By Tim Dierkes [August 23, 2011 at 2:02pm CST]
The Diamondbacks acquired second baseman Aaron Hill and shortstop John McDonald in the Blue Jays for Kelly Manley, tweets John Gambadoro Sports 620 KTAR.  Both teams confirmed the trade inside a pr release.
Manley, a popular of Jays GM Alex Anthopoulos, has declined to .209/.287/.412 in 481 plate looks this season.  He's $1.16MM remaining Cheap Flyers Jerseys 2011  on his contract and projects like a high Type B within the National League.  He's most likely still a minimum of a b - within the AL, which needs to be Toronto's motivation in obtaining the imminent free agent.
Hill, 29, continues to be worse than Manley at .225/.270/.313 in 429 plate looks.  His $8MM club choice is likely to be rejected following the season, after which he'd be considered a Type B free agent.  I am unsure what Anthopoulos will get from the swap.  Maybe he thinks Manley is a Type A and can decline arbitration, or possibly he's just more inclined to provide arbitration to Manley than Hill.  Or, maybe he hopes to increase Manley inexpensively.  Hill has about $990K remaining on his contract.  McDonald, a defensive whiz, has about $300K remaining, therefore the cash is pretty close.
From Arizona's perspective, McDonald can help out at shortstop with Willie Bloomquist, since Stephen Came has gone out for that season.  For liking Hill over Manley, possibly GM Kevin Towers feels a big change of scenery can help, or he favors Hill's defense.
The Diamondbacks and Blue Jays last matched up on a trade 3 years ago, once the Toronto acquired David Eckstein for Chad Beck.Raffi Torres:
This Years-11 season was full of peaks and valleys for Raffi Torres. But no-one can deny the physicality he introduced towards the Canucks third line.
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