Snake Bytes, 11/12: Hillapalooza Edition

The Diamondbacks plan to sign every middle-infielder on the market continues apace, with Willie Bloomquist joining John McDonald in Kevin "Goldfinger" Towers' vault. I wondered what that white Persian was doing wandering around Chase Field... Next on the list - accompanied by a woman dancing in silhouette, no doubt - is Aaron Hill, whom I imagine will spend the weekend lying on a slab with a laser approaching his groin, and KT saying things like, "No, Mr. Hill - I expect you to sign!"

Just me, then...

Middle-infield rosterbation

• [FoxSportsArizona] D-backs hope to bring back Hill, and soon "Hopefully we’ll know something on Aaron by Monday," Towers said. "I said we don’t want to play work-up, we’re going to give you our best and kind of last (offer). We’re going to give you a week to 10 days to kind of find out where you think the market is for him. We didn’t want to sit around and wait deep into the offseason."
• [ArizonaSports.com] D-backs GM wants to add talent to roster - "A lot depends on Aaron," Towers said. "If we have Aaron in the fold at least our infield other than maybe a left handed bat to go along with [Paul] Goldschimdt at first. Probably looking for a lefty reliever to go along with Joe Patterson and we're always looking for starting pitching."
• [dbacks.com] D-backs GM Kevin Towers: Deadline for Aaron Hill deal Monday - "We made the offer maybe two-and-a-half to three weeks ago," Towers said "I made it clear that this was our final and best workup and that we were going to give them a week-to-10 days to find out where the market was for him.
• [Twitter / @nickpiecoro] - "More reason to wonder if Stephen Drew will be ready for Opening Day: He needed surgery last month for a sports hernia." Quick! Sign more middle infielders! Given he broke his ankle in July, one wonders how Drew managed to get a hernia...Fortunately...
• GM Kevin Towers: Arizona Diamondbacks have backup plan for Stephen Drew - "We knew after the injury that it was fairly significant and we just needed to make sure we protected ourselves in case he (isn't ready)."

Other stuff

• [SB Nation Arizona] Kevin Towers, Diamondbacks Looking At Free Agent Pitchers - "The scenario we've looked at is we could add some more veteran pitching to our club we would. We've reached out to a couple of pitchers who are free agents but the primary focus has been our infield," Towers said on Friday which happened to be his 50th birthday.
• [MLBTradeRumors] Offseason Outlook: Arizona Diamondbacks - "There's no trade market for a $9MM, mid-4s ERA southpaw, as the Pirates' inability to find a suitor for Paul Maholm attests. The D'Backs have a similar predicament with Saunders, whom they may non-tender."
• [Seedlings to Stars] The Seedlings To Stars 2012 Top 100 Prospects, #63: Archie Bradley -  "Bradley has a lot of potential, and his upside isn’t all that far behind the top three arms in the 2011 draft. As with all recent draftees, however, he’s a completely unproven commodity who is obviously quite far from the majors."
• [dbacks.com] Diamondbacks hit the links to honor military heroes - "This is an important day for our country to honor our veterans, and we felt this was a great time to resurrect our golf outing," said Ken Kendrick, the D-backs' managing general partner. "We haven't done one in some time, 11-11-11 is a pretty special time, and this is a very special event."
• [Sporting News] Hot Stove report: Arizona Diamondbacks - "They are likely to stay sensible and stick with the youngsters who led them to the playoffs, a course that would leave GM Kevin Towers without much to do this winter. "
• [MLBTradeRumors] Offseason Outlook: Arizona Diamondbacks - "There's no trade market for a $9MM, mid-4s ERA southpaw, as the Pirates' inability to find a suitor for Paul Maholm attests. The D'Backs have a similar predicament with Saunders, whom they may non-tender."
• [dbacks.com] Nick has perfect night in Rafters' victory -- "D-backs prospect goes 4-for-4, hits go-ahead homer in eighth," and our Salt River Rafters are closing in on a division title, 3 1/2 up with six to play.
• [Fox Sports Arizona] D-backs announce spring training schedule - SnaksPicnicFest? We face the Royals - and Jeff Francoeur - at Salt River Fields on Saturday March 24...

Tangentially D-backish

• [NYTimes.com] Yu Darvish Situation Puts Spotlight on Japanese Player Posting System - Good piece on the Japanese posting system for players, which also includes this regarding Darvish: "The Yankees, the Toronto Blue Jays, the Texas Rangers and the Arizona Diamondbacks are among teams that scouted him this season. "
• [Big League Stew] The five best uniform changes of the last 20 years - "The Sedona red look that Arizona has been wearing for a few seasons makes for one of the better kits in the league. The jerseys are distinct without employing a logo or colors best left for jewelry stores in Old Town Scottsdale."
• [ESPN[ Q&A with new GM Jerry Dipoto - Interesting line -"I also was given an opportunity to work and learn from Kevin Towers, who taught me the value of a group of players that have a common goal and that the makeup and character of the players had [to] be the anchor and the most important trait of a player even before their physical ability, scouting reports or statistical analysis."