Garrett Thomas Richards (twitter: @GRICHARDS26)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: May 27, 1988 in Riverside, CA
High School: Edmond Memorial HS (Edmond, OK)
School: University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the 1st round (42nd pick) of the 2009 amateur draft.
Signed July 14, 2009. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 10, 2011 (Age 23)   vs. NYY 5.0 IP, 6 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 6 ER, L
Team: Angels 2011-2013
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$495k (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 0.148, Arb Eligible: 2016, Free Agent: 2019 [*], Agents: Octagon [*]
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• 10/7 Halo Hangout: Garrett Richards Is A Key To The Angels in 2013: Garrett Richards may be a key to the Angels 2013 success. Whether it’s as a starter or a reliever, or trade bait, he’s...
• 10/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Garrett Richards likely to start in 2013: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Garrett Richards is likely to rejoin the rotation for the 2013 season, barring any setbacks....[+] 'Garrett handled himself well at various points this season as a starter. He's got the pitch mix, he's got the delivery,' Angels general manager Jerry Dipoto said.

• 9/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Rough outing dooms Garrett Richards: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim RP Garrett Richards surrendered three runs in a four-run seventh inning for the Seattle Mariners...[+] on Thursday, Sept. 27. The Mariners went on to win 9-4.
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• 7/18 Call to the Pen: MLB Scoreboard: Los Angeles Angels Crush Detroit Tigers Behind Pujols And Trout:   AMERICAN LEAGUE Los Angeles Angels 13, Detroit Tigers 0 The Los Angeles Angels downed the Detroit Tigers in impressive...
• 7/18 MLBTradeRumors: Angels Notes: Morales, Richards, Santana, Hunter: The Angels continue to seek relief help, even as they pursue high-end rotation upgrades, Danny Knobler of CBSSports.com reports....
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• 7/17 Baseball Musings: Young Wings: Mike Trout collected four more hits, including a home run and Garrett Richards pitched seven shutout innings as the Angels pounded...
• 7/17 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Bullpen Falters Again: What once was a strength is now a weakness post all-star break so far. The bullpen can’t hold the lead for the Angels. This...
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• 7/14 MLBTradeRumors: Angels Have Interest in Matt Capps, Francisco Liriano: Looking to bolster their pitching staff for the stretch drive, the Angels have interest in both Matt Capps and Francisco Liriano...
• 7/12 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Keys To The Second Half: The Angels start their post all-star break schedule on Friday in New York against the Yankees. They currently sit four games behind...
• 7/6 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Bats Beat Up Birds In Slugfest: The Angels may need to win more games like last night if their starting pitching continues on this route. Garrett Richards got...
• 7/6 Halo Hangout: Wilson and Weaver and Pray For Fever.: Yeesh! In spite of last night’s come back, the Angels have a little hitch in their giddy-up heading into the break. With...
• 7/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Garrett Richards sent downLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Garrett Richards was optioned to Triple-A Salt Lake....[+] Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Garrett Richards was optioned to Triple-A Salt Lake.
• 7/2 MLBTradeRumors: Rosenthal On Pirates, Headley, Angels, Phillies: In today's column, Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports writes that the Pirates should go all in and trade for either Brewers right-hander...
• 7/1 Halo Hangout: Halo Highlights- Defense Implodes in Loss: Mama said there will be days like this. This is a game you throw away and move on from. The Angel defense self-destructed as the...

• 6/28 Halo Hangout: Series Preview: Oh Canada: The Angels head to Canada to take on the Blue Jays. The Blue Jays rotation is an absolute mess right now and makes the recent...
• 6/24 Lasorda's Lair: Seventh Inning Meltdown Dooms Dodgers to Series Loss to Halos: Dodgers 3 10 1 Angels    5 10 0 WP-Downs-1-0 LP-Lindblom-2-2 SV-Frieri-9 HR-Bourjos-2 We were so close to beating the Angels...
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• 6/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Garrett Richards could be odd man out: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim P Garrett Richards could be sent down to Triple-A Salt Lake when SP Jered Weaver (back) is ready...[+] to come off the disabled list.
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• 6/13 Baseball Press: Under the Radar - AL/NL Only Leagues: Scott Podsednik is fantasy relevant once again. (US Presswire)Each week, Baseball Press provides some "under the radar" fantasy...
• 6/12 Mastersball.com: Luck in the Transactions: Well I suppose some of you need to Look at the transactions first but there are a lot of lineup changes that need to be made...
• 6/12 Mastersball.com: Tout Wars FAAB Report: Week of June 4: Each week, your friends at Mastersball will post the results of the weekly Tout Wars FAAB run, featuring the winning bid as...
• 6/11 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Brandon Morrow is a shutout machine in 2012. Photo: © Jim Cowsert-US PRESSWIRE The Major Leagues scheduled just four games tonight,...
• 6/11 Full Spectrum Baseball: AL Pitching Planner: June 11 – June 17This week's AL pitching planner features a lot of decent options and only a couple risky ones....
• 6/11 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Dixon’s Picks: Waiver Wire Additions for the Week of June 11: There’s no need to lie to you fine folks, this is a tough week for streaming pitchers. It’s an Interleague Play week,...
• 6/6 High Heat Stats: Tuesday game notes (just a few): @Yankees 7, Rays 0: Wow, Andy Pettitte! He shut down Tampa on 2 walks and 2 singles — one infield, one grounder into right...
• 6/6 Halo Hangout: Garrett Richards Is About To Start Another Arms Race: Garrett Richards, ranked the number two prospect in the Angels organization, was making a push to be a starter in the spring....
• 6/4 Roto Think Tank: A.L. FAAB Log: June 4, 2012: Hideki Matsui $13. Other bids: $10, $4.Matsui has the brand name and generated some excitement by coming out of the gate...
• 6/1 Roto Think Tank: A.L. Gearing Up: June 4-10: Rising UpStephen Pryor (0% owned last week; 5% this week)To hear some in the fantasy media tell it, there's nothing...

• 5/30 Call to the Pen: Jered Weaver to DL; Angels Call Up Garrett Richards: The Los Angeles Angels have placed staff ace Jered Weaver on their 15-day disabled list with a lower back injury.  The Angels...
• 5/30 Baseball Musings: Injury Tuesday: Tuesday afternoon turned out to be a bad time to take a trip to Boston, as a number of major figures received reports on their...
• 5/27 Halo Hangout: Happy Birthday Garrett RichardsAccording to Baseball America, Garrett Richards entered 2012 as the Angels number … [visit site to read more]...

• 4/26 Through The Fence Baseball: Top 15 prospects for 2012: part one: In most fantasy leagues, we are searching for that special player who can elevate our fantasy team from so-so to amazing....
• 4/9 MLB Dirt: 2012 Rookie Watch: AL West: A couple weeks ago I began a series of posts as I take look at rookies in 2012. I have been going division by division taking...

• 3/22 MLBTradeRumors: Angels Looking For Starting Pitch Depth: Despite having a strong front four of Jered Weaver, Dan Haren, C.J. Wilson, and Ervin Santana, the Angels are looking for...
• 3/19 The Captain's Blog: What to Do with Freddy Garcia?: When Freddy Garcia signed a one-year, $4 million deal with the Yankees, he was arguably the third starter on the team’s depth...
• 3/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Five battling for fifth rotation spot: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim manager Mike Scioscia said SPs Garrett Richards, Trevor Bell, Jerome Williams, Eric Hurley and Brad...[+] Mills are vying for the fifth rotation spot this spring. 'The thing about competition is there isn't any such thing as a front-runner,' Scioscia said. 'You've got to go out there and earn it every step of the way, and that's what we hope one of these five guys do to make our decisions easy.'
• 3/7 C70 At The Bat: Playing Pepper 2012: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim: In 2009, I decided to get a feel for other teams around baseball by asking bloggers for those teams some questions about their...
• 3/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Angels | Garrett Richards shaky in spring start: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Garrett Richards allowed two runs on four hits in two innings Tuesday, March 6, in Cactus League...[+] action against the Chicago White Sox. 'I thought his stuff looked great,' manager Mike Scioscia said. The team has told Richards they want him to concentrate on three pitches - fastball, changeup and slider. He has shelved his curveball for now.

• 1/19 MLB Dirt: 2012 Los Angeles Angels Top 16 Prospects: The Los Angeles Angels have built a farm system through the draft that has turned some solid upside picks into legitimate prospects....

• 12/10 MLB Dirt: The Angels’ 2012 Rotation: The Los Angeles Angels left the winter meetings with a splash. They signed possibly the best free agent starting pitcher on the...
• 12/8 For Baseball Junkies: Prince Albert Taking His Legacy West - Angels Sign Pujols to 10 Year Contract: The Angels made headlines today, signing Albert Pujols to a 10 year pact worth upwards of $250 million.  The contract rivals...

• 11/15 Through The Fence Baseball: Trout leads the way for top-five Angels prospects: Baseball fans are never quite content with merely knowing the present. Driven by almost childish insecurity, we of the baseball...
• 11/12 Through The Fence Baseball: Solid pitching has Angels poised for success in 2012: The Angels’ 2011 season has long been over. All things considered, the Halos were a lucky break or two away from earning a spot...

• 10/25 Seedlings to Stars: The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of: Garrett Richards: Many po**** opinions of pitching prospects are formed from general scouting reports. While these reports are invaluable resources,...
• 10/18 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason Outlook: Los Angeles Angels: The Angels, soon to be under new leadership, will look to add a minimum of one starting pitcher, improve their offense and tinker...

• 9/7 i70baseball.com: Playoff Preview: First-Round In-State ShowdownNaturals, Travs meet in postseason for first time since 2008...

• 8/25 All of Baseball: Trumbo’s homer, at the very least, bought Halos more time: The Los Angeles Angels’ status was about to change from contenders to pretenders on Aug. 18 before Mark Trumbo hit …Continue...
• 8/16 Baseball Musings: Short Career: Garrett Richards strained his groin after just 19 pitches, and the Angels bullpen allowed seven runs as Texas won the game 8-4....
• 8/15 Roto Think Tank: A.L. FAAB Log: August 15, 2011: Salvador Perez $2. Other bid: $1.There has been moderate buzz surrounding Perez. Some are looking at him, thinking 21-year-old...
• 8/15 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Giants trail the Braves by four games in the NL Wild Card race as they open a four-game series in Atlanta. It’s a huge...
• 8/12 Roto Think Tank: Gearing Up A.L. Week 20: August 15-21: I'm trying something a little different this week and adding projected match-ups for the following week for pitchers....
• 8/11 YankeeAnalysts.com: Cano, Granderson power Yanks to 6-5 victory and series win over Halos: The Yankees beat the Angels 6-5 Thursday afternoon in a fairly bizarre contest featuring a critical error, a grand slam and yet...