2024 Stats
W-L
0-0
ERA
4.15
WHIP
1.04
K
11
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Richards is the reliever equivalent of the innings eating starter. Last season, he appeared 56 times and amassed 72.2 innings, and it would have been more, but Richards needed the minimum 15-day IL visit for a neck issue in August. To be fair, Richards collected 11 holds, so some of his efforts were in higher leverage scenarios. Richards continues to throw one of the nastiest changeups in the league, but hitters can sit on his less effective four-seam fastball since he throws each about half the time. Richards was mixing in a slider in previous seasons, but he stopped using it. Richards has fanned over 30 percent of the hitters he's faced over the past three seasons, but he's walked 10 percent of them while recording a 1.52 HR/9. It's always intriguing to take a chance on Richards after sorting by strikeouts but following that with a sort on homers should help resist the temptation. Read Past Outlooks
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Impressive start to season
Richards walked two and struck out two in a scoreless inning of relief during Sunday's loss to the Yankees.
ANALYSIS
The 30-year-old right-hander has come up big for the Blue Jays bullpen in the early going while Jordan Romano (elbow) and Erik Swanson (forearm) have been on the shelf. Richards has appeared in six of Toronto's first 10 games, posting a 0.00 ERA and 8:3 K:BB over 5.2 innings while giving up only two hits -- although he did allow an inherited runner to score on a wild pitch Sunday. He hasn't seen a lot of high-leverage usage and only has one hold so far, but Richards' ability to work longer outings and collect bulk strikeouts with solid ratios gives him some fantasy value in deep AL-only formats.
The 30-year-old right-hander has come up big for the Blue Jays bullpen in the early going while Jordan Romano (elbow) and Erik Swanson (forearm) have been on the shelf. Richards has appeared in six of Toronto's first 10 games, posting a 0.00 ERA and 8:3 K:BB over 5.2 innings while giving up only two hits -- although he did allow an inherited runner to score on a wild pitch Sunday. He hasn't seen a lot of high-leverage usage and only has one hold so far, but Richards' ability to work longer outings and collect bulk strikeouts with solid ratios gives him some fantasy value in deep AL-only formats.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
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Last 10 Games
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Last 5 Games
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Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-6%
BAA vs LHP
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Even Split
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022vs Left | .220 | 86 | 39 | 53 | 9 | |||
| Since 2022vs Right | .234 | 112 | 36 | 71 | 14 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .143 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .143 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 2023vs Left | .207 | 42 | 20 | 24 | 6 | |||
| 2023vs Right | .244 | 63 | 15 | 39 | 7 | |||
| 2022vs Left | .237 | 40 | 17 | 28 | 3 | |||
| 2022vs Right | .238 | 42 | 18 | 29 | 6 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
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-16%
ERA on Road
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ERA on Road
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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| Since 2022Home | 5.52 | 1.37 | 75.0 | 12.4 | 4.7 | ||||
| Since 2022Away | 4.61 | 1.36 | 70.1 | 12.2 | 4.6 | ||||
| 2024Home | 12.00 | 1.33 | 3.0 | 9.0 | 6.0 | ||||
| 2024Away | 0.00 | 0.88 | 5.2 | 12.7 | 4.8 | ||||
| 2023Home | 4.02 | 1.24 | 40.1 | 13.4 | 3.8 | ||||
| 2023Away | 6.12 | 1.48 | 32.1 | 12.5 | 5.0 | ||||
| 2022Home | 6.82 | 1.55 | 31.2 | 11.4 | 5.7 | ||||
| 2022Away | 3.90 | 1.33 | 32.1 | 11.7 | 4.2 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Trevor Richards compare to other relievers?
This section compares his stats with all relief pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 30 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 30 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 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
2.20K/9
11.4BB/9
5.2HR/9
1.0Fastball
92.1 mphERA
4.15WHIP
1.04BABIP
.182GB/FB
1.00Left On Base
65.8%Swinging Strike
8.1%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Latest Fantasy Rumors
Getting some trade attention
Richards is the subject of trade interest, Jon Heyman of MLB Network reports.
ANALYSIS
The righty was recently bumped from the rotation and could be either considered as a closing option or swapped to another club. Richards' changeup carries his game, but he's run into difficulty trying to become a pitcher around that singular offering. Perhaps another organization could unlock a higher ceiling for the 26-year-old.
The righty was recently bumped from the rotation and could be either considered as a closing option or swapped to another club. Richards' changeup carries his game, but he's run into difficulty trying to become a pitcher around that singular offering. Perhaps another organization could unlock a higher ceiling for the 26-year-old.
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Richards was well-traveled in 2021, spending time with the Rays, Brewers and Blue Jays. He was unable to crack Tampa Bay's Opening Day roster after a rough spring, but made his season debut for the Rays in mid-April in a multi-inning relief role. He was sent back down two weeks later, then subsequently traded to Milwaukee who deployed him similarly out of their bullpen. Desperate for relief help, Toronto acquired Richards via trade in early July. The 28-year-old found success with the Blue Jays, posting a 3.31 ERA, 0.80 WHIP and 37:10 K:BB over 32.2 innings with the club. Overall, he tallied seven wins, six holds and one save with serviceable ratios. The big blemishes on Richards' 2021 profile were his 46.4% hard hit rate (bottom 4% of the league) and 1.7 HR/9, which ranked eighth-worst among qualified relievers. He projects to serve a similar multi-inning swingman role in 2022.
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Still sharpening command
Richards allowed one run on two hits and a walk over 1.2 innings of relief during Wednesday's Grapefruit League game against the Pirates. He struck out two.
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Gets $2.15 million
Richards agreed to a one-year, $2.15 million deal with the Blue Jays on Thursday, avoiding arbitration, Shi Davidi of Sportsnet.ca reports.
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Returns from 15-day IL
Toronto activated Richards (neck) from the 15-day injured list Friday.
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Starts rehab assignment
Richards (neck) began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Buffalo on Tuesday.
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Throws bullpen session
Richards (neck) threw a successful bullpen session Friday, Kaitlyn McGrath of The Athletic reports.
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