When this offseason began, the Dodgers identified Rich Hill as the best pitcher of this free-agent class. On the first day of the winter meetings, the team finalized a three-year, $48-million contract that will keep him in a Dodger uniform.
The team announced the deal Monday afternoon, after spending the weekend finalizing the details. Because of Hill’s injury history, the Dodgers plan to treat him as a valuable but fragile asset, and he is unlikely to approach 200 innings per season. But his upside cannot be questioned, not after he finished 2016 with a 2.