Lyon Richardson

Cincinnati Reds (AAA)

Age: 25

Bats/Throws: B/R

6'2" / 207

DOB: 1/18/2000

(25 years, 6 months, 26 days)

2025 Pitch
Selection

CH:41%

SI:29%

FA:20%

CU:9%

RosterResource

How Acquired:	Draft
Draft:	2018, Rd: 2, Pick: 4, Ovr: 47
Draft Team:	Cincinnati Reds
Signing Bonus:	$1,997,500
High School:	Jensen Beach HS (Jensen Beach, USA)

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News

Rotowire: The Reds optioned Richardson to Triple-A Louisville on Monday. (8/4/2025)

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	AB	PA	H H - Hits Allowed	1B	2B L - Losses	HR HR - Home Runs	BB BB - Walks	SO SO - Strikeouts	SF	GDP	AVG AVG - Batting Average Against	minVel	maxVel	Vel
2023	Changeup (CH)	99	27	31	5	4	1	0	4	4	0	2	.185	85.1	92.4	88.1
2024	Changeup (CH)	8	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	84.4	86.5	85.6
2025	Changeup (CH)	265	65	72	21	13	7	1	5	13	2	0	.323	83.0	89.5	86.6
Total	Changeup (CH)	372	94	105	27	18	8	1	9	18	2	2	.287	83.0	92.4	87.0

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	AB	PA	H H - Hits Allowed	1B	2B L - Losses	HR HR - Home Runs	BB BB - Walks	SO SO - Strikeouts	SF	GDP	AVG AVG - Batting Average Against	minVel	maxVel	Vel
2023	Changeup (CH)	99	27	31	5	4	1	0	4	4	0	2	.185	85.1	92.4	88.1
2024	Changeup (CH)	8	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	84.4	86.5	85.6
2025	Changeup (CH)	265	65	72	21	13	7	1	5	13	2	0	.323	83.0	89.5	86.6
Total	Changeup (CH)	372	94	105	27	18	8	1	9	18	2	2	.287	83.0	92.4	87.0

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	BB% BB% - Walk Percentage (BB/TBF)	K% K% - Strikeout Percentage (SO/TBF)	BB/K	AVG AVG - Batting Average Against	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	wRC	wRAA	wOBA	wRC+
2023	Changeup (CH)	99	12.9%	12.9%	1.00	.185	.290	.222	.513	.037	.217	1.9	-1.9	.244	58
2024	Changeup (CH)	8	0.0%	50.0%	0.00	.500	.500	.500	1.000	.000	1.000	0.4	0.2	.441	189
2025	Changeup (CH)	265	6.9%	18.1%	0.38	.323	.361	.477	.838	.154	.377	11.0	2.6	.358	140
Total	Changeup (CH)	372	8.6%	17.1%	0.50	.287	.343	.404	.747	.117	.338	13.4	0.9	.326	117

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	BB% BB% - Walk Percentage (BB/TBF)	K% K% - Strikeout Percentage (SO/TBF)	BB/K	AVG AVG - Batting Average Against	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	wRC	wRAA	wOBA	wRC+
2023	Changeup (CH)	99	12.9%	12.9%	1.00	.185	.290	.222	.513	.037	.217	1.9	-1.9	.244	58
2024	Changeup (CH)	8	0.0%	50.0%	0.00	.500	.500	.500	1.000	.000	1.000	0.4	0.2	.441	189
2025	Changeup (CH)	265	6.9%	18.1%	0.38	.323	.361	.477	.838	.154	.377	11.0	2.6	.358	140
Total	Changeup (CH)	372	8.6%	17.1%	0.50	.287	.343	.404	.747	.117	.338	13.4	0.9	.326	117

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	LD% LD% - Line Drive Percentage (LD/BIP)	GB% GB% - Ground Ball Percentage (GB/BIP)	FB% FB% - Fly Ball Percentage (FB/BIP)	IFFB% IFFB% - Infield Fly Ball Percentage (IFFB/FB)	HR/FB HR/FB - Home Run to Fly Ball Ratio	Strikes Strikes - Strikes Thrown	Balls Balls - Balls Thrown	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	xMov	zMov	Mov
2023	Changeup (CH)	99	13.0%	82.6%	4.3%	0.0%	0.0%	58	41	99	-9.2	1.9	9.5
2024	Changeup (CH)	8	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	6	2	8	-8.5	2.2	8.9
2025	Changeup (CH)	265	25.0%	51.9%	23.1%	0.0%	8.3%	167	98	265	-9.4	1.5	9.7
Total	Changeup (CH)	372	21.1%	60.5%	18.4%	0.0%	7.1%	231	141	372	-9.4	1.6	9.6

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	LD% LD% - Line Drive Percentage (LD/BIP)	GB% GB% - Ground Ball Percentage (GB/BIP)	FB% FB% - Fly Ball Percentage (FB/BIP)	IFFB% IFFB% - Infield Fly Ball Percentage (IFFB/FB)	HR/FB HR/FB - Home Run to Fly Ball Ratio	Strikes Strikes - Strikes Thrown	Balls Balls - Balls Thrown	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	xMov	zMov	Mov
2023	Changeup (CH)	99	13.0%	82.6%	4.3%	0.0%	0.0%	58	41	99	-9.2	1.9	9.5
2024	Changeup (CH)	8	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	6	2	8	-8.5	2.2	8.9
2025	Changeup (CH)	265	25.0%	51.9%	23.1%	0.0%	8.3%	167	98	265	-9.4	1.5	9.7
Total	Changeup (CH)	372	21.1%	60.5%	18.4%	0.0%	7.1%	231	141	372	-9.4	1.6	9.6

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	O-Swing% O-Swing% - Percentage of pitches a batter swings at outside the strike zone	Z-Swing% Z-Swing% - Percentage of pitches a batter swings at inside the strike zone.	Swing% Swing% - Total percentage of pitches a batter swings at	O-Contact% O-Contact% - Percentage of times a batter makes contact with the ball when swinging at pitches thrown outside the strike zone	Z-Contact% Z-Contact% - Percentage of times a batter makes contact with the ball when swinging at pitches thrown inside the strike zone	Contact% Contact% - Total percentage of contact made when swinging at all pitches	Zone% Zone% - Percentage of pitches seen inside the strike zone	SwStr% SwStr% - Percentage of Strikes that were swung at and missed	pVAL	pVAL/C
2023	Changeup (CH)	99	31.0%	75.6%	49.5%	83.3%	80.6%	81.6%	41.4%	9.1%	2.3	2.4
2024	Changeup (CH)	8	50.0%	75.0%	62.5%	50.0%	100.0%	80.0%	50.0%	12.5%	-0.3	-3.6
2025	Changeup (CH)	265	28.5%	67.2%	47.2%	69.2%	77.9%	75.2%	48.3%	11.7%	-5.3	-2.0
Total	Changeup (CH)	372	29.6%	69.4%	48.1%	72.9%	79.2%	77.1%	46.5%	11.0%	-3.3	-0.9

Season	Pitch	Pitches Pitches - Pitches Thrown	O-Swing% O-Swing% - Percentage of pitches a batter swings at outside the strike zone	Z-Swing% Z-Swing% - Percentage of pitches a batter swings at inside the strike zone.	Swing% Swing% - Total percentage of pitches a batter swings at	O-Contact% O-Contact% - Percentage of times a batter makes contact with the ball when swinging at pitches thrown outside the strike zone	Z-Contact% Z-Contact% - Percentage of times a batter makes contact with the ball when swinging at pitches thrown inside the strike zone	Contact% Contact% - Total percentage of contact made when swinging at all pitches	Zone% Zone% - Percentage of pitches seen inside the strike zone	SwStr% SwStr% - Percentage of Strikes that were swung at and missed	pVAL	pVAL/C
2023	Changeup (CH)	99	31.0%	75.6%	49.5%	83.3%	80.6%	81.6%	41.4%	9.1%	2.3	2.4
2024	Changeup (CH)	8	50.0%	75.0%	62.5%	50.0%	100.0%	80.0%	50.0%	12.5%	-0.3	-3.6
2025	Changeup (CH)	265	28.5%	67.2%	47.2%	69.2%	77.9%	75.2%	48.3%	11.7%	-5.3	-2.0
Total	Changeup (CH)	372	29.6%	69.4%	48.1%	72.9%	79.2%	77.1%	46.5%	11.0%	-3.3	-0.9

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