From what I can gather off Davidi's twitter and watching the presser I think the dbacks specifically wanted Johnny Mac and called about him as a depth pickup for their playoff run and the price they paid was swapping Johnson for Hill who they feel are close anyway. AA liked Johnson better than Hill and will likely try to sign him, and gets the comp picks if not.
I don't think it's a great trade on paper because I'm not high on Johnson, I think he hits too poorly for average to be a long term 2B solution, and if he goes for comp he is only a type B FA anyway according to the last Elias.
Clubhouse wise it might be a great move, since you are really doing a big favor to Johnny Mac and Hill seemed depressed or something for a while.
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