Former Oklahoma pitcher Garrett Richards signs one-year deal with Boston Red Sox

Former Oklahoma pitcher Garrett Richards signed a one-year, $10 million deal with the Boston Red Sox on Saturday.

Former Oklahoma pitcher Garrett Richards will be heading to his third different club as he enters his 11th MLB season.

Richards signed a one-year, $10 million deal with the Boston Red Sox on Saturday, per MLB Network’s Jon Morosi.

Richards spent the last two seasons with the San Diego Padres after being with the Los Angeles Angels from 2011-2018. Over his ten years in the big leagues, he has started 187 games going 47-41 with a 3.62 ERA.

After a promising start to his career, injuries started to plague him in 2016 as Richards was only able to make six starts in each of the 2016 and 2017 seasons. After starting only three games in 2019, he was able to find some consistent health as he was able to make ten starts and 14 appearances in the shortened 2020 campaign.

Now he goes to a Red Sox team that certainly could use the additional pitching. He should get his opportunity to make plenty of starts this season as long as he is able to remain healthy.

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