LA Daily News · Aug 7, 2016
Dodgers pitcher Rich Hill scratched from Sunday start
New Dodgers pitcher Rich Hill has yet to make a start since being traded to the Dodgers. He was set to start Sunday, but a blister has derailed that plan. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson)LOS ANGELES >> Left-hander Rich Hill knew that when he went looking for work in 2015 it was going to be difficult to get a major league team to give him a chance because he wanted to go back to starting, which he had done the first five years of his career before becoming a reliever in 2010 for the Boston Red Sox.
So Hill signed with the Long Island Ducks of the independent Atlantic League a little over a year ago. That began a journey that landed him back in the major leagues.