More than a decade after he was traded for Jake Peavy, Clayton Richard is a South Sider again.
The White Sox inked Richard, the 36-year-old left-handed pitcher and 11-year major league veteran, to a minor league deal Monday, assigning him to the team's alternate training site in Schaumburg.
Richard was an eighth-round draft pick of the White Sox all the way back in 2005, and he pitched in 39 games for them in 2008 and 2009. Along with Aaron Poreda and Adam Russell, he was dealt to the San Diego Padres in exchange for Peavy at the trade deadline in 2009.