Simeon Woods Richardson

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Simeon Woods Richardson
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Woods Richardson with the United States national baseball team in 2021
Minnesota Twins
Pitcher
Born: (2000-09-27) September 27, 2000 (age 21)
Sugar Land, Texas
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Medals
Men's baseball
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team

Simeon Woods Richardson (born September 27, 2000) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Minnesota Twins organization. He was ranked 87th on the 2021 Top 100 MLB prospects list.[1]

Career[]

Woods Richardson attended Kempner High School in Sugar Land, Texas. He committed to attend the University of Texas at Austin to play college baseball. The New York Mets selected Woods Richardson with the 48th overall selection of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft.[2]

New York Mets[]

[3] He was assigned to the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League Mets, and later promoted to the Rookie Advanced Kingsport Mets, and posted a 1–0 win–loss record, 1.56 earned run average (ERA), and 26 strikeouts in 171⁄3 innings pitched.[4] He began the 2019 season with the Class-A Columbia Fireflies of the South Atlantic League.[5]

The Mets promoted Woods Richardson to the Advanced-A St. Lucie Mets of the Florida State League (FSL) in July 2019,[6]

Toronto Blue Jays[]

Before he could report to St. Lucie, the Mets traded him and Anthony Kay to the Blue Jays for Marcus Stroman.[7] The Blue Jays assigned Woods Richardson to the Advanced-A Dunedin Blue Jays following the trade.[6] In total for the 2019 season, Woods Richardson pitched to a 6–10 record, 3.80 ERA, and 126 strikeouts in 1062⁄3 innings.[4]

Minnesota Twins[]

On July 30, 2021, Woods Richardson was traded to the Minnesota Twins along with Austin Martin in exchange for José Berríos.[8]

International career[]

In May 2021, Woods Richardson was named to the roster of the United States national baseball team for qualifying for baseball at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[9] After the team qualified, he was named to the Olympics roster on July 2.[10] The team went on to win silver, falling to Japan in the gold-medal game.[11]

References[]

  1. ^ "MLB 2021 Prospect Watch". MLB.com. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
  2. ^ "Mets sign second round pick Simeon Woods-Richardson". www.sny.tv. June 6, 2018. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
  3. ^ Upadhyaya, Parth (June 6, 2018). "Texas signee Simeon Woods-Richardson drafted No. 48 overall to New York Mets". Laredo Morning Times.
  4. ^ a b "Simeon Woods Richardson Minor League Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
  5. ^ Amato, Laura (July 20, 2019). "Mets minor leaguer Simeon Woods Richardson is growing up fast in Class A". newsday.com. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
  6. ^ a b Battifarano, Andrew (August 8, 2019). "Jays' Woods Richardson makes new home". MiLB.com. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
  7. ^ "Mets, Blue Jays agree to Stroman deal". MLB.com. July 28, 2019. Retrieved July 28, 2019.
  8. ^ "Blue Jays land Berríos for 2 top prospects". July 30, 2021. Retrieved July 30, 2021.
  9. ^ "Team USA Announces Olympic Qualifying Roster". usabaseball.com. May 30, 2021. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  10. ^ "USA Baseball announces Olympics roster". MLB.com. July 2, 2021. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
  11. ^ "Baseball/Softball - United States vs Japan - Gold Medal Game Results". olympics.com. August 7, 2021. Retrieved August 8, 2021.

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