2019 Stats
W-L
6-12
ERA
4.06
WHIP
1.35
K
127
SV
0
2020 Projections
2020 Fantasy Outlook
Richards earned a spot in Miami's Opening Day rotation but was shifted to the bullpen and then sent to Tampa Bay at the trade deadline. He ended his time in a Marlins uniform with a 4.50 ERA and 1.38 WHIP, but he found significantly more success after joining the Rays with a 1.93 ERA and 1.20 WHIP. Richards cut his walk rate in half (5.2%) and increased his strikeout rate over three percentage points (24.7%) after changing teams. He has a low-90s fastball and relies heavily on his changeup (38.4% usage) to keep batters honest. Richards is unlikely to have a real chance to crack the Rays' starting rotation in 2020 with Ryan Yarbrough, Brendan McKay and Yonny Chirinos all vying for back-end spots. However, if his success as a multi-inning reliever after the trade is any indication, he could provide fantasy managers with good ratios, plenty of strikeouts and the occassional win. Read Past Outlooks
Solid as opener
Richards opened Saturday's 4-3 Grapefruit League loss to the Red Sox, allowing one hit and recording two strikeouts over a scoreless first inning.
ANALYSIS
Richards enjoyed a brief but successful stint with the Rays last season after arriving from the Marlins at the deadline, posting a 3-0 record and 1.93 ERA across seven appearances (three starts). With the Rays already boasting a loaded starting rotation, the 26-year-old projects for a multi-inning bullpen role this season. However, his extensive starting experience (48 career starts in 55 appearances) renders him as excellent depth in that regard should injuries strike.
Richards enjoyed a brief but successful stint with the Rays last season after arriving from the Marlins at the deadline, posting a 3-0 record and 1.93 ERA across seven appearances (three starts). With the Rays already boasting a loaded starting rotation, the 26-year-old projects for a multi-inning bullpen role this season. However, his extensive starting experience (48 career starts in 55 appearances) renders him as excellent depth in that regard should injuries strike.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
76
Last 10 Games
44
Last 5 Games
48
How many pitches does Trevor Richards generally throw?
1-10
11-20
21-30
31-40
41-50
51-60
61-70
71-80
81-90
91-100
101-110
111-120
121+
What part of the game does Trevor Richards generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2017
-7%
BAA vs LHP
2019
-2%
BAA vs RHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2017vs Left | .241 | 109 | 58 | 106 | 11 | |||
| Since 2017vs Right | .259 | 148 | 52 | 142 | 23 | |||
| 2019vs Left | .252 | 48 | 30 | 55 | 8 | |||
| 2019vs Right | .247 | 79 | 26 | 72 | 11 | |||
| 2018vs Left | .230 | 61 | 28 | 51 | 3 | |||
| 2018vs Right | .272 | 69 | 26 | 70 | 12 | |||
| 2017vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2017vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2017
-9%
ERA at Home
2019
-2%
ERA on Road
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2017Home | 4.06 | 1.28 | 146.1 | 8.0 | 3.3 | ||||
| Since 2017Away | 4.45 | 1.47 | 115.1 | 9.9 | 4.4 | ||||
| 2019Home | 4.09 | 1.35 | 83.2 | 7.3 | 3.4 | ||||
| 2019Away | 4.01 | 1.35 | 51.2 | 10.3 | 4.2 | ||||
| 2018Home | 4.02 | 1.20 | 62.2 | 8.9 | 3.2 | ||||
| 2018Away | 4.81 | 1.57 | 63.2 | 9.6 | 4.5 | ||||
| 2017Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2017Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Trevor Richards compare to other starting pitchers?
This section compares his stats with all starting pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 120 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
2.27K/9
8.4BB/9
3.7HR/9
1.3Fastball
90.9 mphERA
4.06WHIP
1.35BABIP
.298GB/FB
0.94Left On Base
76.7%Exit Velocity
88.4 mphBarrels/BBE
6.5%Spin Rate
2249 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
35.6%Swinging Strike
12.2%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2019
2018
Richards rose from obscurity to become a capable major leaguer in 2018. An undrafted Division II product whose journey to affiliated baseball included two years in the independent Frontier League, Richards made 25 turns in the Marlins' rotation, posting a 4.42 ERA. Despite a near complete lack of prospect pedigree, his peripherals support his performance and suggest he should be able to stick in the rotation. He managed to mostly offset a mediocre 35.8% groundball rate and 9.9% walk rate with a 23.8% strikeout rate. His changeup in particular looked quite good, being worth 14.8 runs according to FanGraphs' Pitch Values, a total which ranked second behind only Kyle Hendricks. It would be surprising to see him as anything better than a back-end starter, and his team context limits his ability to pick up wins, but the fact that he looks like a starter at all is quite the achievement given his background.
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Starting spring opener
Richards will start Saturday's Grapefruit League opener against the Red Sox, Steve Carney of Sports Radio 620 WDAE reports.
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Grabs win in relief
Richards (3-0) was credited with the win in a victory over the Angels on Saturday, working two scoreless innings during which he allowed two hits and did not record any walks or strikeouts.
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Multi-inning win as reliever
Richards (2-0) was credited with the win in a victory over the Blue Jays on Sunday, allowing one hit and recording two strikeouts over 2.2 scoreless innings.
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Not starting Sunday
Richards will give way to Tyler Glasnow (forearm) for Sunday's start against the Blue Jays, Juan Toribio of MLB.com reports.
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Could draw start Sunday
Richards could make either a conventional start or work as a primary pitcher Sunday against the Blue Jays, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.
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