#9: Red Sox SP Rich Hill
Number 9 on my list is starting pitcher, Rich Hill. Hill has not been bad this year. He has a 3.71 ERA. Considering this man is 42 years old, he is throwing the ball pretty well. He has never had an awful season in his 18-year career.
He has a career ERA of 3.80 and is four strikeouts shy of 1,200 career strikeouts. The Red Sox needed to sign some cheap arms this last offseason and that is what was done. Hill has been a serviceable arm and has gone out and done exactly what the Red Sox have asked and needed him to do.
The reason I have him ranked as least important is because the Red Sox have plenty of young arms that they are starting to trust and can take Hill’s spot in the rotation. Right now they have Garrett Whitlock, Tanner Houck, and Nick Pivetta as their young arms.
You currently have Houck in the bullpen with Whitlock and Pivetta in the rotation. Next year, all three men can be in the rotation leading to no longer needing Hill’s services anymore.