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Dodgers’ Hill set for Monday rehab start
- Updated: August 13, 2016
LOS ANGELES — After nearly a month away from pitching to hitters due to blisters on his pitching hand, Rich Hill will go on a rehab start Monday, and if all goes well, finally make his Dodgers debut next Saturday in Cincinnati.
The number of pitches Hill will throw and where he will throw them has not been decided, but manager Dave Roberts said it will likely be at Triple-A Oklahoma City. The southpaw threw a 35-pitch bullpen session Friday, his first time pitching off a mound since being acquired by the Dodgers.
“Go as hard as you can for as long as you can, that’s my attitude,” Hill said. “That’s the competitive part of going out there and staying in the moment and doing what you can do to the best of your ability, and that’s all you can ask every single time you go out there.”
Hill has twice been scheduled to make his Dodgers debut since being acquired at the non-waiver Trade Deadline, and has been pushed back both times due to a second blister on his finger. He also held off a bullpen session Monday, calling it a day after throwing on flat ground in a precautionary move that still resulted in missing a Friday start.
Before Saturday, Hill had said he wouldn’t need a rehab start even though he hasn’t pitched in any …
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