Perhaps more so than any other player in recent memory, Rich Hill has been dogged by blister trouble on the middle finger of his left throwing hand. That forced Hill to the disabled list at the time the Los Angeles Dodgers acquired him at the 2016 non-waiver trade deadline.
Hill battled blisters throughout the remainder of that season, and again in 2017 despite a belief that he’d made a full recovery. The same expectation was carried into this season, but beginning last month, Hill has fallen victim to finger trouble yet again.
It started with inflammation that was a result of a cracked fingernail.