The 39-year-old finishes the regular season with a 2.45 ERA and a 72:18 K:BB through 58.2 innings this season.Depending on when play is able to resume, it's possible Hill won't wind up missing any games due to his offseason elbow surgery.
A full ligament-replacement procedure would have sidelined him for the entire 2020 seasonHill left his June 19 start against the San Francisco Giants after one inning with an elbow injury.
He couldn’t. He issued a four-pitch walk to Anthony Santander before hitting Renato Nunez with the second pitch of the at-bat to load the bases.Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert hit two free throws in the closing seconds to cap a 14-point, 12-rebound performance in a win over the New Orleans Pelicans.In March, Hill suffered an MCL sprain during a spring training start March 17. Since returning to action on July 12, he is batting .321 (25-for-78) with six doubles, six homers and 16 RBIs in 22 games.Hill has been on the injured list since June 20 with a left forearm strain, but Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman said the veteran southpaw has started a throwing program and is feeling good.
Given where I’m at in my career, how much longer I’d like to play, the percentage of success is upward of 95 percent.”We invite you to use our commenting platform to engage in insightful conversations about issues in our community.
We might permanently block any user who abuses these conditions.Hill confirmed Monday that he underwent elbow surgery following the 2019 season. "The most important thing to us is that he's able to impact us in October. CLICK HERE TO TURN ON NOTIFICATIONS.If you see comments that you find offensive, please use the “Flag as Inappropriate” feature by hovering over the right side of the post, and pulling down on the arrow that appears. His performances on a per-inning basis should be quite strong, however, as he cruised to a 2.45 ERA in 13 starts for the Dodgers last season.Manager Dave Roberts described the bullpen session as "electric" and indicated that Hill will start Sunday as planned with a target of three innings. Hill didn’t recover. Rich Hill has begun a throwing program and a return is early to-mid September, if all goes as planned. He’ll be reevaluated in New York on Friday.A magnitude 4.2 earthquake centered near San Fernando struck at 4:29 a.m., followed by a 3.3 quake at 4:38 and a 3.8 quake at 6:48.An MRI exam on Justin Turner’s sore left ankle, which has kept the Dodgers third baseman out of games since Saturday, did not reveal structural damage.Mancini worked his way back into the at-bat by fouling off the next two pitches, taking a ball, and fouling off another pitch before Hill plunked him with a curveball off his foot. “Having that happen tonight is just really disappointing,” Hill said.The evening began with vintage Rich Hill.
The first pitch was a 74-mph curveball for a called strike. If that happens, Hill could start a potential fourth game in the NLDS, though he would be on a limited pitch count.Injuries have limited Hill's availability over the past several years, and he will be forced to miss most of the first half of 2020 after undergoing primary and revision surgery in late October. Hill won't return to Dodgers until September LOS ANGELES -- Dodgers management doesn’t expect injured pitcher Rich Hill to return until rosters expand …