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31. Aaron Hill

The Toronto Blue Jays used their 2003 First Round (13th Overall) to take LSU star Aaron Hill, who only needed two years to work his way through the Minors to make the parent club.

Hill played 104 Games in the infield as a rookie but only sat out seven Games over the next two seasons (2006 & 2007), batting .291 in both years.  Showing skill offensively and defensively, Hill was injured for most of 2008 but had his most remarkable year in 2009.  This was the year where he had career-highs in Home Runs (36), RBIs (108), and OPS (.829), and he was an All-Star and Silver Slugger.  Hill also was 12th in MVP voting and won the AL Comeback Player of the Year.

2010 was inconsistent for Hill, who batted only .205 but belted 26 Home Runs.  The Blue Jays, who declined his option the year before, traded the Infielder to the Diamondbacks during the 2011 Season, ending Hill’s stint in Toronto with 881 Hits and 96 Home Runs.

Aaron Hill

Aaron Hill came up with the Toronto Blue Jays where the infielder had a good start until he suffered a concussion that took him out most of the 2008 season.  Hill rebounded with the nest year he ever had with career highs of 195 Hits, 26 Home Runs and 109 Runs Batted In while being named an All Star and American League Comeback Player of the Year.  Hill would later sign with the Arizona Diamondbacks and had a really good 2012, which came close to matching his previous best with the Jays in 2009.  He would finish his career with Milwaukee, Boston and San Francisco and retired with 1,501 Hits.

Aaron Hill had an up-and-down career with the Toronto Blue Jays, and when he was traded to the Diamondbacks during the 2011 Season, it was a similar story for the Second Baseman.

In his first full year in Arizona, Hill had a great season, winning a Silver Slugger with 26 Home Run/.882 OPS year, where he also batted .302.  It was also a historic year for Hill, who hit two cycles in a season, becoming the first player since Babe Herman in 1931.  Hill broke his hand the following year and was never the same hitter, but he continued to provide depth and contact hitting to the club until he was traded to Milwaukee in 2016.

With the Diamondbacks, Hill had 512 Hits while batting .273.