Simeon Woods Richardson
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 3" 210LBS | Age: 23
Draft: 2018 | Rd: 2, #48, New York Mets | Kempner HS
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 0 1 3.60 1 1 0 5 3 1.00
2023 0 0 9.64 1 0 0 4.2 5 2.14
2024 5 5 4.08 26 26 0 128 109 1.25
3 Seasons 5 6 4.25 28 27 0 137.2 117 1.27
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 1 0-1 3.60 5 3 1.00
2023 1 0-0 9.64 4.2 5 2.14
2024 26 5-5 4.08 128 109 1.25
3 Seasons 28 5-6 4.25 137.2 117 1.27
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA Sweet-
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2022 21 91 15 2 13.3 10.0 92.1 108.1 21.1 60.0 .365 .555 .261 .425 .475 53.3 15.0 10.0 3.60 8.43
2023 22 97 16 2 12.5 8.3 87.4 105.2 13.8 43.8 .292 .454 .440 .370 .428 31.3 20.8 12.5 9.64 6.04
2024 23 2187 382 32 8.4 5.9 88.4 109.4 18.4 35.3 .243 .409 .294 .317 .359 36.9 20.2 8.5 4.08 4.15
Player 2375 413 36 8.7 6.2 88.5 109.4 18.3 36.6 .249 .416 .299 .322 .366 37.3 20.0 8.7
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Woods Richardson relies on 4 pitches.
Four Seamer
(40.3%) ,
Slider
(31.5%) ,
Changeup
(19.3%) ,
Curveball
(8.9%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2022 20.0 26.7 46.7 6.7 46.7 26.7 26.7 0.0 13.3 20.0 46.7 6.7 13.3 10.0
2023 43.8 25.0 25.0 6.3 31.3 31.3 37.5 6.3 18.8 25.0 31.3 6.3 12.5 8.3
2024 36.1 31.2 24.1 8.6 37.2 33.5 29.3 2.9 27.2 31.2 23.8 6.5 8.4 5.9
Player 35.8 30.8 24.9 8.5 37.3 33.2 29.5 2.9 26.4 30.5 24.9 6.5 8.7 6.2
MLB 44.5 23.7 24.7 7.0 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.7 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2024 Slider MIN R 688 86.4 29.5 -5.4 -15 6.3 2.0 46
2024 Changeup MIN R 423 82.9 30.1 -2.3 -7 15.4 1.5 11
2024 4-Seam Fastball MIN R 881 93.2 14.0 0.6 4 5.7 -0.5 -8
2024 Curveball MIN R 195 76.0 62.6 3.8 7 5.6 -2.6 -32
2023 Changeup MIN R 38 82.0 25.6 -4.9 -16 13.8 1.3 10
2023 4-Seam Fastball MIN R 45 90.5 13.8 1.6 10 2.8 -8.2 -151
2023 Slider MIN R 14 83.1 35.4 -3.4 -9 9.7 5.6 140
2022 Changeup MIN R 11 80.4 25.7 -5.9 -19 11.5 -0.7 -6
2022 Slider MIN R 17 83.7 34.0 -3.7 -10 6.9 1.7 33
2022 Curveball MIN R 13 74.3 64.9 1.7 3 0.3 -9.5 -97
2022 4-Seam Fastball MIN R 50 90.8 13.4 1.8 12 1.7 -7.0 -132
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Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2024 4-Seam Fastball 1.0 9 881 40.3 212 .255 .353 .318 21.6 22.6 18.3 .229 .407 .321 43.5
2024 Slider 0.6 4 688 31.5 189 .208 .312 .255 24.2 20.1 14.0 .242 .387 .302 27.5
2024 Changeup -2.4 -10 423 19.3 97 .291 .547 .384 19.4 15.5 10.6 .258 .453 .335 40.0
2024 Curveball 1.5 3 195 8.9 41 .154 .282 .210 21.0 19.5 18.6 .282 .418 .321 41.9
2023 4-Seam Fastball -1.4 -1 45 46.4 15 .333 .333 .357 13.6 26.7 28.6 .281 .363 .343 22.2
2023 Changeup -2.3 -1 38 39.2 6 .333 1.000 .542 14.3 16.7 7.7 .292 .513 .339 40.0
2023 Slider -7.7 -1 14 14.4 2 .500 1.000 .625 25.0 0.0 0.0 .360 .822 .488 50.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball -0.2 0 50 54.9 12 .200 .200 .342 13.3 16.7 11.1 .417 .582 .479 37.5
2022 Slider 2.7 0 17 18.7 3 .000 .000 .000 33.3 0.0 0.0 .276 .354 .266 66.7
2022 Curveball -0.6 0 13 14.3 1 .000 .000 .000 28.6 0.0 0.0 .666 1.659 .977 100.0
2022 Changeup -4.6 -1 11 12.1 4 .250 1.000 .500 16.7 25.0 14.3 .229 .361 .249 66.7
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Changeup 422 82.9 87 18.4 2:30 2:00 30
2024 Curveball 193 76.0 85 19.1 6:45 6:30 15
2024 4-Seam Fastball 877 93.2 98 18.0 12:30 12:45 -15
2024 Slider 675 86.4 54 9.2 11:15 10:15 60
2023 Changeup 38 82.0 92 20.0 1:30 1:30 0
2023 4-Seam Fastball 45 90.5 97 19.2 11:45 11:45 0
2023 Slider 14 83.1 48 10.9 10:15 9:30 45
2022 Changeup 11 80.4 93 19.5 1:30 1:15 15
2022 Curveball 13 74.3 89 18.4 6:15 6:00 15
2022 4-Seam Fastball 50 90.8 97 19.3 11:45 11:45 0
2022 Slider 17 83.7 53 8.5 10:30 9:45 45
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2024 539 2,187 13 13 -13 -6 6
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2022 91 48.4 81.8 80.6 34.0 81.3 41.8 70.0 57.1 19.2 8.8 87.5
2023 97 46.4 73.3 87.9 26.9 78.6 38.1 45.8 48.5 14.9 3.1 66.7
2024 2,187 50.7 69.5 83.0 29.1 64.0 43.3 65.2 49.6 22.0 7.6 79.5
Player 2,375 50.4 70.1 83.1 29.2 65.4 43.0 64.6 49.9 21.6 7.4 79.7
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 24.9 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA
xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
FB
Velo
FB
Spin
CB
Spin
Extension
2022 11 28 85
2024 43 48 43 37 52 19 36 63 67 29 42 23 55 35 33 61 74
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2022 22.1 1 0.9 0 0 1 0 0.0
2023 20.7 1 1.0 0 0 1 0 0.0
2024 23.6 14 16.8 -3 9 12 7 50.0
Player 23.3 16 18.7 -3 9 14 7 43.8
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2022 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1
2023 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
2024 14 15 15 16 14 16 17 17 13 13 15 17 20 16 18 14 15 15 18 21 18 17 22 20 16 17 14 18 22 16 19
Player 16 16 17 18 16 18 19 19 15 15 17 19 22 18 20 16 17 17 20 23 20 18 24 22 17 19 16 20 24 18 21
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2022 2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 90.8 90.5 -0.3 93.2 2.7
Offspeed Velocity 80.4 82.0 1.6 82.9 0.9
Breaking Velocity 79.6 83.1 3.5 84.1 1.0
Exit Velocity 92.1 87.4 -4.7 88.4 1.0
Launch Angle 21.1 13.8 -7.3 18.4 4.6
Barrel % 13.3 12.5 -0.8 8.4 -4.1
Hard Hit % 53.3 31.3 -22.0 36.9 5.6
LA Sweet-Spot % 60.0 43.8 -16.2 35.3 -8.5
xBA .365 .292 -0.073 .243 -0.049
BA .167 .350 0.183 .237 -0.113
xwOBA .425 .370 -0.055 .317 -0.053
wOBA .261 .440 0.179 .294 -0.146
xSLG .555 .454 -0.101 .409 -0.045
SLG .333 .600 0.267 .367 -0.233
K% 15.0 20.8 5.8 20.2 -0.6
BB% 10.0 12.5 2.5 8.5 -4.0
Swing % 57.1 48.5 -8.6 49.6 1.1
Whiff% 19.2 14.9 -4.3 22.0 7.1
In Zone % 48.4 46.4 -2.0 50.7 4.3
Out of Zone % 51.6 53.6 2.0 49.3 -4.3
Out of Zone Swing % 34.0 26.9 -7.1 29.1 2.2
First Pitch Swing % 45.0 41.7 -3.3 33.0 -8.7
First Pitch Strike % 70.0 45.8 -24.2 65.2 19.4
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2022 Shifts 20 .261 10 6 60.0 10 5 50.0
2023 Shades 23 .428 12 0 0.0 11 4 36.4
2024 Shades 539 .294 316 28 8.9 223 157 70.4
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2022 24 15.2 45.8% 0.0% 7 25.3 0.0% 0.0%
2023 23 14.9 52.2% 0.0% 18 21.4 0.0% 0.0%
2024 606 14.4 62.0% 0.0% 287 19.8 0.7% 1.4%

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Pitch Distribution