Kris Atteberry sounded pretty fed up with reliever Trevor Richards and he expressed his displeasure Friday night.
The Minnesota Twins radio broadcaster ripped the righty reliever after he uncorked another wild pitch during a 6-1 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. In the top of the eighth inning with two outs, Richards threw a pitch that bounced far before the plate and kicked past catcher Ryan Jeffers, who never had a chance at it. That came after Richards had already allowed two runs to score and it was his second wild pitch of his appearance.
Atteberry said, "Another wild pitch. You know, we talk about him as a two pitch guy, Richards is a three pitch guy. It's been the changeup, the fastball and the wild pitch."
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The Twins acquired Richards from the Toronto Blue Jays at the trade deadline and he has been shaky to say the least. In nine appearances for Minnesota, he's 0-1 with a 4.09 ERA, a 1.45 WHIP and 11 strikeouts agianst 10 walks in 11 innings. He also has thrown six wild pitches in those nine outings, matching the six he threw in 45 games for Toronto.
Richards's 12 wild pitches are tied for the MLB lead with Los Angeles Dodgers starter Tyler Glasnow. But Glasnow has done that over the course of 134 innings, while Richards has only thrown 63 1/3 this season.
I'd say it's fair for Twins fans, and broadcasters, to be frustrated at this point.
This article was originally published on www.si.com as Twins Announcer Rips Trevor Richards After Wild Pitch.
