead with three home runs) in the deal, but only after agreeing to take on the corpse of Aaron Hill and $5.5 mil of his $12 mil salary.
That seemed like a reasonable gamble for the Brewers at the time, who had a hole at third base and only had to take on a rather minimal financial commitment.