MYERS, Fla. He threw with some very good velocity off the mound from a three-quarters angle. “It’s a building-up process,’’ said Hill, who is eight months removed from Tommy John surgery. “You build up to where you feel great, but it’s a long process...

Matsuzaka underwent Tommy John reconstructive elbow surgery on June 10th. Sidelined for the rest of the season, Matsuzaka will be lucky to return to the rotation by June of 2012. On June 1st against the Chicago White Sox, Rich Hill threw just seven...

Hill is one of my fav members of the Red Sox. And no, not just because I crazily asked him to sign a picture of him and his cats: Rich Hill has been rehabbing from Tommy John surgery and signed a minor league deal to stay with the Red Sox this off season.

He also had that approach with Alfredo Aceves, a rehab guy whom you couldn’t really project anywhere until he showed he was really good. And after the Sox trotted out a few lefty relief specialists, Rich Hill emerged as the best of them until he popped...

CLEVELAND — Agreed to terms with RHP Robinson Tejeda on a minor league contract. NEW YORK —Agreed to terms with INF Omar Quintanilla on a minor league contract. NHL—Suspended Chicago F Daniel Carcillo indefinitely for his hit hit on Edmonton's Tom...

Here's the rest of Boston's press release on the signings: The 11 other free agents are right-handed pitchers Brandon Duckworth, Charlie Haeger, Will Inman, Doug Mathis, Tony Pena Jr. , and Chorye Spoone, left-handed pitchers Jesse Carlson, Rich Hill...