Launcher Garrett Richards and the Boston Red Sox have agreed to a $ 10 million one-year deal, ESPN sources told Jeff Passan on Saturday.
The agreement is pending a physical examination.
Richards’ greatest success during the shortened pandemic season was to stay healthy. The right-wing veteran made 10 starts for the San Diego Padres in 2020, going 2-2 with an ERA 4.03, 46 shots and 17 walks. He was moved to the bullpen at the end of the season and during the playoffs.
The 32-year veteran did much better against right-handed hitters (.589 OPS) than left-handed hitters, who had a .853 OPS against him during the season.
Richards has a long history of arm injuries. He underwent surgery on Tommy John to repair his damaged ulnar collateral ligament after making 16 starts with the Los Angeles Angels in 2018 and signing with his parents after that season, knowing that most of the first year will be rehabilitated. Career. two-year contract, $ 15 million. He returned to the mound for San Diego at the end of the 2019 season, posting an ERA 8.31 in 8 innings 2/3 in three starts.
Another previous cruciate ligament injury, for which he underwent platelet-rich stem cell and plasma treatment, limited Richards to just six starts in 2016 and made only six starts in 2017 due to bicep irritation.
He also tore his left patellar tendon in 2014, while covering the first base at Fenway Park, prematurely ending a season that had just begun.
Richards, who was a member of the Angels for his first eight seasons, has a career record of 47-41, with an ERA of 3.62 and 702 hits and 291 walks.