Trevor Richards is resting before the Toronto Blue Jays begin their final post-season push.
- Trevor Richards is resting before theThe reliable middle-innings reliever was put on's 15-day injured list with neck inflammation on Thursday. Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Richards had been pitching through the pain but the team decided to think of the bigger picture.
Richards has a 2.98 earned-run average with 83 strikeouts over 54 1/3 innings pitched and has been one of Schneider's go-to options in close games this year. “The plan was for him to go two innings that day, but he kind of felt it throughout his outing, so I wanted to be a little bit careful there,” said Schneider. “But it was on the road trip before that too a little bit, so we just want to take care of it.”'s triple-A affiliate in Buffalo, N.Y. Francis was available for Thursday's matinee against Baltimore at Rogers Centre.
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