Rich Hill's first start of the season is a big one for him and his team's hopes. Rich had a weak spring and his last start didn't go so well from the first pitch. This is a guy who, at 27, should be in the prime of his career. Instead, he still has the word "promise" attached to him.

If this team has any hopes of advancing any farther in the post-season than they did last year (and winning one game would be a marginal improvement), they are going to need a 15 win season from Rich Hill. They are going to need a guy who was 5th in the NL strikeouts, 8th in WHIP, and 7th in batting-average-against to be all all that all the time.