bmfc1 Old-Timey Member Posted July 23, 2021 Posted July 23, 2021 (edited) 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
Fman99 Old-Timey Member Posted July 23, 2021 Posted July 23, 2021 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 Old-Timey Member Posted July 23, 2021 Posted July 23, 2021 I was on "Hill, yeah" or "This is our Hill! And these are our Beans!"
Benjamin Grimm Old-Timey Member Posted July 23, 2021 Posted July 23, 2021 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 Old-Timey Member Posted July 23, 2021 Posted July 23, 2021 I don't trust the Rays at all, though. This "AA guy" is probably the 2023 AL Rookie of the Year.
bmfc1 Old-Timey Member Posted July 23, 2021 Author Posted July 23, 2021 Excellent, Fman99. I was thinking of this brilliant line:
A Boy Named Seo Old-Timey Member Posted July 23, 2021 Posted July 23, 2021 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 Old-Timey Member Posted July 23, 2021 Posted July 23, 2021 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 Old-Timey Member Posted July 23, 2021 Posted July 23, 2021 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 Old-Timey Member Posted July 23, 2021 Author Posted July 23, 2021 =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 Old-Timey Member Posted July 23, 2021 Posted July 23, 2021 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
A Boy Named Seo Old-Timey Member Posted July 23, 2021 Posted July 23, 2021 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 RaysI'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 Old-Timey Member Posted July 23, 2021 Posted July 23, 2021 =seawolf17 post_id=72344 time=1627059425 user_id=91]Okay, I'm all in, then.
bmfc1 Old-Timey Member Posted July 23, 2021 Author Posted July 23, 2021 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 Old-Timey Member Posted July 23, 2021 Posted July 23, 2021 Nice to have someone on the team still representing Generation X, I guess.
Edgy MD Site Manager Posted July 23, 2021 Posted July 23, 2021 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 Old-Timey Member Posted July 23, 2021 Posted July 23, 2021 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 Old-Timey Member Posted July 23, 2021 Posted July 23, 2021 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 Grand Central Contributor Posted July 23, 2021 Posted July 23, 2021 Isn't Dick Mountain the preferred nomenclature?
nymr83 Old-Timey Member Posted July 23, 2021 Posted July 23, 2021 Good stop gap move. I hope more is coming.Megill says "we don't need no stinkin pitching help!"
ashie62 Old-Timey Member Posted July 24, 2021 Posted July 24, 2021 Sounds too good. Matt Dyer must be very very promising.Scherzer or Berrios next.
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