Ending on a high note isn’t always a necessity, but for Rich Hill, it seems like it’d be a confidence booster. The 37-year-old lefty takes on Garrett Richards and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim tonight in the penultimate Freeway Series and Spring Training contest.
Hill, who also struggled mightily last spring, has not pitched well thus far. In five starts he’s surrendered nearly a run an inning and walked more (14) than he’s struck out (13). Now, this could be taken as a harbinger of doom, before you realize that Hill posted an even worse ERA (11.