Lyon Richardson
24-Year-Old
Cincinnati Reds AAA
7-Day IL
Injury Undisclosed
Est. Return 2/1/2025
2024 Stats
W-L
0-0
ERA
27.00
WHIP
4.50
K
1
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Richardson returned from Tommy John elbow surgery in 2023 and spent time at four levels of ball, including a stint with the pitching-starved Reds. No Cincinnati starter threw more than 145.2 innings, and the right-hander was one of several prospects to fill rotation holes at various times. The plan coming off TJ surgery was limited innings and pitch counts, but Richardson's stuff - mid-90s fastball, slider, curve and changeup - was so impressive in 19 starts at Low-A Daytona (three), Double-A Chattanooga (15) and Triple-A Louisville (one) - 1.86 ERA, 1.10 WHIP and 81 strikeouts over 58 innings - the Reds felt he could handle a spot start in the majors. What followed was historic in a bad way, as the righty gave up home runs on his first two pitches. Richardson made a few more limited appearances for Cincinnati, but what he needs now is to build innings. Those will likely come at Louisville in 2024. Read Past Outlooks
Goes on Triple-A IL
Triple-A Louisville placed Richardson on the 7-day injured list Sunday with an unspecified injury.
ANALYSIS
It's not clear what injury the right-hander is dealing with or how long he might be sidelined. Richardson has spent most of the season in Louisville's rotation but had been used in long relief in each of his last three appearances, allowing five runs over eight frames.
It's not clear what injury the right-hander is dealing with or how long he might be sidelined. Richardson has spent most of the season in Louisville's rotation but had been used in long relief in each of his last three appearances, allowing five runs over eight frames.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
26
Last 10 Games
26
Last 5 Games
26
How many pitches does Lyon Richardson generally throw?
1-10
11-20
21-30
31-40
41-50
51-60
61-70
71-80
81-90
91-100
101-110
111-120
121+
What part of the game does Lyon Richardson generally pitch?
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
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8th
9th
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-35%
BAA vs RHP
2024
-67%
BAA vs RHP
BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
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Since 2022vs Left | .317 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 6 | |||
Since 2022vs Right | .207 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | |||
2024vs Left | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
2024vs Right | .333 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
2023vs Left | .300 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 5 | |||
2023vs Right | .192 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | |||
2022vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
2022vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2022
-40%
ERA on Road
2024
-100%
ERA on Road
ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
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Since 2022Home | 10.38 | 2.15 | 13.0 | 6.9 | 9.0 | ||||
Since 2022Away | 6.23 | 1.62 | 4.1 | 6.2 | 6.2 | ||||
2024Home | 27.00 | 4.50 | .666666 | 13.5 | 13.5 | ||||
2024Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2023Home | 9.49 | 2.03 | 12.1 | 6.6 | 8.8 | ||||
2023Away | 6.23 | 1.62 | 4.1 | 6.2 | 6.2 | ||||
2022Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
2022Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Lyon Richardson compare to other relievers?
This section compares his stats with all relief pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 30 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
1.00K/9
13.5BB/9
13.5HR/9
13.5Fastball
95.8 mphERA
27.00WHIP
4.50BABIP
.532GB/FB
0.00Left On Base
62.5%Exit Velocity
74.8 mphBarrels/BBE
0.0%Spin Rate
2049 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
11.1%Swinging Strike
7.7%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Heads back to minors
The Reds optioned Richardson to Triple-A Louisville on Wednesday.
ANALYSIS
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Back in majors
The Reds recalled Richardson from Triple-A Louisville on Tuesday, Charlie Goldsmith of The Cincinnati Enquirer reports.
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Sent to Triple-A
The Reds optioned Richardson to Triple-A Louisville on Thursday.
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Back as 27th man
The Reds recalled Richardson from Triple-A Louisville on Wednesday, Gordon Wittenmyer of The Cincinnati Enquirer reports.
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Sent back to Louisville
The Reds optioned Richardson to Triple-A Louisville on Tuesday.
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Up on taxi squad
Richardson is on the Reds' taxi squad for Sunday's game against the Blue Jays.
ANALYSIS
The right-hander allowed four earned runs over three frames during his big-league debut Aug. 6, but he was immediately sent back to the minors. Cincinnati returned Hunter Greene from the 60-day injured list Sunday and are on the cusp of getting back Nick Lodolo from a lower leg injury, so there's not an obvious opening in the rotation in the immediate future for Richardson.
The right-hander allowed four earned runs over three frames during his big-league debut Aug. 6, but he was immediately sent back to the minors. Cincinnati returned Hunter Greene from the 60-day injured list Sunday and are on the cusp of getting back Nick Lodolo from a lower leg injury, so there's not an obvious opening in the rotation in the immediate future for Richardson.