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Re: We signed the Korean !!
[Re: smitty]
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17/12/2015 06:11
17/12/2015 06:11
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fu manchu
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For some context...
Eric Thames was a .305/.383/.508 guy across all minor league levels; hit .250/.296/.431 in MLB; and has put up back to seasons of .343/.422/.688 and .381/.497/.790 in the KBO.
Andy Marte was a .280/.350/.484 guy across all minor league levels; hit .218/.276/.358 in MLB; and put up a .348/.414/.569 season last year in the KBO.
Brett Pill was a .285/.332/.464 guy across all minor league levels; hit .233/.279/.404 in MLB; and has put up back to back seasons of .309/.352/.541 and .325/.372/.517 in the KBO.
Yamaico Navarro hit 64 HRs in 2,707 minor league ABs and hit 79 over the past two seasons in the KBO.
Last edited by fu manchu; 17/12/2015 06:11.
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Re: We signed the Korean !!
[Re: fu manchu]
#528670
17/12/2015 06:36
17/12/2015 06:36
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Downtown Charm City.
smitty
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10 and 5 Guy
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Downtown Charm City.
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It's not all doom & gloom. More context:
Jung-Ho Kang hit .298/.383/.504 in 9 seasons in the KBO.
Last year, for Pittsburgh, he hit .287/.355/.461 with 15HR in 126 games.
I'd take that for $3.5M/yr. And Kim's a better hitter than Kang based on a decade of each overseas.
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Re: We signed the Korean !!
[Re: smitty]
#528673
17/12/2015 06:47
17/12/2015 06:47
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Maryland, USA
Lee
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10 and 5 Guy
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Maryland, USA
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And Kim's a better hitter than Kang based on a decade of each overseas. He certainly wasn't better in 2014. Kang's numbers were by far the best in the KBO, while you've got to look pretty far down the list to find Kim: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/japanese-and-korean-prospects-in-context/
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Re: We signed the Korean !!
[Re: smitty]
#528692
17/12/2015 07:59
17/12/2015 07:59
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Central PA
mlbbirdfan
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OP
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Central PA
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You guys know the League Average OPS is declining across MLB, right?
2015: ---- .728 AL and .730 NL.
On this guy? Give me the Over
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Re: We signed the Korean !!
[Re: mlbbirdfan]
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17/12/2015 08:11
17/12/2015 08:11
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Harrisburg PA.
BaseBawl
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Me too. No complaint if he suks. He can't actually be worse than the triple douche we released last season.
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Re: We signed the Korean !!
[Re: BaseBawl]
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17/12/2015 08:40
17/12/2015 08:40
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Balmer, hon
Great8
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10 and 5 Guy
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Balmer, hon
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Right, this is a low-risk, high-reward type deal. I think it was definitely worth the gamble.
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