Richards Marlins Minor League Pitcher of the Year
September 29, 2017 - Southern League (SL1)
Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp News Release
Richards Marlins Minor League Pitcher of the Year
(Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp right-handed starting pitcher Trevor Richards has been named the Miami Marlins Minor League Pitcher of the Year for 2017. The announcement was made by Marlins' President of Baseball Operations Michael Hill on Thursday morning.
Richards went 12-11 with a 2.53 ERA (146.0/41) in 27 games (25 starts) between High-A Jupiter (13 G/11 GS) and Double-A Jacksonville (14/14), setting career highs in wins, innings pitched, and strikeouts (158) in his first full Minor League season. He led Miami's minor league system in ERA and strikeouts, and was second in wins.
He opened the season with the Hammerheads and went 7-4, 2.17 in 13 games (11 starts), winning his last three starts before being promoted on June 21. The showing garnered Florida State League All-Star honors and one Pitcher of the Week award, following a career-best 11-strikeout outing on June 2. He carried the success to Jacksonville, and for the month of June combined to go 4-0, 1.65 with 29 strikeouts, earning Organizational Pitcher of the Month honors. He also went on a career-best five-game winning streak from June 2-July 4, posting a 1.62 ERA during the streak.
With Jacksonville, Richards was 5-7 with a 2.53 ERA in 14 starts, with 158 strikeouts in 146 innings pitched, and his pitching helped fuel the Jumbo Shrimp to a second half South Division title.
Richards, 24, is a native of Aviston, Illinois. He attended Drury University and was signed as a non-drafted free agent out of the Frontier League on July 2, 2016.
In the last nine years of the Marlins affiliation, seven of the organization's Pitcher of the Year winners have spent time in Jacksonville during that season. Richards joins a list that includes Cristhian Martinez (2009), Elih Villanueva (2010), Michael Brady (2011), Anthony DeSclafani (2013), Justin Nicolino (2014), and Luis Castillo (2016).
Greensboro Grasshoppers third baseman James Nelson was named the organization's Player of the Year for 2017 after hitting .309 with seven home runs and 59 RBI in the Single-A South Atlantic League.
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