Lyon Richardson has looked fully removed (and re-established) in 2025, finally, after overcoming the Tommy John surgery that cost him all of the 2022 season. His ‘stuff’ recovered much quicker, as he’s pitched his way onto the Cincinnati Reds roster in each year since, but it looks sharper, and much more precise already this season.
He’s allowed just 2 ER in 13.2 IP so far at the big league level in 2025, and he’s shown multiple times already that the stuff matches the numbers. In other words, nothing about his success this year has looked flukish or BABIP-lucky.