YOKOHAMA, Japan — Just by being here, the Olympics were going to be memorable for Simeon Woods Richardson. It would be for any 20-year-old …
YOKOHAMA, Japan — Just by being here, the Olympics were going to be memorable for Simeon Woods Richardson. It would be for any 20-year-old first-time Olympian. After Friday’s Major League Baseball deadline, he’ll also look back on it as the place he found out he was being traded from the Toronto Blue Jays to the Minnesota Twins as part of the package for Jose Berrios. „Well, I got the call at 2 a.m. last night,“ he told USA TODAY Sports in the mixed zone following Team USA’s win over South Korea on Saturday. On the other line was Toronto general manager Ross Atkins informing him he was being traded for the second time in his young professional baseball career. One year after selecting him as a 17-year-old high school senior in 2018, the New York Mets sent him to the Blue Jays in exchange for Marcus Stroman. „We’ve been down this road before, understand that it’s a business,“ the Texas native said.
