rich hills is planning to continue his nearly two-decade MLB journey at the age of 43 next year.
If Hill got success for Pirates in 2023, it would be 12th other MLB team he’s been playing since his debut with the Chicago Cubs on June 25, 2005. Hill won 8-7 with a 4.27 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, 109 strike and 37 walk in 124 1/ His 3 plays are thrown in 26 games starting in 2022, his third stint with the Boston Red Sox.
On MLB.com Estimated Pirate depth chartAll members of the starting wheel were born between 1992 and 1999, while the light left-hander was born in 1980. Promising right-hander Roansy Contreras was born on November 7, 1999, five months after Hill was first picked by the Cincinnati Reds in 1999. 36th round of that year’s June MLB Amateur Draft.
The Boston, Massachusetts native was selected by the Anaheim Angels in the seventh round of the 2001 MLB June Draft and finally by the Cubs in the fourth round of the 2002 event, three years before his major league debut. He spent the first four seasons of his career with Chicago, having one of his best years as a starter in 2007 with an 11-8 record, 3.92 ERA and 1.19 WHIP with career highs at the start (32), pitch (195) and strike (183), before joining the Baltimore Orioles for a year.
Hill’s first term in Boston lasted from 2010-12, where he transitioned to a quitter. Since then, he has appeared for Cleveland (2013), Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2014), New York Yankees (2014), Red Sox again (2015), Oakland Athletics (2016), Los Angeles Dodgers (2016- 19), Minnesota Twins (2020), Tampa Bay Rays (2021), New York Mets (2021) and Red Sox (2022).
