Former Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Rich Hill is staying home.
The Massachusetts native signed a minor-league deal with the Boston Red Sox, ending his sabbatical from pitching.
Hill rejected multiple offers during the winter in order to spend time with his family and coach his son’s Little League team. He didn’t know what the market would look like for a 44-year-old looking to play half a season.
As fate would have it, the team he had signed with eight times before reached out. Boston became more serious when another former Dodgers pitcher James Paxton went down with a season-ending right calf injury.