This Is Our Hill

[bmfc1]

Rich Hill, that is.

He was scheduled to start for TB on Saturday so he can now take the open Sunday spot.

https://www.mlb.com/player/rich-hill-448179https://www.mlb.com/player/rich-hill-448179

Edited July 23, 2021 by Guest

[seawolf17]

Sure, I guess.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Hill, yeah.

[Fman99]

Pending physicals - never a small issue for a 41 year old SP with a "rich" history of arm, shoulder & elbow woes. But still, I like it.



Was working on the pun for a thread title when I saw this. Was thinking

[A Boy Named Seo]

I was on "Hill, yeah" or "This is our Hill! And these are our Beans!"

[Benjamin Grimm]

This seems like a very good move. They desperately need another starter (or two) (or three) and Hill has 19 starts this year with a 3.97 ERA.



He's only averaging about five innings per start, but unless this AA player is a top prospect, the price is certainly cheap enough.

[seawolf17]

I don't trust the Rays at all, though. This "AA guy" is probably the 2023 AL Rookie of the Year.

[bmfc1]

Excellent, Fman99. I was thinking of this brilliant line:

[A Boy Named Seo]

I'm a little surprised the first place Rays are trading a starting pitcher, but those guys do shit differently anyway. I like the trade so far.

[MFS62]

Like Seawolf, I want to see who the AA player is.

They have at least two of their top 10 prospects at Binghamton.



Later

[Benjamin Grimm]

A Boy Named Seo wrote: I'm a little surprised the first place Rays are trading a starting pitcher, but those guys do shit differently anyway. I like the trade so far.

I was thinking that maybe it's a salary dump, but Hill is "only" making $2.5 million this year.

[bmfc1]

=MFS62 post_id=72338 time=1627058976 user_id=60]
Like Seawolf, I want to see who the AA player is.

They have at least two of their top 10 prospects at Binghamton.



Later

[Benjamin Grimm]

Jon Heyman wrote: Catching prospect Matt Dyer goes to Rays for Hill. Dyer, a 4th rounder last year, is strong defensively but hasn't hit much yet. Fits Rays

[seawolf17]

Okay, I'm all in, then.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Jon Heyman wrote: Catching prospect Matt Dyer goes to Rays for Hill. Dyer, a 4th rounder last year, is strong defensively but hasn't hit much yet. Fits Rays

I'm cool with it. Doesn't seem an exorbitant fee to get a 41-year old pitcher who's kinda sucked the last coupla months. We desperately needed a Rich Hill and that it turns out to be the actual Rich Hill is good by me.

[MFS62]

=seawolf17 post_id=72344 time=1627059425 user_id=91]
Okay, I'm all in, then.

[bmfc1]

He last pitched on Monday so he could pitch as early as Saturday. Walker is set for Saturday while Sunday is "TBD". However, he faced TOR just 2 weeks ago so I wonder if they'll hold him back for one of the games against ATL on Monday, which are both "TBD".

https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/gamelog/_/id/6321https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/gamelog/_/id/6321

[Willets Point]

Nice to have someone on the team still representing Generation X, I guess.

[Edgy MD]

I didn't think Tommy Hunter was eligible to be traded.



I didn't really trust Matt Dyer once I was unable to establish any relationship to Duffy.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Edgy MD wrote: I didn't think Tommy Hunter was eligible to be traded.

Because of the IL thing? That rule seems to have loopholes. I remember Zack Wheeler was included in the almost-trade that would have sent Wilmer Flores to the Brewers for Carlos Gomez in 2015. And Wheeler was out for the season with his Tommy John.

[Fman99]

A Boy Named Seo wrote: I was on "Hill, yeah" or "This is our Hill! And these are our Beans!"

Strong MLB pedigree, here, with that second quote.

[Ceetar]

Isn't Dick Mountain the preferred nomenclature?

[nymr83]

Good stop gap move. I hope more is coming.



Megill says "we don't need no stinkin pitching help!"

[ashie62]

Sounds too good. Matt Dyer must be very very promising.



Scherzer or Berrios next.