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When the Milwaukee Brewers acquired veteran infielder Aaron Hill as one of three players from Arizona in a January trade that sent shortstop Jean Segura to the Diamondbacks, there was a knee-jerk reaction by some over that part of the deal.
Though Arizona picked up $6.5 million of Hill's $12 million salary for 2015, critics wondered what the Brewers wanted with a 34-year-old second baseman/third baseman in a two-year offensive decline. How exactly did he fit the team's rebuilding plan, they asked?
Well, for those who hadn't already figured it out, the answer came Thursday evening when the Brewers flipped Hill to Boston for two minor-leaguers, right-hander Aaron Wilkerson and infielder Wendell Rijo.