Garrett Richards To Make Season Debut Sunday
- Updated: April 18, 2015
(Photo via Twitter User @MLB)
According to Mike DiGiovanna of the Los Angeles Times Garrett Richards is set to make his season debut for the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday afternoon.
Richards will pitch for #Angels Sunday.
— Mike DiGiovanna (@MikeDiGiovanna) April 18, 2015
Richards has been rehabbing since suffering a season ending injury last season. Many experts questions why he would make a return on the road tomorrow but DiGiovanna reported the logic via Twitter.
One reason #Angels MGR Mike Scioscia wants Garrett Richards to start Sunday: would be aligned so he doesn’t pitch (and hit) in SF May 1-3.
— Mike DiGiovanna (@MikeDiGiovanna) April 18, 2015
Richards had surgery on his left knee after tearing his patella tendon against the Boston Red Sox on August 20th. He was trying to cover first after a ground ball and was hurt on the play.
It was unfortunate since Richards was having such an awesome season. He was 13-4 with a 2.61 ERA, before the season ending injury. Manager Mike Scioscia spoke to ESPN.com about the manner.
“I think the prognosis of having him back somewhere in the first month to maybe the first six weeks of the season looks very good,” Scioscia said.
The Angels are hoping that Richards comes back next season healthy as he was a major part of the rotation. Richards talked to ESPN.com about his accomploishments of last season.
It was a great season,” he said. “I’ve learned a lot and I took a lot of positives from it. Even the games I didn’t particularly pitch well, I took positives from it and made some major strides with my mentality and my delivery. It was another year where I felt like I made some major strides.”
Angels fans are looking forward to his return and he’ll look to get the Angels back on track after they were shutout 4-0 last night.
Stay with us at Calisportsnews.com as we will keep you up-to-date on all things Los Angeles Angels and the rest of the LA sports teams! All Cali, All the time!
Related Posts
About MH
