Blue Jays fourth-ranked prospect Simeon Woods Richardson showed the command of a potential ace on Tuesday night against
Pittsburgh Steelers Sleepwear Underwear the Somerset Patriots.Woods Richardson after a great outing in his first starthad all his pitches working, going five innings, striking out eight batters, walking two and allowing just one earned run.The right-hander now rocks a cool 2.00 ERA this Double-A season and is quickly proving why he's such a highly touted pitching prospect. With minimal commitment to starting pitching beyond 2021, Toronto will be counting on Woods Richardson to compliment its major league pitching staff in the coming years.Woods Richardson carved through Patriots batters with ease, striking out two batters in the first inning and retiring the side in order. He showed excellent command of his changeup a pitch that scouts consider and painted the outside corner with a fastball to get his first strikeout of the night.A Jordan Groshans
Najee Harris Jersey error put a runner on in the second inning, but Woods Richardsonwho sat in the low 90s with his fastballpicked up his teammate, sitting down the next three hitters and, this time, using a perfectly placed breaking ball on the outer half to register his third strikeout.The 20-year-oldwho was a key piece in the 2019 trade that sent Marcus Stroman to the Mets whiffed another hitter with a breaking ball in the third inning.His command slipped a bit in the fourth. He got two weak-contact groundouts, before a four-pitch walk and a stolen base threatened his shutout. Woods Richardson ended the threat with a fastball at the knees for his fifth punch out of the night.The no-hitter was broken up when Patriots left-fielder Thomas
Devin Bush Jersey Milone homered to start the fifth. Woods Richardson was unphased and promptly struck out
Jack Ham Jersey the next three Patriots, sitting down Yankees No. 10 prospect Estevan Florial with a high fastball.His night was done after five innings and eight strikeouts on 78 pitches, 48 for strikes.Scroll to ContinueThis trend of pitching excellence began early in 2021 for Woods Richardson. He looked like a true veteran in spring training, throwing eight scorele s innings with eight strikeouts. At one point he breezed through the heart of the Yankees order, fanning Giancarlo Stanton on just three pitches.Woods Richardson will continue at Double-A for the time being, but if he keeps showing off reliable command and strong swing-and-mi s-stuff, a trip to Triple-A Buffalo/Trenton isn't far off.Other prospect news- Catcher Gabriel Moreno (Blue Jays no. 7 prospect) was the games hero. He hit a two-run oppo-bomb and drove in
B.J. Finney Jersey five runs, including a walk-off walk, raising his OPS to 1.234. - Shortstop Jordan Groshans (Blue Jays no. 3 prospect) went 1-3 at the plate, with a single and two walks. He made his third and fourth errors in just the seventh game this season.More reading- - -
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