PHOENIX —
Garrett Richards finished his warm up Saturday by allowing one run in 3 1/3 innings at the start of the Padres’ 6-5 loss to the Diamondbacks at Chase Field.
He and the Padres believe he will be better next season for what he did in three starts this month in his return from Tommy John surgery.
And the Padres believe their young pitching staff will be better just by having the intense veteran around.
Already, Richards has let Chris Paddack know it will be a competition in spring training to see who gets the opening day start.