Trevor Richards (baseball)

Trevor Michael Richards (born May 15, 1993) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Miami Marlins.

Trevor Richards
Richards with the Marlins in 2018
Tampa Bay Rays – No. 34
Pitcher
Born: (1993-05-15) May 15, 1993
Aviston, Illinois
Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
April 2, 2018, for the Miami Marlins
MLB statistics
(through August 9, 2020)
Win–loss record10–21
Earned run average4.28
Strikeouts265
Teams

Career

Amateur career

Richards attended Mater Dei High School in Breese, Illinois. In 2011, his senior year, he went 9-1 with a 1.07 ERA.[1] After high school, he enrolled and played college baseball at Drury University. As a senior in 2013, he went 5-3 with a 3.61 ERA in 11 starts. He was not drafted by an MLB team in the 2013 MLB draft, and signed with the Gateway Grizzlies of the independent Frontier League.[2]

Miami Marlins

After one and-a-half seasons with the Grizzlies, he was signed by the Miami Marlins in July 2016.[3] He spent 2016 with the Batavia Muckdogs and the Greensboro Grasshoppers, both in Single-A, posting a combined 2–3 record and 2.48 ERA in nine starts (11 appearances).[4] In 2017, he was named the Marlins Minor League Pitcher of the Year after going 12–11 with a 2.53 ERA and 158 strikeouts in 27 games (25 starts) between the Advanced-A Jupiter Hammerheads and the Double-A Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp.[5][6]

On April 2, 2018, Richards was called up by the Miami Marlins to make his first MLB start.[7] He pitched ​4 1⁄3 innings, giving up eight hits and five runs (all earned) while striking out five and walking one; he took the loss, as the Marlins were defeated by the Boston Red Sox, 7–3.[8] On April 25, facing Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers, Richards pitched ​4 2⁄3 innings, giving up one hit and striking out 10.[9] Richards finished the 2018 season with a 4-9 record in 25 starts. He struck out 130 batters in ​126 1⁄3 innings.

For the 2019 season, Richards began the season in the Marlins rotation. He was moved to the bullpen on July 26 after going 3-12 in 20 starts.

Tampa Bay Rays

On July 31, 2019, Richards was traded to the Tampa Bay Rays (along with Nick Anderson) in exchange for Jesús Sánchez and Ryne Stanek.[10] He made his first start as a Ray on August 18, 2019 against the Detroit Tigers, allowing two runs across three and a half innings in a 5–4 Tampa Bay victory.[11]

Personal

Richards grew up a St. Louis Cardinals fan.[12]

gollark: Pulverised bee slurry is all you need.
gollark: Science cuboids.
gollark: 20th, sorry.
gollark: They did this back in the 19th century with manual calculators even.
gollark: This is silly. You can handle food easily as a linear programming problem.

References
  1. https://www.bnd.com/sports/article87770842.html
  2. Wilhelm, David (October 5, 2017). "Breese IL Mater Dei grad gets Miami Marlins pitching award | Belleville News-Democrat". Bnd.com. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
  3. "Former Mater Dei pitching star Trevor Richards is picked up by Miami Marlins organization | Belleville News-Democrat". Bnd.com. July 5, 2016. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
  4. "Trevor Richards Stats, Highlights, Bio - MiLB.com Stats - The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". MiLB.com. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
  5. The Times-Union (September 28, 2017). "Marlins honor Jumbo Shrimp pitcher - Sports - The Florida Times-Union - Jacksonville, FL". Jacksonville.com. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
  6. "Top MLB Prospects, Scouting Reports, Analysis". Baseballamerica.com. August 17, 2018. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
  7. Frisaro, Joe (April 2, 2018). "Richards final puzzle piece in Marlins' rotation". MLB.com. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  8. "Red Sox vs. Marlins - Box Score". ESPN. April 2, 2018. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  9. "Trevor Richards, former substitute teacher, brewery employee, strikes out 10, out-pitches Clayton Kershaw". ESPN. April 26, 2018. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
  10. "Rays complete four-player trade with Marlins". MLB.com. July 31, 2019.
  11. "Rays 5, Tigers 4". MLB.com.
  12. https://www.bnd.com/sports/article229482834.html

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