Richard Fitts

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74+2⁄3innings pitched. [1]

Fitts enrolled at Auburn University to play college baseball for the Auburn Tigers. He began seeing more consistent playing time towards the end of his 2019 freshman season and made two appearances in the College World Series, [2] [3] [4] finishing the year with a 5.31 ERA with 47 strikeouts in 62+2⁄3 innings pitched. [5] Fitts made six appearances as a sophomore in 2020, with a 1–0 record and a 2.77 ERA with 16 strikeouts before the season was cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic. [6] [7] Fitts entered his junior season on the watchlist for the Golden Spikes Award. [8] He finished the season with a 1–3 record, a 5.88 ERA, and 41 strikeouts over 41+1⁄3 innings. That summer, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod Baseball League. [9]

Professional career

New York Yankees

The New York Yankees selected Fitts in the sixth round of the 2021 Major League Baseball draft. [10] He signed with the team and made his professional debut in 2022 with the Single–A Tampa Tarpons. After pitching to a 5.01 ERA in 17 starts, he was promoted to the High–A Hudson Valley Renegades, where he recorded an excellent 0.55 ERA in 5 starts. [11] He won the 2023 Eastern League Pitcher of the Year Award with the Double–A Somerset Patriots after logging an 11–5 record and 3.48 ERA with 163 strikeouts across 27 starts. [12]

Boston Red Sox

On December 5, 2023, the Yankees traded Fitts, Greg Weissert, and Nicholas Judice to the Boston Red Sox in exchange for Alex Verdugo. [13] Entering the 2024 season, he was ranked as the Red Sox' number 11 minor-league prospect by Baseball America . [14]

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  1. ↑ Bean, Josh (June 19, 2018). "Meet the 2018 All-Birmingham Baseball Team". AL.com . Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  2. ↑ Blum, Sam (April 19, 2019). "Auburn pitcher Richard Fitts stepped up when team needed it most". AL.com . Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Fitts stepping up his game for Auburn baseball this fall" . Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Freshman pitcher Richard Fitts may hold key to Auburn's hopes of reaching College World Series". Montgomery Advertiser . June 10, 2019. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
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Richard Fitts
Boston Red Sox
Pitcher
Born: (1999-12-17) December 17, 1999 (age 24)
Helena, Alabama, U.S.
Bats: Right
Throws: Right