Lowest wOBA against LHH among minor league pitchers, min. 175/.211/.214 line was enough for me to keep my eye on him as a potential future LOOGY. A funky sidewinder that held lefties to a. Though nobody really thought much of Hill as a prospect (including myself), his profile always intrigued me. This was enough for the Royals to decide they needed to protect him from the Rule 5 Draft, placing him on the 40-man roster this past offseason. He saw his most extensive work last season, pitching the majority of it in AA, tossing 70 innings to the tune of a 4.17 ERA and 2.39 FIP.
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Because of his older age, he made a quick climb up the minor league ladder (even with missing all of the 2015 season), reaching AA by the end of his second professional season. Throughout all of his minor league days, he always worked as a reliever, including an impressive debut in 2014 between Idaho Falls and Lexington, posting a 1.64 ERA in 22 innings to go along with 30 strikeouts. GIF Courtesy of Baseball Censusĭrafted at the age of 24 in the 32nd round of the 2014 MLB Draft out of small Bacone College in Oklahoma, Hill had a late start to his professional career. For a pitchers junky like me, watching his delivery was just thoroughly entertaining in itself. I watched a lot of Tim Hill in the minors, mainly during his stay with the AA Northwest Arkansas Naturals. And one of them is now in the Royals bullpen, LHP Tim Hill. How much fun I have watching them throw baseballs.
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