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Hill’s Dodgers debut delayed by blister
- Updated: August 6, 2016
LOS ANGELES — A new blister for the recently acquired Rich Hill will push the southpaw’s return date back and leave the Dodgers to shuffle their rotation yet again.
While playing catch on Friday, Hill felt a “little remnant of a new formed blister,” according to manager Dave Roberts, prompting the team to push his Dodgers debut back from Sunday in a precautionary move.
After being acquired last Monday as the headliner of a five-player deal with the Athletics, Hill was placed on the DL with a bad blister, but he had passed all tests by Friday and was considered ready to go for Sunday. The new blister leaves him day to day, but the Dodgers’ new rotation schedule makes a return before Thursday unlikely.
Brandon McCarthy, whose start was moved to Monday so Hill could throw on Sunday, will instead go ahead on Sunday on regular rest. Monday’s starter will be determined following this weekend’s games, while Kenta Maeda and Scott Kazmir are in line to pitch Tuesday and Wednesday, according to Roberts.
The Dodgers were already feeling enough heat recently from injuries in their rotation, having placed Bud Norris on the 15-day DL on Saturday with a Grade 1 back strain. There’s no …
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