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Boston Red Sox reliever Rich Hill announced Thursday that his infant son, Brook, died due to multiple health issues.
Hill arrived at spring training Wednesday night after staying in Boston to attend to his son.
“We had a son on Dec. 26, and he was born with multiple issues that we confronted and had to deal with as we were moving through the last couple of months at Mass General,” Hill told reporters Thursday. “Unfortunately he succumbed and he has passed. He taught us a lot of things, and unfortunately things didn’t work out.
“My wife (Caitlin) has been extremely strong. Our son (Brice), who is 2 1/2, is with us here down in Florida, so we are going to enjoy our time here and obviously make the most of the opportunity that’s here to present itself to play baseball.”
Hill, who turns 34 on Tuesday, pitched for Boston from 2010 to 2012 and made 63 appearances with the Cleveland Indians in 2013. He signed a minor league contract with the Red Sox during the offseason so he could remain close to his family in Boston and Milton, Mass.
Hill said there has been an outpouring of support for his family.
“Extended family, at Mass General, everybody there has been tremendous,” he said. “The doctors, the nurses, and everybody who cared for our son.”
Hill said he is glad to be back around his teammates.
“Excited to be here, to be playing baseball again and get back into the normalcy of my profession and to be around a great group of guys and to just take that next step,” he said.
“Fortunately, had the opportunity to come back. The Red Sox have been tremendous through this whole part of our life. They were absolutely fabulous. It was 100 percent support all the way.”
Agencies/Canadajournal
