Free agent first baseman Justin Bour has reached an agreement with the
Hanshin Tigers of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball, Tigers GM Osamu
Tanimoto tells the Japan Times. Bour had been outrighted by the Angels at
season’s end and elected free agency.
The 31-year-old Bour signed a one-year, $2.5MM deal with the Halos last
winter but turned in a career-worst .172/.259/.364 batting line in his short
time with the organization. He continued to display above-average walk
tendencies (10 percent in 2019; 11.2 percent career) and also showed
above-average power (.192 ISO), but Bour’s 30.6 percent strikeout rate this
past season was far and away the highest of his career. Ultimately, he played
in just 52 games as an Angel and tallied 170 plate appearances.
Bour will head to Japan as a career .253/.337/.457 hitter with 92 home runs,
71 doubles and a pair of triples in 1950 Major League plate appearance —
most of which came with the Marlins. He’s never handled left-handed
pitching particularly well (.215/.302/.324), but he owns a stout
.262/.345/.490 career batting line against right-handed pitching.
简略翻译：
前天使一垒手正式跟日职阪神虎达成协议，
不过还没有公布合约细节，
由于他去年只缴出.175/.264/.321的成绩，
三振率又高达30.6%，所以整季只出赛52场，
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