Nexen Heroes To Post Byung-ho Park
The Nexen Heroes have announced that they will post first baseman Byung-ho
Park on Monday, November 2nd, as So-jung Park of the Yonhap News Agency
reports (hat tip to Dan Kurtz of MyKBO.net).
The Korean star is a former teammate of Pirates infielder Jung-ho Kang. Both
put up gaudy numbers in the hitter-friendly KBO, but Park has actually been a
more consistently stratospheric offensive performer.
In each of the last three seasons, the 29-year-old has registered a 1.000+
OPS. And he’s continued to improve: last season, Park posted career-best
numbers in each of the triple-slash categories (.343/.436/.714) and blasted
53 home runs in 622 plate appearances (one year after swatting 52 long
balls). There will be questions asked of his strikeouts, though, as Park went
down on strikes in about a quarter of his plate appearances in each of the
last two seasons.
Park will now test his earning power through the traditional posting system
that still governs the flow of players from the KBO to the majors. (A
modified set of rules now applies to Japan’s NPB, where there is a $20MM cap
on posting fees and the potential for multiple MLB clubs to negotiate with a
player.) Major league organizations will participate in a blind bidding
process in which the high bidder earns exclusive negotiating rights.
By posting Park on Monday, the bidding window will stay open until 5pm EST on
Friday, November 6th. Then, Nexen says, the club will determine whether to
take the top offer and announce its decision on Monday, November 9th. At that
point, assuming the KBO club moves forward, the winning MLB team will have
thirty days to reach agreement with Park (with the posting fee refunded if it
cannot).
It’s always tough to predict the international market, but Kang’s huge year
in Pittsburgh certainly seems likely to have elevated perceptions of Park’s
ability to transition to the majors. (Travis Sawchik of the Pittsburgh
Tribune explores that idea in more depth in an interesting piece.) Acquired
for just a $5MM posting fee and a four-year, $11MM contract, Kang proved an
excellent value. While he obviously didn’t match his monster KBO numbers, he
adapted quite well to the majors and put up an excellent .287/.355/.461
batting line.
Park will, of course, have quite a different market. Scouts will have
opinions on how his bat will translate, and it will obviously matter that he
appears to be limited to first base. But plenty of teams will be intrigued at
the possibility of adding a reasonably youthful power hitter at a relatively
affordable price. There will be several veteran first basemen available in
free agency, but the only premier, younger talent on this year’s market is
Chris Davis, who MLBTR’s Tim Dierkes predicts to land a six-year, $144MM
contract.
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KBO 29岁一垒手朴炳镐决定在下礼拜一 (11/2 美东时间) 提出入札
竞标期限11/6 11/9宣布是否接受入札金
过去四年
G PA AB H BB SO HR RBI BA OBP SLG OPS
2012 133 560 469 136 73 111 31 105 .290 .393 .561 .954
2013 128 556 450 143 92 96 37 117 .318 .437 .602 1.039
2014 128 571 459 139 96 142 52 124 .303 .433 .686 1.119
2015 140 622 528 181 78 161* 53 146 .343 .436 .714 1.150
2014 1-52
https://youtu.be/iABcNpVZx2Y
虽然KBO是打击联盟 不过因为姜正浩的成功
所以今年据说有超过15队的球探去现场看过
不过问题就是他一垒的守备 几乎只守过一垒客串几场三垒
还有今年被K最多次的161K 担心会被K翻天
有球探说他打直球应对很好 也有球探说他只是platoon的料
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