Quote Originally Posted by texasdave View Post
For some reason, they have been dialing back on Lyon Richardson's workload, or so it would appear. In his first six starts, he averaged around 45 pitches. The next three starts had him at 64, 65 and 59 respectively. During his last two starts, however, the number of pitches has declined noticeably - 51 and 46 pitches. Curious.
Richardson should be a back end BP guy IMO. It'll take at least until 2025 to build him up to a full work load as a SP.