Dodgers place Rob Segedin on paternity leave, activate Rich Hill from disabled list.

Rich Hill is on the Dodgers’ active roster. Finally.

The Dodgers activated the left-hander from the 15-day disabled list, as expected, so he can make his scheduled start tonight against the San Francisco Giants at Dodger Stadium. Hill has seen his debut performance delayed several times because of a lingering finger blister. Now, 23 days after he was acquired from the Oakland A’s in a deadline-day trade, Hill has been cleared to take the mound in a major league game.

Hill hasn’t appeared in a major league game since July 7, when he won his ninth game of the year for the Oakland A’s. He is 9-3 with a 2.25 ERA this season.

To make room for Hill on the active roster, Rob Segedin was placed on the paternity list. Players can stay on the list for up to three days, but Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said that Segedin will return tomorrow. His wife, Robin, gave birth to the couple’s first child late last night in the Los Angeles area.

That means the Dodgers will have to make another corresponding roster move tomorrow. They’ve made a transaction of some kind in 16 of 24 days already this month.

Here’s more from Roberts on Segedin:

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J.P. Hoornstra covers the Dodgers, Angels and Major League Baseball for the Orange County Register, Los Angeles Daily News, Long Beach Press-Telegram, Torrance Daily Breeze, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Pasadena Star-News, San Bernardino Sun, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Whittier Daily News and Redlands Daily Facts. Before taking the beat in 2012, J.P. covered the NHL for four years. UCLA gave him a degree once upon a time; when he graduated on schedule, he missed getting Arnold Schwarzenegger's autograph on his diploma by five months.