Gresh & Fauria: Lou Merloni on Rich Hill
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00:00It's, it's, it's depth. You know, you've got 40 plus games to go here. Um, you know, with
00:05Paxton going down and being done for the year, you have no net. You know, this is why like
00:09picking him up was important. You can maybe move a guy like Criswell down to AAA to be
00:14a starter or go with six men to give some guys some rest. And when Paxton goes down,
00:17you have nothing, but you have nothing down at AAA. So you take, you sign Rich Hill knowing
00:22that this is like a future sign here. And I know we only got a couple months left, but
00:26he's not going to the rotation. The guy's been up in Cooperstown watching his kid play
00:29baseball, throwing on the side, you know, throwing bullpens and stuff. So he's going
00:33to need to, you know, at least two or three weeks, most likely down in triple A's. I can
00:37see this being like a September call up, um, and being in that situation and just having
00:42another arm in case Tanner, how tomorrow feels pain in his elbow or, you know, Nick Pavetta
00:47shows up this morning after last night and the elbows back again, or Cutter Crawford
00:51or anybody, you got to have a body or two to stay in this thing. And that's where Rich
00:56Hill comes into play. And if he goes out there and keeps in a ball game for four or five
00:59innings and so be it, then he's done his job.