Trevor Richards (baseball)


Trevor Michael Richards is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball. He previously played for the Miami Marlins.

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. 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.

Miami Marlins

After one and-a-half seasons with the Grizzlies, he was signed by the Miami Marlins in July 2016. He spent 2016 with the Batavia Muckdogs and the Greensboro Grasshoppers, both in Single-A, posting a combined record and 2.48 ERA in nine starts. In 2017, he was named the Marlins Minor League Pitcher of the Year after going with a 2.53 ERA and 158 strikeouts in 27 games between the Advanced-A Jupiter Hammerheads and the Double-A Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp.
On April 2, 2018, Richards was called up by the Miami Marlins to make his first MLB start. He pitched innings, giving up eight hits and five runs while striking out five and walking one; he took the loss, as the Marlins were defeated by the Boston Red Sox, 7–3. On April 25, facing Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers, Richards pitched innings, giving up one hit and striking out 10. Richards finished the 2018 season with a 4-9 record in 25 starts. He struck out 130 batters in 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 in exchange for Jesús Sánchez and Ryne Stanek. 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.

Personal

Richards grew up a St. Louis Cardinals fan.