Ageless Wonder Rich Hill Is Closing in On This Major League Record
After being traded to the San Diego Padres on Tuesday at the trade deadline, veteran pitcher Rich Hill is about to tie a record for having played for the second-most teams in baseball history.
Per Sarah Langs of MLB.com:
the Padres will be Rich Hill’s 13th different MLB team, tying Octavio Dotel for 2nd-most in MLB history, behind only:
Edwin Jackson: 14
The 43-year-old Hill is 7-10 this season with a 4.76 ERA for Pittsburgh (and soon to be San Diego). He's been durable, tossing 119 innings. He's in his 19th year in the big leagues with those 13 teams teams: Red Sox, Dodgers, A's, Cubs, Twins, Mets, Rays, Angels, Guardians, Yankees and Orioles.
He's 89-69 overall with a 3.93 ERA in his career. His presence will help a Padres rotation that is currently dealing an injury to Michael Wacha, who was acquired this offseason.
It also signals the Padres are not ready to throw in the towel on a season they've gone all-in for. After getting to the NLCS last season and signing Xander Bogaerts this season, the Padres were expected to be World Series contenders.
Instead, they are 53-55 and 5.0 games back of the final wild card spot in the NL. That said, they are going for it. In addition to getting Hill, they also acquired Ji-Man Choi and Garrett Cooper.
The Padres will take on the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday afternoon at 3:10 p.m. ET.
Joe Musgrove pitches for San Diego while Kyle Freeland goes for Colorado.
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