NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—Several times throughout the press conference to announce his three-year, $48 million contract with the Dodgers, Rich Hill had to pause to collect himself. “There’s a lot of emotion up here, and I kept telling myself I wouldn’t do this, but it’s been an incredible journey to get to this point,” the 36-year-old lefty told the assembled crowd of reporters on Monday afternoon at baseball’s winter meetings, before again stopping to take a breath and continue.
Perhaps the unlikeliest multi-millionaire in baseball, Hill’s new pact with Los Angeles—the team that acquired him from the Athletics at the Aug.