Aaron Hill News

The Winter Meetings start next week, and should once again prove a springboard for a few major trades.

With the Blue Jays' focus on scouting and making sure they find the best prospects, would Toronto be better off keeping Roy Halladay for one final season and then letting him go as a free agent next year? Let's be true, Doc will be a Type A free agent and that means two more early Draft picks.

Amil Shapka did not know what to expect. All he wanted to do was provide his two young boys with a baseball experience they would always remember: a hitting lesson with Blue Jays second baseman Aaron Hill.

The Toronto Blue Jays have found their starting shortstop, signing Alex Gonzalez to a one-year deal for $2.75 million plus a club option in 2011 on Thursday.

Adam Lind has a personality to match the quiet season he turned in for the Blue Jays in 2009.

Aaron Hill and Adam Lind were not in the discussion for the American League's Most Valuable Player Award, but the powerful Blue Jays duo did receive some consideration on the ballots that were revealed Monday.

With the World Series now in the rear view mirror, MLB continues to keep itself in the news as awards are starting be handed out to honour those whose seasons were of note.

Aaron Hill and Adam Lind shined in the batter's box this season for the Blue Jays, forming a dynamic duo that did not go unnoticed come awards season in 2009.

Now all Torii Hunter needs is a bronze bust. Hunter, the Angels' versatile center fielder, claimed his first Silver Slugger Award on Thursday to go with his ninth Rawlings Gold Glove, announced on Tuesday.

Toronto Blue Jays 2B Aaron Hill and DH Adam Lind were among the winners of 2009 Silver Slugger Awards yesterday.

Hill, Lind win Silver Sluggers Toronto Blue Jays Aaron Hill, left, and Adam Lind during the 2006 season.

Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Roy Halladay throws against the Minnesota Twins during the first inning of their MLB American League baseball game in Toronto September 9, 2009.

The envelopes are sealed, but not for long. Major League Baseball's Award season is upon us, and the Red Sox have some players who could well be recognized for their individual accomplishments in 2009.

Rays LF Carl Crawford won the Fielding Bible Award a the top leftfielder in the game according toa Bill James-led panel.

After much delay, it's time to get back to the positional review of Blue Jays prospects.

Crawford was voted best by the Fielding Bible's 10-man panel and was the first choice of nine, and second of the 10th, finishing with the highest vote total in the four-year history of the award.

Aaron Hill of the Toronto Blue Jays is the best defensive second baseman in baseball.

Aaron Hill was named the American League's Comeback Player of the Year on Tuesday as part of the 2009 Players Choice Awards.

Toronto has longed for sustained sports success. Unfortunately, Toronto's major sports franchises are the sort of bubbles we have become accustomed to on Wall Street: predictably irrational, fraught with initial excitement, built like a house of cards.

Carpenter, who won the award in 2004, returns from injuries to lead the N.L. in ERA and go 17-4. Hill recovers from a concussion to get career hits in homers, RBIs and runs.