The Angels have struck a deal to avoid arbitration with righty Garrett Richards, Alden Gonzalez of MLB.com reports on Twitter. He’ll earn $6.425MM in the agreement, per the report.
Richards had filed at $7.1MM, with the team countering at $5.3MM. He’ll obviously land slightly to the high side of the mid-point, although it’s worth noting that MLBTR had projected an even higher $6.8MM salary for the second of his four trips through arbitration.
The 27-year-old set himself up nicely with a well-timed 2014 breakout in which he posted 168 2/3 frames of 2.61 ERA ball. Though he took a step back last year in terms of both results and peripherals, Richards did significantly enhance his earnings by upping his output to a fairly robust 207 1/3 innings.
Sooner or Later the angels are going to have to give Richards and Calhoun long term extensions
The Angels better
they need to because if not then they will end up trading him which they will regret. they need to trade wilson
Maybe they can fit extensions into the payroll after they’re done paying josh hamilton to play for texas
And when that time comes they’ll be Scrooge McDucking it, swimming in available cash again.
Nice! Now go out and show them you’re the Ace!
He will!!!