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Clayton Richard Sold to Chicago Cubs

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The Pittsburgh Pirates have traded pitcher Clayton Richard to the Chicago Cubs for cash considerations. Richard had an opt out clause in his contract, where the Pirates had to make him available to all 29 other teams. If another team was willing to place him on their 25-man roster, the Pirates either had to work out a trade or add Richard to their own 25-man roster.

Richard was a reclamation project, who had good results with Indianapolis this season. In nine starts, he had a 2.09 ERA and a 1.18 WHIP over 56 innings, though he had just 25 strikeouts. He hasn’t pitched in the majors since 2013, when he had a 7.01 ERA in 52.2 innings for the San Diego Padres.

John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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