If all goes well over the next two weeks Garrett Richards will begin throwing by late August and will eventually start throwing bullpen sessions and then in games during the Arizona Fall Instructional League. The hope is for Richards to be ready by the beginning of Spring Training of 2017 so he can resume the role of staff ace in 2017. If Richards can return by the start of next season he will provide some much needed stability for a rotation that has been decimated with injuries to three of its top pitchers this season, Richards, Nick Tropeano, and Andrew Heaney.
Garrett Richards takes another step forward
