Tag Archives: Rich Hill
Hill cruises, Puig goes boom
Rich Hill toyed with the young Padre offense for fifteen outs, and then let the new Dodger bullpen build the bridge to Kenley Jansen. Sergio Romo and Alex Wood got their nine outs and Jansen finished things up with a perfect ninth. The right fielders traded home runs in the 4th, with Renfroe taking Hill …
Hatcher and Stripling survive final cuts
Adam Liberatore and Josh Fields were optioned to the minors yesterday giving the Dodgers their full pitching staff. Not quite full with Baez headed to the DL. The pitching staff looks set for the time being, but it won’t be long before changes are made. Starting Rotation – Kershaw, Maeda, Hill, Ryu, McCarthy Right-Hand Bullpen …
Rotation attrition hits acceptable levels
The Dodger rotation depth headed into spring was eleven deep which was what allowed the front office to trade Jharel Cotton / Frankie Montas / Grant Holmes / Jose DeLeon / Chase De Jong over the past eight months. That and Walker Buehler / Yadier Alvarez / Trevor Oaks / Imani Abdullah / Mitchell White. …
Kershaw 33/1 to win MVP
Bovada odds came out today and this one jumped out at me. The 2014 MVP Clayton Kershaw is at 33/1. I know pitchers don’t win MVP awards, but this guy already did, and it is the NL, and he could easily be the best player in the NL again in 2017. Corey Seager is 12/1 …
Rich Hill reminds everyone he sucks in March
Rich Hill had his second lousy start this spring but compared to a game he pitched last March for the Oakland A’s he doing just fine. In that game, he walked the bases loaded and didn’t even get three outs. I was curious so I looked up a few things. As great as Hill was …
Rotisserie rotation
Rotisserie drafts are about to start in earnest and preceding these drafts are all sorts of analysis about who to draft and why. I’ve already finished two drafts and will be finishing up a 3rd this week. I peruse Rotowire, BaseballHQ, and Fangraphs to help me get a leg up or at least stay relevant. …
Rotational Depth?
Depending on who you ask the Dodgers have plenty of pitching or not enough. This comes up because as the Dozier talks heat up I hear several arguments. The Dodgers should be targeting more pitching not hitting The Dodgers should not be trading almost major league talents like De Leon and Stewart for hitting even …
110 IP gets you 3/48
By many accounts, Rich Hill is a great guy, great competitor, fun to watch pitch, and now very wealthy. Perseverance paid off for Rich Hill when he inked a 3/48 deal with the Dodgers today. For the time being, Hill slots into the number two behind Clayton Kershaw in the Dodger 2017 rotation. As noted earlier …
Hill/Turner/Jansen – what a bizzare trio
The LAD have three big free agents this season and all three of them are as unlikely as they come. At some point, all three of them had to think their major league careers were either over, never going to happen, or be satisfied with making a team every spring. By the end of this …
Redemption game
Rich Hill showed why the Dodger front office traded for him, Cory Seager showed why he’s the best rookie in baseball, Yazmani Grandal showed why fans shouldn’t worry about a slump in the postseason, Joe Blanton showed why one pitch won’t define his 2016 season, Yasiel Puig showed why you shouldn’t count him out, and …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 