Trevor Richards In Line For Rotation Spot?
4 years agoTampa Bay Rays manager Kevin Cash said that starting pitchers Trevor Richards, Ryan Yarbrough and Charlie Morton are among the pitchers that should be able to go five-plus innings their first time out to begin the regular season. That would suggest that Richards could be in line to take Yonny Chirinos' place in the rotation, as Chirinos has yet to join the team at summer camp. Richards, a 27-year-old right-hander, pitched well for Tampa last year after they acquired him in a trade from Miami. He was 3-0 with a 1.93 ERA, 1.20 WHIP and 9.3 K/9 in seven games (three starts) over 23 1/3 frames. He could be an attractive early season DFS play based on the matchups, and Richards is also worth a flier in AL-only leagues if he has a rotation spot in hand.
Source: Tampa Bay Times - Marc Topkin
Source: Tampa Bay Times - Marc Topkin