The assumption when Diamondbacks second baseman Aaron Hill suffered a nonunion fracture in his left hand back in April was that he would require a surgical procedure over the offseason to fix it. But there was good news on that front Saturday.
According to Nick Piecoro and Scott Bordow of the Arizona Republic, an MRI taken this weekend on Hill’s left hand showed considerable healing -- so much so that the Diamondbacks medical staff has ruled out that planned offseason surgery.
“They said it’s like 80 percent healed,” Hill told the Republic on Saturday night. “In the last two months, it’s decided to heal. My last MRI, I think it was two months ago, nothing had changed. (Hand specialist Dr. Don Sheridan) called me yesterday and said, ‘You won’t believe this!’ ... We didn’t want to do surgery anyway, and now this definitely confirms that we won’t.”
One of the more underrated hitters in all of Major League Baseball, Hill has batted .301/.362/.501 with 39 home runs, 20 stolen bases and 142 RBI in 275 games since joining the Diamondbacks in late 2011.