Rich Hill expected to start Friday for Angels

Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Rich Hill (blister) threw a successful 35-pitch bullpen session on Tuesday.

What It Means:

Hill is on track to start Friday's series opener against the San Francisco Giants and the Dodgers anticipate having him in their rotation for the National League Divisional Series. He was skipped from a scheduled start Sunday against the Colorado Rockies due to lingering concerns about blister on his left hand, but that was more of a precautionary decision.

Hill has an impressive 2.05 ERA and a slightly less impressive 3.24 SIERA on the season, with a 30.0 percent strikeout rate and 7.7 walk percentage through 105 1/3 innings of work for both the Dodgers and Oakland Athletics this season.