Rich Hill close to deal with mystery team

[Little Slide Rooter]

Rich Hill Ready To Sign?

By Tim Dierkes [January 13 at 8:26am CST]

Free agent lefty starter Rich Hill "is poised to accept" an offer with a team other than the Orioles, reports Peter Schmuck of the Baltimore Sun. Hill became a free agent after being outrighted by the O's in November.

 

Acquired from the Cubs in February for cash considerations, Hill was a worthwhile pickup for Andy MacPhail. However, Hill fared poorly in 13 starts last year while dealing with elbow and shoulder injuries. He had labrum surgery

 

I wish him the best of luck, as long is its not the Cardinals.

[erik316wttn]

Rich Hill Ready To Sign?

By Tim Dierkes [January 13 at 8:26am CST]

Free agent lefty starter Rich Hill "is poised to accept" an offer with a team other than the Orioles, reports Peter Schmuck of the Baltimore Sun. Hill became a free agent after being outrighted by the O's in November.

 

Acquired from the Cubs in February for cash considerations, Hill was a worthwhile pickup for Andy MacPhail. However, Hill fared poorly in 13 starts last year while dealing with elbow and shoulder injuries. He had labrum surgery

 

I wish him the best of luck, as long is its not the Cardinals.

 

I feel very sorry for that poor Baltimore Sun columnist. He must have had a rough childhood.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Rich Hill told me over the weekend that three teams had shown interest: The Cardinals, Dodgers and Red Sox. I'd imagine it will be one of those teams.

[BCVM22]

I feel very sorry for that poor Baltimore Sun columnist. He must have had a rough childhood.

 

It was a lot funnier when he was the president of the BBWAA. It all practically wrote itself.

[CubsWin]

I'm always suspicious when a source isn't specific as to which team a player is close to signing with. It increases the leverage of the player to leak the names of the teams with which they're negotiating. What reason would Rich Hill's agent have to withhold the team's name? The only one I can think of is to create the perception that other teams are interested (when there really aren't any) and get the Orioles to up/make an offer.

 

But maybe the source was a league source and not from Hill's agent. Who knows? In any case, I wish Rich the best unless he signs with the Cardinals in which case I hope he has a dominant spring causing their fans to get all excited and then he gets into a locker room brawl with Chris Carpenter in which they both break their throwing hands.

[Cubbie Swagger]

Rich Hill does seem like the type of guy who would sign with a mystery team.

 

Actually... if he was willing to sign CHEAP (like for the minimum or close to it) I'd be willing to stick him at AAA and see what happens.