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46-Year-Old Ex-Red Sox Pitcher Open to Return to Major League Baseball
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Some players never want to hang things up, even when all signs point to them needing to.
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That's the case for former Boston Red Sox veteran Rich Hill , who saw himself in the league for a ridiculous 21 years. Hill had multiple stops in Boston, first doing so from the 2010 to 2012 seasons.
He later returned to the Red Sox in 2022 and was also a member of the team in 2024.
There's a reason why teams continued to sign him throughout his 21-year career, including the Red Sox when he was 44 years old.
While he started to struggle a bit toward the back end of his career, the left-hander, who had been used as a starter and reliever, starting in 250 games out of the 388 that he appeared in, had a nice career for himself. However, it's probably fair to say that it's time for him to truly hang them up.
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Despite that, it doesn't sound like the 46-year-old is set on doing so at the moment.
"You can only do this for so long," Hill said , per SI. "And if you feel like you can maybe — Taylor Rogers up in Toronto has given me hope to come back as a submariner," Rich Hill said, H/T SI.
"If it does [happen], great," Hill said. "If it doesn't, I don't have to ask the question, what if?"
It's interesting that he understands he can only do this for so long, but he'd still welcome a potential reunion in Major League Baseball.
It's certainly possible that a team down the stretch tries to call on him just to get outs if they're dealing with injuries, though it doesn't really feel like a contender should be going after a 46-year-old.
