Dodgers News: Breaking News – Rich Hill Hurt Yet Again in his Return from the DL

This is Dodgers news that all of us fans may have become accustomed to. Yet again, Rich Hill has left the mound with an apparent injury.

In yet more sour Dodgers news regarding Rich Hill, we see a similar trend erupt after high hopes in the offseason.

The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Rich Hill to a three-year, $48 million contract in this last offseason. Some fans were ecstatic, other fans such as myself, questioned why the Dodgers would fork over that much money for someone of Hill’s caliber. Still, my hopes were high that Hill would not succumb to father time and his long, long, injury history.

Well, I was proven right first after Hill’s first start, in which he re-aggravated his infamous blister and was put on the ten-day DL. Not to worry though Dodgers fans, as Hill was set to make his return, today, on Easter. Hill did make his return, in which he was tagged for five hits and two runs in three innings of work.

Why only three innings? Well, reports are coming out that Rich Hill once again re-aggravated his blister and was taken out of the game in favor of long-relief arm Ross Stripling. Part of me is upset, yet part of me is not surprised in the slightest.

The way Rich Hill pitches he is very susceptible to blisters, and all of this injury history is just making that all the more evident. Rich Hill primarily throws two pitches – a fastball and a curveball. That, that is the problem.

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What makes Rich Hill so successful is his changing arm angles and his high rotations per minute on his curveball. I know it is fancy talk, but the harder you grip the ball, the tighter your spin will be, which equals more rotations.

Rich Hill is practically squeezing the ball as tight as he can in order to get this different angles, and the more he throws the more the stitches will tear away at his skin.

Especially in the MLB, where a new ball must be used if the old one even touches the dirt, these fresh stitches will break up your skin.

As far as what is next for Hill we don’t know, the Dodgers are currently down 2-1 against Arizona and that is the key focus for Dave Roberts and company. If this was just precautionary we may see Hill’s next start pushed back a few days, or more likely, he will be back on the DL to free roster space.

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Regardless, Rich Hill is going to need to build some touch skin on those fingers if he is going to continue to pitch the way he does. If he doesn’t, well, we may see him and Alex Wood swap spots between the bullpen and rotation. Stay tuned for further updates on this Dodgers news.