Red Sox sign RHP Garrett Richards to one-year, $10M deal
The Red Sox and right-hander Garrett Richards have agreed to a one-year, $10M deal, ESPN.com’s Jeff Passan reports. The contract also includes a club option for 2022 that is also worth $10M, according to the Boston Globe’s Alex Speier, with escalators that could increase both the base value of the option beyond $10M, and also increase the value of the buyout. The deal will become official once Richards passes a physical. Richards is represented by ISE Baseball.Reports circulated on Friday that Richards and the Sox were making progress toward an agreement, and with Richards now in the fold, Boston has taken another big step toward strengthening its rotation. Martin Perez was also re-signed last week, and between Richards, Perez, and swingman Matt Andriese, the Red Sox have added some veteran arms to the rotation mix and pushed some less experienced arms (i.e. Tanner Houck, Chris Mazza) further down the depth chart.