Their mascot, Dandi the Tyrannosaurus, may just be the, They have three mascots, which you can see. SS. of coaching experience that has enshrined him in international baseball lore. The soft-throwing lefty averages 89 on his fastball, and mixes in a knuckle-curve with late break, changeup and a slider that he can manipulate to add velocity and work as a cutter inside to righties. While Canadian expat Jamie Romak certainly deserves some recognition, Ive got to give the best hitter award to third baseman Jeong Choi. KBO Betting Guide - Starting Pitchers. All KBO statistics courtesy of Statiz. This wasnt with the Dinos, but this is why Ive rooted for Thames since 2012, and why I have picked the Dinos as my KBO team: given @EricThames' signing with the nationals today, i would like to remind everyone of the greatest walk-off interview i have ever seen. Last season, their best hitter was a player with Major League experience in Darin Ruf. Hyun-Jin Ryu, Shin-Soo Choo and. If you do not remember him, thats okay: He had a stint with the Mariners in 2016 where he posted a .740 OPS in 317 PA before returning to Korea to play for his hometown Giants. Like the MLB, the KBO holds an All-Star Game partway through the season in July. by Retrosheet. Jeon Jun-woo was a sensation for the Giants the previous year, when he recorded 33 homers, a .992 OPS, and 5.9 WAR. He has impeccable control, with a walk rate hovering between 2 and 4% throughout the high minors. Expectations are clearly high for the Doosan Bears going into 2020. While still higher than the MLB COR, the change had the desired effect of dampening power numbers across the board in the KBO. All-Time Greats: Stan Musial, Barry Bonds, Babe Ruth, Derek Jeter, Oscar Charleston, Ken Griffey Jr, Jackie Robinson, Hank Aaron, . 2019 KBO: 2.50 ERA, 2.87 FIP, 194.0 IP, 24.5 K%, 3.8 BB% Lindblom has dominated the league for years, and won the best pitcher award again this year. Starting pitcher Yang Hyeon-jong () was the league MVP in 2017 and the league ERA leader in 2019. largest in the world with over 9.7 million people) and is the capital city of South Korea. While the rate stats have been impressive, Koos innings pitched have also dropped in the last few years. Museums, palaces, temples, monuments, and numerous parks paint a wonderful picture of Seoul as a center for culture and sports. Before we begin on the team breakdowns, lets break down the KBO as a league. According to an article from the Yonhap News Agency in March of 2019. , the Giants topped Gallup popularity polls from 2008-2013 and appeared back on top in 2018. Yoon has a 3.05 ERA on the year, but he has been the losing pitcher in each of his last two games. With a strong defense behind him (and Jokisch himself is no slouch, winning the Fielding Bible Award at pitcher), he was able to win the ERA title at 2.14. 3 starter. They will certainly be a very fun team to watch." Kim's time in America was anything but easy. Something changed, but what? Kingham failed to deliver on his prospect hype in Pittsburgh, and was unimpressive in Toronto as well. For a team like the Lions thats trying to get younger, improvement and development in their youngsters will be crucial for their future. The 2018 KBO Champion SK Wyverns are my new favorite team. The Snakes simply havent had the sustained success that the Wyverns have. With the KBO de-juicing the ball in 2019, Yang Hyeon-jong had his best season since his MVP year. Most Similar MLB Team: San Francisco Giants. Bit of a KBO newbie here, so please bear with me! The Bears have boasted a strong rotation but face a recent loss of talent and will need to rely on aging stars and unproven talent in 2020 more than they did in 2019, putting them more in line with a team like the Nationals, Cubs, or Giants of a few years ago whose window may be starting to close. 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. Some scouting work and stats for Chang-Mo Koo, Dan Straily, Aaron Brooks and others who could stand out in 2021. It's adjusted, so a wRC+ of 100 is league average, and 150 would be 50 percent above . 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. All three are fantastic mascots and the moment I can figure out how to buy a shirt with DomDoml on it, I will have like 15 of them. The park replaced Daegu Baseball Stadium, which was the home of the Lions since their inception in 1982, and sat just 5,000 fans. Despite winning the inaugural championship of the KBO League, the Bears had only mediocre success for several decades after, winning twice more in 1995 and 2001. Those five pitchers would make up the best rotation in all of KBO, and make them instant pennant favorites for 2022. But they took it a step further and named themselves the Wyverns, which is far superior and much cooler than your boring, run-of-the-mill, four-legged dragon. The most recent winner is Lee Jung-hoo of the Kiwoom Heroes. Originally, the Eagles were known for their sluggers. NPB is starting up the earliest, on March 26, while the KBO is starting their season about a week later, on April 3. He also cut his strikeout rate from 21.2% to 17.2%, and raised his walk rate from 8.9% to 12.1%. But in the KBO, Kelly has been good, pitching to a 2.55 ERA and a 1.14 WHIP over 180.1 innings last year; that ERA was good for the fourth-best in the KBO. I will be in Seoul for the weekend where the Giants vs Bears. Despite the deadened ball, he still had a .958 OPS and nearly half his hits went for extra bases. In 2017, the KBO tweaked the strike zone to make it, in practice, larger. He also added a splitter to give him a pitch in a different velocity range from his fastball and other offspeed pitches, though he didnt incorporate it until later in the year and only threw it a handful of times. Feb 2. Play-by-play data prior to 2002 was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted Team Information; Player Search; Scoreboard; Daily Schedule; Team Standings AN Woo Jin (KIWOOM) 2.11 2. At 26 years old, Cho has time to build up his stock, and hopefully regain some of his velocity along the way. The Tigers have a team slugging % of .393 and they score 4.71 runs per game (1st. Something fun about the Giants is they have Dae-ho Lee on their roster! Full access to this article is for Baseball Prospectus subscribers. KIM Kwang Hyun (SSG) 2.13 3. Between 2005 and 2011, he never had an OPS below .800, and posted three seasons with an OPS above 1.000. Theres been a lot of drama, too, involving a top free agent, a medical issue, and boatloads of cash. In 2019, the Bears finished the 2019 regular season tied for first place with a 88-55 record, but won the tiebreak (determined by head-to-head record) over the second-place SK Wyverns. KBO Leaders Batting, Pitching. Sadly, the Eagles fell back to the bottom of the standings in 2019 (59-85), but there is hope on the horizon. Yoshinobu Yamamoto (Orix Buffaloes): Yamamoto is by far the youngest starter listed here at 22 years old. 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. He posted a 9.45 ERA over 13.1 IP and decided to take things to the peninsula, signing a one-year deal with the Wiz this past December. Strailys struggles in 2019 stemmed from his slider, which had been his go-to secondary pitch for his entire career, but lost its effectiveness in 2019. . Also on the roster and making his return to the KBO and the Lions is former major leaguer Seung-hwan Oh. Considering my Yankee allegiance in the MLB, its hard for me not to admire a team that has made it to the finals 40% of the time. The Aussie righty debuted for the Eagles last year with a 3.51 ERA, a 3.49 FIP and a 6.30 K/9 (remember, the league average ERA was 4.17 and K/9 was 7.3). Its been an exhausting year, and wed all like to get on with our lives. However, the MLB took notice, and the St. Louis Cardinals snatched him up on a two-year deal. Interest in former major leaguers in the KBO has spiked in recent years, and so have re-exports of these players back to the States. Jeong led the team in both OBP (.399), and SLG (.519), while his .292 AVG trailed only the .323 clip of Jong-Wook Ko. If you measure success by the number of championships won, then the Tigers are incredibly successful, as theyve been champions eleven times, the most of any KBO Team. Super-Premium - $66.99 / year Premium - $45.95 / year Premium Monthly - $6.99 / month Basic - Free. Sang-woo Cho (Kiwoom Heroes) When I first saw Sang-woo Cho (also listed as Jo) pitch in 2019, he seemed to be MLB ready and the stats backed it up. 12. The Eagles have three retired numbers, more than any other team in the league. 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. He threw 125 innings for the Rangers in 2019, and it did not go well by MLB standards. Required fields are marked *. In 2019 with the Cubs, he posted a 107 wRC+ in Triple-A, and could end up being the best position player on the Giants at only 28 years old. KPH to MPH (trust me, it will help during broadcasts) Rucinski throws a low 90s fastball with a cutter as his primary secondary pitch, and also incorporates a slider (with vertical break that looks curvy) and a splitter that can flash good drop and fade. With Spring Training underway, baseball fans can look forward to enjoying more baseball in 2021 than we had in 2020. GO Woo Suk (LG) 42 2. A passionate fanbase that is used to winning in a smaller town whose roots are in manufacturing. He threw only 93 regular season innings in 2020. I experience cities through their food, and from the sounds of it, Seoul is the perfect place for that approach. Recently, theyve traded power for speed and aggression on the base paths. Potential risk aside, Rucinski, by sharpening his command, adding velocity, and pitching deeper into games, blossomed into a viable big league starter. In 2019, the Tigers did not so well. Outside of electronics, Daegu is also a heavy textile town, with fashion also being one of the citys major industries. The Bears had a top tier pitching staff as well, though like their lack of offensive power, they had a remarkably un-flashy lack of strikeouts, ending up in ninth place in total strikeouts. Today, the four teams in addition to the six above are: In addition to the KBO League, which represents the highest level of professional baseball in South Korea, the KBO also created a second-tier league in 1990 to serve as a farm system for the KBO League. In 1996, they were known as the Hiatai Tigers, and were sold in Kia in 2001. Fernndez led the Bears in most offensive categories, slashing .344/.409/.483 through all 144 games of the KBO season as the Bears regular DH. Brooks didnt have the strikeout numbers that Straily had, but he limited walks (only 24 allowed in 151 1/3 innings), throws harder (his fastball averaged just under 93 MPH) and is more than a year younger. Your email address will not be published. Entering his age-33 season, it will be interesting to see how his defense holds up. The left-hander uses four pitches, a four-seam fastball in the low 90s, high-80s slider, circle change, and a curveball. 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. He rebounded from that rough stretch and finished the season with a 3.69 ERA in 97 2/3 innings, and should be a key member of the teams rotation moving forward. A total of 16 of 30 foreign players stayed in the KBO this year, one more than last year. Officially reached the Korean Series for the first time in the history in 2019 after joining the league in 2008. 2B. The Dinos purportedly have a reputation as an analytic-friendly team. Regardless, 2019 was a year to forget for the Giants. 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. Club was founded in 1982 as the OB Bears, with the Oriental Brewery as their owners. 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. It doesnt seem like you need to be one of the very best KBO pitchers in order to thrive with a big league club. Lively usually managed good strikeout rates during his time stateside, but walks were an issue, and what ultimately held him back as a pitcher. 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. From FanGraphs, Strailys slider was a positive pitch by run value in every season of his career until 2019, where it plummeted to 14.7 runs below average. Here's what we wrote: Yang, who posted a 2.29 ERA over 184 innings while striking. Drew Rucinski (NC Dinos) The right-handed Rucinski is one of the older players on this list (only about a month younger than Straily), which may limit his contract options in the future, but he is nonetheless one of the best pitchers in the KBO. Of those two, only one posted a 3+ WAR: former Detroit Tigers prospect Saupold. He spent some time going up and down from the Twins Futures League team, and he had a rough spell in August and early September where he seemed to be running out of gas (a four-start stretch where he allowed 24 earned runs, including 10 in 1 1/3 innings against Lotte on September 7). There are quite a number of established players on the team, including one of the best pitchers and hitters in the league. In addition to fielding Olympians, both leagues feature players that have the upside to be future Major League contributors. in offense, but were also the third-best pitching team in the KBO, which fits nicely with the Rays balance of offense and pitching, even if the Rays arent quite as proficient on the offensive side of the ball. so many quotables. Montgomery. Many believe that Erik Jokisch is the best pitcher in the KBO and a quick look at his stats since his arrival shows that his case is strong. 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. DraftKings KBO: Korean Series Game 2 Cheat Sheet Erik Halterman breaks down Game 2 of the Korean Series between the Bears and Wiz. Minor League Leaders AAA: Triple-A East, Triple-A . They were nearly the top of their 10-team class in 2019, but have lost some very important players in Angel Sanchez and Gwang hyun-Kim. As a contact-oriented pitcher Jokisch was at the mercy of his defense, and luckily for him the Heroes were the best defensive team in the KBO. If three or more teams tie for first, the regular-season champion is decided by head-to-head record. Yoon is a 26-year-old KBO rookie logging innings at the back end of the Tigers' rotation. The franchise is less than a decade old and has played just five seasons in the KBO. Doesnt hurt that theyre shaping up to have what will be one of the more dominant pitching staffs in the KBO, too. ESPN Hyeon-jong started his career in 2007 at 19 years old, and has become the crafty lefty and leader of the Tigers pitching staff. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. There a few options here but its tough to not go with the guy who has hit over .300 for 10 consecutive seasons. Weather data provided by Weather. 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. What might have helped is that in Korea, he finally found an opportunity to make regular starts, allowing him to build his stamina over time. The GM is turning things around. Will he hit? Yang was poached from the Doosan Bears after 2018, and in 2019, he rewarded the Dinos by leading the KBO in WAR while slashing .354/.438/.574 all despite playing just 118 games. During his time as a relief pitcher, he frequently had strikeout-per-nine rates pushing double digits, but as expected, as a starter those numbers have dropped. An FSWA award winner for Research Article of the Year, Alex is the co-host of On The Corner and host of the weekend edition of First Pitch. The deal worked out for both sides, as Straily was dominant and became the first KBO starter in eight years to reach the 200 strikeout mark, last accomplished by Hyun-jin Ryu in 2012. The initial lack of it also might have caused him to conserve his energy early on. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. We can first consider Rucinskis on-field contributions. The last time there was a Minor League season, in 2019, Kelenic slugged .540 across three levels total, including .542 at Double-A, the highest level he's made so far. However, they face some serious obstacles with the loss of league star Josh Lindblom to the Milwaukee Brewers. Most Similar MLB Team: Washington Nationals. Award winners [ edit] References [ edit] 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. A good comp for Jun-woo is, ironically, South Korea native Shin-Soo Choo. 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. You may remember Byung Ho Park from a few years ago (2016) when he came over to the majors with the Minnesota Twins. Brooks will turn 31 in April which means his window of opportunity is not large, but another strong performance in the KBO could give him a chance to return to the Majors, either as a back-end starter or possibly as a reliever. In the decades to follow, American major leaguers would play exhibition tours across eastern Asia to promote the game. He may project more as a reliever in the majors, but Rucinski could still put up some good years as a starter in Korea too. 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. Pitchers are known to have trouble battling offenses in the KBO, and if a pitcher is able to hold off the aggressive offenses, they stand a good chance of being posted and signed by an MLB team. His previous work can be found at Prospects365 and Dodgers Digest. In 2019, the Samsung Lions were seventh out of ten teams in runs scored at 4.32 runs per game. And for good reason! He also features a knuckle-curve as his fourth pitch, but it does not distinguish itself from the slider as the pitches overlap in velocity and movement. 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. and play-by-play data provided by Sports Info Solutions. Eddie Plank (230 WSAB/361 WS): Eddie Plank takes us back to the Mathewson erahe was the A's great lefthander before Grove. 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. The playoffs begin with the fourth- and fifth-place teams playing a best-of-three, with the fourth-place team starting with a built-in 1-0 advantage. However, since 2016, the team hasnt had a winning season. Its a league fueled by MLB-caliber players yearning to leave an impression, passionate fans, organizations hungry for championships and much more. KELLY Casey (LG) 16 2. The Cardinals were swept in the 2019 NLCS by the eventual champion Nationals. While the slider performed better in the KBO, it is hard to tell how much better the pitch was. When he returned to the MLB, he had one of the most ridiculous Aprils in recent memory (.345/.466/.810, 11 home runs), before essentially becoming a solid platoon bat. This achieved its goal of increasing strikes and making the league more pitcher-friendly, as well as shortening the average length of games. His fastball averaged 95, and in the KBO he could dominate by just throwing a bunch of fastballs and some sliders, which feature late, two-plane movement. The winning team takes on the first-place team in the Korean Series, played as a best-of-seven. KBO Winning Pitcher Strategy Picks for DraftKings and FanDuel 5/22 May 21, 2020 Posted in KBO, z Feature A by BClinks What an exciting and wild morning in KBO land! With a strong defense behind him (and Jokisch himself is no slouch, winning the Fielding Bible Award at pitcher), he was able to win the ERA title at 2.14. 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. In his time since returning, he has home run totals of 34, 37, and 16. The bullpen should be strong, too. Their team FIP was better than three other teams, and with the additions of Adrian Sampson and Dan Straily, they could move further up the leaderboard. Likely not, as his days of 20+ HR seasons are in the past. But when his teammate Hyun-Soo Kim left for the KBO, Wilson joined him, and hes been good. Like his teammate Cho, Ahn dealt with some injuries during the 2020 season, getting a late start to the year due to a shoulder problem, and missing close to a month during the season with back issues as well. Being an Angels, Nets, and Chargers fan, I have become quite familiar with disappointment. 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