Tim Hill Stats

The San Diego Padres acquired reliever Tim Hill on July 16 in exchange for outfielder Franchy Cordero and pitcher Ronald Bolanos. As a left-handed specialist, the 30-year-old fills an immediate need for the Friars with the recent injury to Jose Castillo (lat). With a 4.11 ERA across two big league seasons, Hill will be utilized primarily against southpaws who he held to a measly .465 OPS last year. As a middle reliever, Hill has minimal fantasy value outside the deepest holds leagues.

over a year ago

Kansas City Royals relief pitcher Tim Hill was a mediocre lefty specialist last year. So far this year, he's a bad batting practice pitcher. Kansas City is in the midst of a seven-game losing streak, and Hill and his bullpen cohorts are one of the main reasons why. Called on to put out the fire in Monday's game, Hill instead gave up a pair of line drives and hit a batter, turning a bases-loaded situation over to Kevin McCarthy. McCarthy would go on to flush the bases over the next couple of hitters, putting KC in an eight-run hole before the inning was over. So far on the season, Hill is drawing swinging strikes on just 4 percent of his pitches, and he's walked three and struck out zero. His 42 strikeouts in 45 innings was nice in deep leagues last year, but he should absolutely be avoided this season.

over a year ago

Kansas City Royals relief pitcher Tim Hill was called on for the seventh inning on Monday following six shutout frames by teammate Danny Duffy. With KC up 1-0, Hill quickly flooded the bases with runners as he allowed a leadoff double followed by a sharp single that put two men on with no outs. A ground ball from Eddie Rosario pushed the teams into a tie, and Hill was removed so Kevin McCarthy could finish the job and ensure the Royals lost another game. At one time, Hill was considered a possible replacement closer after Kelvin Herrera got dealt, but now carrying an ERA north of 6.00, Hill's lucky to still be in the bigs.

over a year ago