The Diamondbacks’ Worst Contracts: #11, Aaron Hill

Dec 8 2022 by AZ Snake Pit

 
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How to make a mole-hill out of a mountain.

Date signed: February 2013 Length: three years (2014-16) Cost at time: $35 million Adjusted 2022 cost: $45.53 million Production: 0.3 bWAR Negative value: $43.13 million How the player got there

Probably not for the last time this series, we open with this phrase: “Well, it seemed to make sense at the time.” Hill came to Arizona from Toronto, in a swap of under-performing second basemen, Kelly Johnson...

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