Climbing the Rich Hill

Where is all this love of Rich Hill coming from? Before his August blossoming in the MLB, Hill was looking like another lefty who wilted in the early spring and would become a lefty pen arm. Something happened to Rich while back in Iowa and dominating there, what that IT is no one knows. But whatever IT is, whether it was establishing his high fastball, working on his changeup, or simply overcoming jitters, Hill had found it in his second go around with the 2006 club. In Rich's short 2006 MLB season, here's what his stats look like: