• Full name Simeon Woods Richardson
  • Born 09/27/2000 in Sugar Land, TX
  • Profile Ht.: 6'3" / Wt.: 210 / Bats: R / Throws: R
  • School Kempner
  • Debut 10/02/2022
  • Drafted in the 2nd round (48th overall) by the New York Mets in 2018 (signed for $1,850,000).
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    One of the youngest players in the 2018 draft class, Woods-Richardson is a 6-foot-4, 210-pound righthander out of Texas who impressed scouts at multiple summer showcase events last year. At both the Area Code Games in Long Beach, Calif., and Perfect Game's World Wood Bat Association world championships in Jupiter, Fla., during the fall, Woods-Richardson pitched with a low-90s fastball that touched 93 mph at times. He features both a four-seam and two-seam fastball, as well as two breaking balls--one a sweeping slider in the upper 70s and the other a mid-70s curveball with an 11-to-5 shape. He showed the makings of a plus breaking ball at the Area Code Games and even flashed a potential plus changeup during the Tournament of Stars in Cary, N.C. After all the flashes of upside over the summer, Woods-Richardson has continued to trend up this spring, with his fastball velocity ticking up. Scouts have noted, however, that he doesn't always hold his velocity into starts as long as they would like to see. As a younger, athletic righthander out of Texas who has trended in the right direction this spring, Woods-Richardson has checked enough boxes on his scouting report to get him drafted quickly in June. If he did make it to campus at Texas, he would be a two-way talent with some impressive raw power with the bat as well.

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  • Rated Best Control in the Toronto Blue Jays in 2020

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  • Minnesota Twins optioned RHP Simeon Woods Richardson to St. Paul Saints.
  • Minnesota Twins optioned RHP Simeon Woods Richardson to St. Paul Saints.
  • St. Paul Saints activated RHP Simeon Woods Richardson.
  • Minnesota Twins recalled RHP Simeon Woods Richardson from St. Paul Saints.
  • Minnesota Twins optioned RHP Simeon Woods Richardson to St. Paul Saints.

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