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Offline comish4lif

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Rich Hill
« Topic Start: November 18, 2015, 01:02:28 PM »
Who knew that he was part of the Nats AAA relief corps at Syracuse this past season. In June he asked for his release since the Nats weren't promoting him.

Now, he's a $6M/year starter.

I would think that he could have been helpful in the bullpen looking at his minor league numbers and the poor performance from guys like David Carpenter and Casey Janssen....
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Offline Slateman

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Re: Rich Hill
« Reply #1: November 18, 2015, 01:27:23 PM »
Rich Hill sucked in Syracuse. He had about 5 seasons on the docket of suck. He had 29 innings of good last year.
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Offline welch

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Re: Rich Hill
« Reply #2: November 22, 2015, 04:51:17 PM »
His minor league stats: http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.cgi?id=hill--002ric

Pitched 29 innings with Boston last season. Baseball Ref shows him in a Nats uniform, but I don't think he threw a pitch for Washington. Maybe in spring training? MLB stats:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hillri01.shtml

It was interesting, at least, to have Taylor Hill, Rich Hill, Taylor Jordan, and Michael Taylor in the organization. But not a single player named "Mickey" (as in Vernon or Mantle) or Bobo (as in Newsom).
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Offline houston-nat

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Re: Rich Hill
« Reply #3: November 22, 2015, 05:38:34 PM »
Rich Hill struck out 32 guys in 21 innings at Syracuse.
Unfortunately, he also walked 21 guys in 21 innings.

What the Red Sox did to kill his walk rate is unknown - unless his performance in either Syracuse or Boston is a giant fluke.
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Offline whytev

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Re: Rich Hill
« Reply #4: November 22, 2015, 05:53:47 PM »
He looked good in spring training, but not steal someone's job good.
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Offline welch

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Re: Rich Hill
« Reply #5: November 22, 2015, 09:21:52 PM »
Quote from: whytev on November 22, 2015, 05:53:47 PM
He looked good in spring training, but not steal someone's job good.

...and there was not head-thwacking competition among relief pitchers.
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Re: Rich Hill
« Reply #6: November 23, 2015, 12:26:35 PM »
Quote from: welch on November 22, 2015, 04:51:17 PM

It was interesting, at least, to have Taylor Hill, Rich Hill,
You forgot Joe Hill . . .

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Offline DPMOmaha

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Re: Rich Hill
« Reply #7: November 23, 2015, 06:45:18 PM »
I'm just sad we can't do Michael Taylor Jordan Zimmermann anymore.
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