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Richards returns to instructional league play
- Updated: October 3, 2016
MESA, Ariz. — Garrett Richards had no doubt his right arm would feel fine when he stepped onto the mound Monday afternoon.
The rehabbing Angels right-hander returned to game action in the instructional league at Sloan Park in Mesa, Ariz. After retiring all seven of the Rangers’ players he faced, he was pleased with his first game since May.
“Honestly, I feel like the ball’s coming out of my hand better now than it ever has. I have a better understanding of how I want to throw the baseball,” said Richards, who underwent a stem-cell injection to repair a UCL tear in his right elbow on May 16. “I realize that our season’s over, but I’m excited to be out here and competing again. It makes you feel like you’re a baseball player again and not just somebody sitting on the bench collecting a check.”
Richards continues to progress since …
