Christopher Richardson

CHRISTOPHER RICHARDSON
LEFT HANDED PITCHER
Born: May 8, 1992
Height: 6′ 0″
Weight: 184
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Signed: Int. FA, Pittsburgh Pirates, 2010
How Acquired: Int. FA
Country: Dominican Republic
Agent: N/A

WTM’S PIRATE PLAYER PROFILES

Richardson is a lefty who throws in the upper 80s at this point.  He has a change with good sink.

2010
DSL:  4-4-0, 5.68 ERA, 1.55 WHIP, 38 IP, 4.3 BB/9, 11.1 K/9 

Struggled in DSL debut, although he did strike out a lot.

2011
DSL:  0-1-0, 3.24 ERA, 1.56 WHIP, 8.1 IP, 8.6 BB/9, 6.5 K/9
R:  1-0-0, 0.00 ERA, 1.39 WHIP, 8.2 IP, 4.2 BB/9, 4.2 K/9 

Richardson pitched briefly after the DSL started play, then moved to the GCL.  After pitching in only three games there, though, he went on the reserve list for unknown reasons.

Richardson won’t turn 20 until May 2012.  He has good stuff and hopefully will be ready to go.  It’s possible he could appear at State College at some point in the season.

STATS
Baseball Reference — Minors
Fangraphs
MiLB.com
CONTRACT INFORMATION
2012: Minor League Contract
PLAYER INFORMATION
Signing Bonus: N/A
MiLB Debut: 2011
MLB Debut: N/A
MiLB FA Eligible: 2016
MLB FA Eligible: N/A
Rule 5 Eligible: 2013
Added to 40-Man: N/A
Options Remaining: 3
MLB Service Time: 0.000
TRANSACTIONS
March 4, 2010: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an international free agent.