Maddux is one of the most unique pitchers of all the greats. Simply click the GIF and meet your new favorite team. Last years KBO HR leader, Byung-Ho Park knocked 33 out; can Baek-ho Kang turn in a Yelich like season, keeping his .330 average but complementing it with league-leading pop? He was born in 1982, which was the year the KBO was formed, and began playing for the Giants at age 19 in 2001. and even whooped up on Tuckdori (but not on our precious DomDoml, Id commit crimes for that sweet robot child). Knowing which ones excel can help you make more informed value bets. In any case, the Wyverns and their fans are hoping for another excellent year out of their star third baseman. The fastball that used to average 95 was now topping out at 95 and averaging 92, which is a worrying drop. They have won two championships (1984 and 1992) and have only made the playoffs six times since the turn of the century. . Most Similar MLB Team: San Francisco Giants. In 2019, he led the league with 36 saves while posting a 9.8 K/9 and a 1.98 ERA. Their analytics department may not be the best. (Unofficial) KBO League stats, schedules, video links, live game day coverage and more. Theirs is an organization filled with a rich history. He received his masters in interactive telecommunications from NYU's ITP. Ruf was definitely the anchor of the Lions lineup last year, as the teams next best hitter, Ja-wook Koo, had a .771 OPS. Most people agree that starting pitchers play a vital role in baseball betting odds. Saupold is set to take the ball on Opening Day against former Pittsburgh Pirate and Toronto Blue Jay Nick Kingham. Among KBO starters whove logged 500 or innings since his rookie season in 2019, heres how he ranks in several categories: As the As might have appreciated, Rucinski threw the most innings of any KBO starter over his four-year stretch of excellence. Losing out first place to Doosan proved quite important. Most of all, Rucinski, more often than any other KBO starter with a similar volume of work, found ways to strike hitters out. Attendance was down for virtually every club in 2019. Its going to be a tough task to try and replace Rufs production, and while another former major leaguer, Tyler Saladino, has joined the team for 2020, he was more known for his defensive versatility than his bat during his time in the majors, so it seems that the Lions will need to look internally for other offensive contributors. They also lost starter Seth Frankoff, who had injury issues over the year but still put together a 3.61 ERA through 117.1 IP. Then, after making the playoffs two years in a row, they debuted Dongeuli in 2015, a pixie-like female mascot with batlike earflaps on her helmet aimed at female fans and children. In 2019 he posted a K/9 rate of just 4.7, which for context is nearly identical to Brett Andersons 4.6 mark last season in the majors. but 2020 is shaping up to be a much-improved season. Well, youre in luck. In the playoffs, games have a 15-inning limit. Their .340 winning percentage was below their expected winning percentage by .036 points (a league-worst .376). Except for the NC Dinos, who saw a 60% boost. For those of you who dont know him, Hillman has had a. Now, lets talk about the Eagles. A good comp for Jun-woo is, ironically, South Korea native Shin-Soo Choo. Pitchers Team W-L-SV ERA WHIP G GS QS IP R ER H HR SO BB K/BB; Raul Alcntara #43 . 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Bit of a KBO newbie here, so please bear with me! He followed with 11 consecutive scoreless appearances. Outside of electronics, Daegu is also a heavy textile town, with fashion also being one of the citys major industries. They have had some crucial departures from their roster, but in 2020 the Wyverns hope to continue their three-year streak of playoff baseball in the KBO. His 3.86 ERA to start 2020 is a few ticks above his 2020 FranGraph's ZiPS projection of 3.58 (that projection is 5th best of all pitchers) and his WHIP sits at 1.33. The Giants bolstered their rotation prior to the 2020 season by adding Adrian Sampson (Rangers, 2019) and Dan Straily (Seemingly every MLB team). Officially reached the Korean Series for the first time in the history in 2019 after joining the league in 2008. As mentioned earlier, the Wyverns were also swept in what is basically the KBO equivalent of the NLCS in 2019. 12. ESPN. Loading Catcher Player Stats. Seoul is the largest metropolis in South Korea (fourth largest in the world with over 9.7 million people) and is the capital city of South Korea. It was here that the 2019 season came to an end for our bipedal dragons, as they were promptly swept in three games by the Kiwoom Heroes. Hyeon-jong started his career in 2007 at 19 years old, and has become the crafty lefty and leader of the Tigers pitching staff. Hailing originally out Winter Garden, Florida, Brigham was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the sixth round of the 2006 MLB draft. Their all-time winning percentage is .471, but they remain one of the most popular teams in the KBO. Talk about adding incentive for every single one of those 144 games in the regular season, huh? Best Pitcher: William Cuevas and Odrisamer Despaigne. His next quest applying what hes learned overseas in a familiar yet new environment will be his most ambitious to date. The KBO has been known as a flashy, high-powered offensive league with home runs, bat flips, and crazy first pitches. for the latter part of his career. Id rather have him than Jordan Lyles or Kyle Gibson also. With some exceptions, they are each fixtures in their respective leagues playoffs. The Lotte Giants are located in Busan (the second-largest city in South Korea) and are one of the original KBO teams. Regardless, 2019 was a year to forget for the Giants. The KBO has a variety of additional rules that differentiate it from the MLB. He missed a couple of months with a forearm injury last year, and his velocity wasnt quite back when he returned, although he was able to ramp up in time to pitch in the Korean Series and make two starts, winning Game 5. The truly impressive part about Lees performance is that he is only 19 years old. The team fired their manager, Han-so Kim, a longtime Lions player and coach who spent his entire baseball career as a Lion, both as a player and a coach, save for one season as a coach with Japans Yomiuri Giants, so this certainly wasnt an easy decision for the team to make. Aaron Brooks (Kia Tigers) Aaron Brooks came to the KBO with much less fanfare than Dan Straily, but there are similarities in both of their journeys to Korea. Replacing him is Sam-young Heo, a former pitcher who made only four appearances for the team in the mid-1990s, but has since been a part of the teams training and support staff, and more recently, was the head of the teams data analysis department. He threw only 93 regular season innings in 2020. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. 1 0. Suwon, South Korea was previously home to the Hyundai Unicorns who were in the KBO from 1989 to 2007. They scored fewer runs per game and allowed more runs per game than any team in the KBO. Since 2000, both teams have made the playoffs more often than not. This site is created for fans, by fans, and is not affiliated with the KBO League (KBO ) or the Korea Baseball Organization (). The Twins share a stadium with the Doosan Bears who are one of the most dominant franchises in the KBO. This surely played a part in their struggles last season, and unfortunately for them, Ruf is no longer in the league, as he was attempting to make a major league return in 2020, signing a minor league deal with the San Francisco Giants and was perhaps playing his way to a roster spot with a 1.469 OPS through 28 spring at-bats prior to the shutdown. App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc. Between the 2018 and 2019 seasons, though, the KBO de-juiced their ball and he responded by leading the league with 33 HR, 98 RBI, and 92 runs in a mere 122 games. If the Giants can load a solid defense behind him, he could end up being their best pitcher. This is a young team on the rise; in 2019, the Wiz had the third-youngest lineup and the youngest pitching staff in the KBO. Daegu is considered the southern hub of the Korean peninsula, with Seoul representing the central hub and Pyongyang the north. In 2019, manager Kim Ki-tai resigned and was replaced by Park Heung-sik. But for every Kelly or Flexen, theres someone like Josh Lindblom, who signed with the Brewers after two great seasons with the Doosan Bears. Brooks' teammate, Ki-young Im, ranks fourth in the league in that stat at 13%. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers. In 2012, he went to play in the JPL (Japanese Pacific League) where he won two championships while posting solid numbers. While Mike Wright had a rather lackluster career in the MLB (6.00 ERA, -0.2 WAR), the 30-year-old looks to improve from a middling MLB pitcher to a domineering force in the KBO. Hes been pitching for the Lions since he was just 19 in 2007, and will be turning 33 in July. During that late 1990s, I worked for a Korean tire company and had the pleasure of visiting Korea on occasion. They dont have the best rotation. Required fields are marked *. 34-year-old left fielder Jeon Jun-woo was their best hitter in 2019, posting 22 homers, an .840 OPS, and 3.84 WAR. While he doesnt quite fit in with their youth movement, there is something to be said about having stability in the rotation, and Jung-hyun Baek should be able to provide that while the younger pitchers start to get their feet wet. The team hopes for big steps forward from 21-year-old Min Kim and 23-year-old. AN Woo Jin (KIWOOM) 15 4. The Dinos are unique in that they are a newer team, but their owner Kim Taek-jin is the founder of NCSoft, which allows them to be active in courting marquee free agents. Progressive front offices, similar colors, and oh, Thames has played for them both! While the Heroes were the top offensive team in the league in 2019, the Bears were probably the next best, finishing in second in runs scored with 736 (over five runs per game) due in part to their league-leading .355 OBP, and in spite of their bottom-half power numbers. With two years until he becomes eligible to be posted and age on his side (he is only 24 years old), he has time to prove that he can do just that. His numbers were affected by the de-juicing of the ball, but before that, he was in the position to take the best hitter title from Choi Hyeong-Woo (). ), including in WHIP, ER allowed, QS, and opponent AVG. The Cardinals have failed to qualify for the postseason in only seven of the past 20 seasons, while the Wyverns have failed in eight. Major League and Minor League Baseball data provided by Major League Baseball. But after homers, Jeong really pulls away from the former major leaguer. Sill only 28, Kingham will look to reinvent himself in Korea, and has been named the Wyverns Opening Day starter. Most recently was in 2017, when they finished third in the league but lost in the first round to the NC Dinos. If Im thinking about a team that is often shadowed by a rival team in the same city but also has an incredibly passionate fanbase its hard not to immediately think of the New York Mets. The injured list (10- , 15- , or 30-day limits) will be introduced to the KBO in 2020. Since 2008, it has been called the KBO Futures League, and consists of 12 teams divided into two divisions. Also, for what its worth, they have the coolest name in the KBO. In 2019, the Giants struggled in all areas of the game. He makes a lot of hard contact, and should bring a nice power boost to that lineup, whenever he arrives. Itll be interesting to see if he can revitalize his game like so many former MLB-players before him. He seems to be an important part of Giants history, and his story deserves attention from all baseball fans. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. The 31-year-old left-hander was a force on the mound last year, starting 30 games and throwing 190.1 innings of 2.51 ERA ball. The belief is that his work in his former role as the leader of the teams data analysis should give him a good understanding of the teams players and put them in a position to succeed, which shouldnt be a foreign concept to fans of Major League Baseball. He made his MLB debut with Texas in 2021. They have fun young players like Eun-won Jung and Jin-hyuk Chang as well as veterans like Tae-kyun Kim and Woo-ram Chung. FanGraphs write-up on KBO some typos there..bibimap->bibimbap. The franchise is less than a decade old and has played just five seasons in the KBO. I mean, its not impossible, but its surprising because this doesnt usually happen, and it allowed Rucinski to become one of the more dominant starters in the KBO. A total of 16 of 30 foreign players stayed in the KBO this year, one more than last year. All major league baseball data including pitch type, velocity, batted ball location, During his time in Korea, Thames was referred to as God. I wanted to highlight the Wyverns status as an expansion team, so my mind turned to the Diamondbacks. Its a fun team that seemingly uses every resource available to it to find success. 2020 hasn't quite gone as planned for anyone or anything, including baseball, but US audiences got to taste an amuse-bouche with the start of the season for the KBO (Korea Baseball Organization). The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes. When he was younger, he played first and third base, but has been stuck at first for the latter part of his career. They were the Yankees of South Korea if the Yankees were in the sixth-largest city in the United States. PLUTKO Adam (LG) 2.39 4. They often lost their best players to other teams or other leagues. They have a strong and passionate fan base and I would know: Ive been one since I visited Gwangju in 1996 and had the good fortune to watch them play at Gwangju Mudeung Baseball Stadium. Will he hit? I experience cities through their food, and from the sounds of it, Seoul is the perfect place for that approach. He ended the season with a 15-4 record, 2.50 ERA in 194.2 innings and a 4-to-1 strikeout to walk ratio. C. 1B. Since then, South Korea and its major professional league, the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) have become important sources of talent for major league clubs. He spent six years in the Cubs system as an outfielder, but never managed to break through to the big leagues. In his 29 starts, he was 16-8, with a 2.29 ERA, 165 strikeouts, 32 walks, and 7.4 WAR. Best KBO Picks Today Our experts preview all of the top KBO action, with full game analysis, stats, and betting trends included, we leave no stone unturned in our research. As such, they won an automatic spot in the championship series where they swept the Kiwoom Heroes in four games. In 11 playoff games that season, he went 1-1 with one save and two holds, and posted a 3.14 ERA over 14.1 innings. Daegu is also known for its Buddhist landmarks, most notable of which is Gatbawi, which is one of the countrys largest tourist attractions, which attracts Buddhists from all over the world. FIP or Fielding Independent Pitching measures what a pitcher's ERA would look like if the pitcher experienced league-average defense and luck. Thames hit .349/.457/.721 with 124 home runs during his three-year stint in the KBO. Drew Rucinski will be getting the ball on Opening Day, and thats because he was one of the best pitchers in the KBO last year. While the rate stats have been impressive, Koos innings pitched have also dropped in the last few years. He was average for his first two seasons in the KBO, but really found his groove in 2019, putting up a fantastic 2.96 ERA with a 3.27 FIP over 158.1 IP. You neednt look further than his 6.04 K/9 in 2019 to know he goes about his business in a different manner than pitchers like Koo. The winning team takes on the first-place team in the Korean Series, played as a best-of-seven. In 2019, the team finished with a 60-83 record, and eighth out of ten teams. He does not have the swing-and-miss stuff like Bieber does, which is why he is not currently employed by a major league team. Sadly, the Eagles fell back to the bottom of the standings in 2019 (59-85), but there is hope on the horizon. While his fastball averaged only 89 MPH last year, he was still highly effective in the KBO with his strikeout and walk rates both making substantial positive strides, and he posted better K% (29%) and BB% (5%) in 2020 than Hyun-jin Ryu did in his best KBO season. KELLY Casey (LG) 2.54 TOP 5 WINS MORE+ 1. Montgomery. . Insane first pitches. To compare his success in the KBO, Zack. Among these young studs is CF Lee Jung-hoo, the reigning KBO MVP has expressed his desire to be posted by the Kiwoom Heroes after the 2023 season, joining Kim and others . In that same time span, the teams have also won half of the championships theyve appeared in, with the Cards winning two of four and the Wyverns winning four of eight. In most categories, however, they finished at the top (or very near it! non-Korean) players can be signed by any team (raised from two in 2014), though only two of these three can play in a given game. The city also hosted three matches during the 2002 FIFA World Cup, in which South Korea shared host nation duties with Japan, with the South Korean team achieving their best-ever finish, finishing fourth in the tournament. Hands down. Major League and Minor League Baseball data provided by Major League Baseball. The difference in 2020 was that he didnt seem to miss belt high quite as much, and the hitters were more willing to chase it out of the zone, and miss it more frequently in the zone. They will certainly be a very fun team to watch." Kim's time in America was anything but easy. Really enjoyed opening day (night). He signed with the Mariners in 2016, and despite relative success in the big leagues, he returned to the KBO, signing a four-year, $12.9M contract with his hometown Giants. by Retrosheet. But 2017 is where the losing ways stopped. KELLY Casey (LG) 16 2. Five players to watch in the KBO playoffs . In fact, in every year of his six-year KBO career, he has either led the league in homers (five times) or finished second. He has only been a full-time starting pitcher for two seasons now. The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network. Both Kelly and Wilson spent time in the major leagues, and both have had a lot of success with the Twins. The bad news: Since 2008, the Eagles have only qualified for the playoffs once. Due to their lengthy history, location in Seoul, prominent rivalry with their neighboring team, and recent dominance, the Doosan Bears are one of the most popular teams in South Korea. The KBO's Brightest Star Meet Baek-Ho Kang, a 22-year-old first basemen from Seoul, South Korea, who has taken the KBO by storm and currently leads the league in WAR. Those five pitchers would make up the best rotation in all of KBO, and make them instant pennant favorites for 2022. A few years later, the Bears moved to Seoul, where theyve remained ever since, sharing their home stadium with another of the inaugural six (the LG Twins), establishing what is possibly the leagues biggest rivalry. The improvement showed in his stats too, as his ERA dropped from 5.20 to 3.00 (though his FIP just went from 4.06 to 3.73) and he raised his strikeout percentage by over 8 points from 20% to 29% (8.2 K/9 to 10.3). Its hard to determine who the best pitcher is in on the Twins, but its one of these two. Heres a look at some pitchers from the KBO who could find their way to MLB teams in the coming years. . The team as a collective posted a .488 SLG in 1999, which is the highest in KBO history, and earned them the nickname the Dynamite Bats (this is also a nod to the Hanwha conglomerates main business: explosives production). The best pitcher on the slate (by far) got lit up and the two cheapest on DraftKings pitched as good as anyone on the slate. His slider was an asset in 2020 for Lotte however, and his 36% slider usage in the KBO was higher than his slider usage was in any of his previous MLB seasons. In 2012, KBO approved the Dinos admission into the KBO, where they have played since 2013. All Win Expectancy, Leverage Index, Run Expectancy, and Fans Scouting Report data licenced from TangoTiger.com. Lacking an offspeed pitch to help against lefties, Go started incorporating a cutter into his pitch mix in October, and relied on it during his two playoff appearances as well, throwing it in to jam lefties or to run away from righties. The biggest change, however, was in 2019, when the KBO de-juiced its baseball to decrease the coefficient of restitution (COR) to a level closer to that of the Japanese NPB. At the end of the day, the KBO is what we love: baseball. That brings us to yet another former major leaguer, reliever Jae-Hoon Ha. and play-by-play data provided by Sports Info Solutions. Likely not, as his days of 20+ HR seasons are in the past. . If Kelly and Flexen made it, so can Rucinski. All seven of the top pitchers over the past three seasons were at least 6-foot-3, with only two of the top 14 (6-foot-2 Aaron Nola and 6-foot-1 Trevor Bauer) shorter than that. Yang Hyeon-jong ( Hangul: , Hanja: ) (born March 1, 1988) is a Korean professional baseball pitcher for the Kia Tigers of the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO). Their mascot, Dandi the Tyrannosaurus, may just be the, They have three mascots, which you can see. The initial lack of it also might have caused him to conserve his energy early on. In his time since returning, he has home run totals of 34, 37, and 16. The Pitcher List staff brings you the definitive guide to the KBO. The 2018 KBO Champion SK Wyverns are my new favorite team. Upon my first look at the park, it reminded me a little bit of a smaller version of Dodger Stadium. The left-hander uses four pitches, a four-seam fastball in the low 90s, high-80s slider, circle change, and a curveball. Another player worth mentioning is Dixon Machado, who you might remember from his stint with the Tigers from 2015-2018. Bringing in a pitcher from a foreign league is a risky prospect, no matter how promising or trustworthy said pitcher might be. In October of 2019, the Eagles hired former Eagle Min-chul Jeong to be the teams new GM. Hes a guy whose best pitch is a major-league average fastball with an okay curveball. Located in Suwon, South Koreas seventh-most populous city, the KT Wiz joined the KBO in 2015 after two seasons in the Futures League and understandably struggled. 2B. While he once sported an elite 17% BB rate, Tae-kyun Kim was only able to play a total of 167 games between the 2017 and 2018 seasons. Last year, the Heroes shocked everyone by making it all the way to the Korean Series where they were swept in four games by the Doosan Bears. GO Woo Suk (LG) 42 2. His BB% stayed the same (10%) and his K% increased slightly (26% to 28%), but he sustained a knee injury early that caused him to miss two months, and was a bit rusty upon his return. Matt Williams will have to find a way to manage a lineup that needs a bit of work. They may not be the most competitive organization this year. In his rookie season in 2015, he had a .349/.417/.534 slash line and followed it up with a .343/.420/.547 line at just 23 years old, and looked like one of the bright young hitters in the league, as he followed up his first two strong seasons with two consecutive .900-plus OPS seasons, before he saw a decline in 2019. All information presented here should be considered unofficial. The Lions also seem to be embracing a rebuild, and are hoping that the rebuild is nearing its end, although they still project to be towards the bottom of the standings again in 2020. Top 10 NPB Pitchers For 2021 Baseball International 3.5K views 1 year ago Critiquing Every Korean Baseball (KBO) Stadium - Amazing Ballparks 119K views 2 years ago Craziest "1 in a Trillion". In the past, it has hosted the 1988 Olympic Games, was a 2002 host city for the World Cup, and is the home of the world headquarters for Taekwando, South Koreas national sport. Over that time period, he has rewarded them with 10 straight seasons of a .900+ OPS. Yoon has a 3.05 ERA on the year, but he has been the losing pitcher in each of his last two games. Lee Jung-lee (left) and Kang Baek-ho (right) With Kim Ha-seong 's latest success as the Padres SS, KBO's best young stars could join him stateside soon as well. Lively usually managed good strikeout rates during his time stateside, but walks were an issue, and what ultimately held him back as a pitcher. In the regular season, all games have a 12-inning limit. NPB is starting up the earliest, on March 26, while the KBO is starting their season about a week later, on April 3. Lotte has seen much less recent success than San Francisco, but in terms of current expectations and outlook, the two seem mighty familiar. 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