The Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday placed left-handed pitcher Rich Hill on the 10-day disabled list with a blister on his left middle finger and recalled right-hander Josh Fields from Triple-A Oklahoma City. The move will be retroactive to April 6.
Hill picked up the win for the Dodgers on Wednesday, allowing one run on two hits in an even five innings and throwing 75 pitches in the club’s 3-1 win over San Diego. Hill’s turn in the rotation comes up next on Monday in the first game of the series against the Cubs on the road, but the addition of Fields suggests that Los Angeles will almost certainly turn to Alex Wood or Ross Stripling to start in place of Hill, and stay available as a starter for however long is needed.