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Rich Hill Remains On Waivers

By Anthony Franco | September 14, 2023 at 8:30am CDT

Sept. 14: Bradford has issued a correction, tweeting that Hill’s waiver period does not expire until today. Hill has not yet formally gone unclaimed.

Sept. 13: Padres southpaw Rich Hill went unclaimed on waivers, reports Rob Bradford of WEEI (Twitter link). San Diego doesn’t have to outright him to a minor league affiliate. In all likelihood, he’ll remain on the Friars’ roster for the final couple weeks of the season.

The Padres put the veteran southpaw on waivers earlier this week. With their playoff hopes dashed, they tried to offload the roughly $817K remaining on his $8MM contract. No other team bit, leaving San Diego on the hook for that sum.

It’s not an especially surprising development. Players acquired after August 31 are ineligible to participate in the postseason. Hill is an impending free agent, so he’d only be available to another team for the final two and a half weeks of the regular season. Even with clubs permitted to carry 14 pitchers on the roster in September, there wasn’t enough upside to absorb Hill’s above-minimum salary for just a few weeks.

The 43-year-old also simply hasn’t pitched well of late. He has been tagged for a 9.25 ERA over 24 1/3 innings since the deadline trade that sent him from the Pirates to San Diego. That includes two innings of two-run ball last night against the Dodgers. (Teams are permitted to continue using a player who is on waivers pending resolution of the claim.) He has allowed multiple runs in all but one of his eight outings as a Padre and has only gone beyond four innings once.

While there’s no sugarcoating his performance over the past six weeks, Hill was a reasonably effective back-end option for Pittsburgh. He worked to a 4.76 ERA through 22 starts for the Bucs, striking out 19.6% of batters faced against an 8.9% walk rate. Those are below-average marks but serviceable for a fifth/sixth starter, enough to pique San Diego’s interest at the deadline.

Overall, Hill sports a 5.53 ERA across 143 1/3 innings in what is his 19th year logging MLB action. He can work in a multi-inning relief capacity or make another start or two as San Diego plays out the string. He’ll have to take a cut relative to this year’s salary if he wants to continue playing, but he’d surely at least find minor league interest if he’s interested in prolonging his career.

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  1. OKBaseballFan

    3 weeks ago

    The Mountain has fallen 🙁

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    • Ejemp2006

      3 weeks ago

      Father time is undefeated.

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  2. mlb fan

    3 weeks ago

    Urban legend has it, that Rich Hill once struck out Jesus on a curveball in the dirt.

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    • Brandon1194

      3 weeks ago

      you trying to say Jesus Christ can’t hit a curve ball?

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      • paisley101

        3 weeks ago

        Funny

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      • Mercenary.Freddie.Freeman

        3 weeks ago

        @brandon. And since he is all knowing that makes the legend even harder to believe. But joking aside it’s probably time for Rich to hang the cleats up.

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        • deweybelongsinthehall

          3 weeks ago

          Hill deserves to decide for himself should a club invite him to spring training next year. Given his age, in my view he should be limited to two to four innings and appearance. Win-loss record is immaterial as his contribution is total innings to save others from being overworked. He himself seems to have worn down.

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        • Fever Pitch Guy

          3 weeks ago

          Freddie – You mean hang up the orthopedic shoes.

          3
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      • mlb fan

        3 weeks ago

        Jesus has all the answers of time, space and the universe, but was never able to stay back on breaking pitches. They always bedeviled him.

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        Reply
        • BeforeMcCourt

          3 weeks ago

          ….edible babies…? Hmm. I don’t remember that part of the story

          3
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    • BaseballisLife

      3 weeks ago

      Jesus Aguilar?

      3
      Reply
      • Blue Baron

        3 weeks ago

        Jesus Alou

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    • citizen

      3 weeks ago

      he did. it was Jesus Larardo.
      Ithe red sox one year needed a starter the last week of the seaon, dfa, on the roster or not. win and make they playoffs, so stranger thing shave happened.

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  3. In Seager We Trust

    3 weeks ago

    Probably over the hill anyways

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  4. Kenneth Powers

    3 weeks ago

    Fire AJ Preller.

    6
    Reply
    • Gwynning

      3 weeks ago

      …says every Dodger fan.

      3
      Reply
      • BeforeMcCourt

        3 weeks ago

        Bahahahaha. I don’t think there’s a single dodger fan who isn’t a Preller fan, gwynning

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  5. Hannibal8us

    3 weeks ago

    Come back to the Buccos so we can flip you again next season Dick Mountain.

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    • TheMan 3

      3 weeks ago

      With the worthless manager Shelton using relievers to start games it wouldn’t be any worse if they brought back Hill for the last 2 weeks but Nutting would never agree to spend any more than he has to

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    • Goku the Knowledgable One

      3 weeks ago

      idk this seems like how a final season would go….

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  6. kingsfan1968

    3 weeks ago

    Dick Mountain has fallen off the hill! Someone will give him $3mil next year. Just as KC & the 1-15 Zach Greinke!

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    • In Seager We Trust

      3 weeks ago

      Why does Richard translate to Dick? I don’t see the resemblance.

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      • In Seager We Trust

        3 weeks ago

        “Disinformation”? Do you mean they lied about their birth names?

        Reply
  7. we_dont_talk_about_that

    3 weeks ago

    Not claimed? Guess the league is over the Hill.

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    • This one belongs to the Reds

      3 weeks ago

      Guess that means he’s no longer King of the Hill.

      Maybe he will sell propane and propane accessories now.

      Probably more gas than he ever threw!

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      Reply
  8. SlingingSammyBaugh

    3 weeks ago

    Sometimes you need to hang up the cleats.

    Reply
    • This one belongs to the Reds

      3 weeks ago

      Or he will start as the TBD for the Reds Thursday.

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      Reply
  9. thelegendaryharambe

    3 weeks ago

    Thank God we get to keep Dick Mountain around a little while longer.

    3
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    • Buzz Killington

      3 weeks ago

      I love Dick Mountain.

      Reply
  10. sergefunction

    3 weeks ago

    Best news ever. Now, Rich Hill can sport a Padres hat on his Cooperstown plaque.

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    • MacGromit

      3 weeks ago

      Pontiac Aztec reference? Hysterical.

      Reply
  11. Idosteroids

    3 weeks ago

    How much money are they really going to save if he signs elsewhere.? 15-16 games left…so about 500K-600K.

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    • JoeBrady

      3 weeks ago

      With 15 left, you would save $741k, and almost as importantly, as a 3rd time offender, and maybe $60M over the cap, there is either a 95% or 110% tax on the savings.

      There is really no reason to not save maybe $1.4M if there is no downside.

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      • RobblyDobs

        3 weeks ago

        Er, why would anyone pay nearly a million bucks to have 2-3 starts from a guy with an ERA over 9 since the ASB?

        Preller must think not everyone else is as smart as him, I guess

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  12. tangerinepony

    3 weeks ago

    Someday, I’m going on climb that mountain..

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  13. James Midway

    3 weeks ago

    I think the waiver wire is going to shell him

    Reply
  14. rond-2

    3 weeks ago

    Didn’t pitch well for the Buccos either. Pirates should of signed Sonny Gray instead of RH.

    Reply
  15. fredziffel78

    3 weeks ago

    In other news…Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.

    1
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  16. Logjammer D"Baggagecling

    3 weeks ago

    If only the rosters weren’t set at 28 for Sept. It would be cool to see Rich Hill come full circle and sign with the Cubs even if it’s only for 3 weeks. They could use another lefty out of the pen with an occasional start. Which would realistically be maybe 2 starts.

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