Hyeon-jong started his career in 2007 at 19 years old, and has become the crafty lefty and leader of the Tigers pitching staff. His 7.39 K/9 and 2.61 BB/9 are typical of the KBO, and were really solid marks while his 0.28 HR/9 was unreal. 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. This site is created for fans, by fans, and is not affiliated with the KBO League (KBO ) or the Korea Baseball Organization (). Best Pitcher: William Cuevas and Odrisamer Despaigne. The Eagles attempted 156 stolen bases in 2019 second in the KBO although their success rate was just 67%, second-lowest in the KBO. During his time in Korea, Thames was referred to as God. Play-by-play data prior to 2002 was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted
Hi all! Their last victory was in 2017. After struggling with Atlanta, he never saw the majors again, moving first to Japan, then back to the MiLB until he finally ended up finding a home in the KBO with Kiwoom in 2017. 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. The Lotte Giants best hitters are all above the age of 33, and the same can be said of our native Giants. Park Min-woo. KBO 2022 Standings Win Matrix Updated Oct 11, 2022 8:00am 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. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Since 2008, it has been called the KBO Futures League, and consists of 12 teams divided into two divisions. All opinions are Alex's and Alex's alone. . Rucinski also pitched very well in the Korean Series, winning Games 1 and 6, while earning a save in Game 4. Id rather have him than Jordan Lyles or Kyle Gibson also. The two of them are older sluggers who have aged quite gracefully and currently play for teams that have performed relatively poorly in recent years. KBO Schedule & Statistics by MyKBO.net | MyKBO Stats MyKBO Stats KBO Schedules, Video Links, Live Game Day Coverage, Statistics and More Today's KBO Games No games today. Shortly after graduating high school, he debuted at the age of 18 with the KT Wiz, hitting 29 home runs en route to Rookie of the Year honors. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Over 177.1 innings, Rucinski posted a 3.05 ERA and 3.6 WAR (good for 12th in the KBO) with an approach that hinges on a pitch-to-contact approach that is popular in the KBO. 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. So why would you root for them? There a few options here but its tough to not go with the guy who has hit over .300 for 10 consecutive seasons. The 2018 KBO Champion SK Wyverns are my new favorite team. Starting pitcher Yang Hyeon-jong () was the league MVP in 2017 and the league ERA leader in 2019. The city is about 238 kilometers, or about 150 miles away from Seoul. KBReport The Kia Tigers are sitting with an on-base percentage of .347 in addition to a batting average of .262 for the year. Erik Halterman breaks down Game 3 of the Korean Series, one which features the KBO's best pitcher in his first start back from shoulder fatigue. But with the Twins, hes been solid, slashing .304/.375/.437 with 11 home runs, 75 runs, and 82 RBI last year, essentially being what he was supposed to be in the MLB, a solid-average, good on-base, medium power guy. ESPN Just a 31-year-old pitcher upping his fastball velocity by a tick and a half by the time hes 34. Youre hoping that hell adjust to a much higher level of competition in a relatively short period of time. When he was younger, he played first and third base, but has been stuck at first for the latter part of his career. 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. One of the reasons I picked the Lotte Giants to cover was that they were the worst team in the league in 2019 by about 10 games. 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. Required fields are marked *. Each stadium has a speciality food associated with cheering. Upon returning to the KBO in 2018, though, he picked up right where he left off by blasting 43 home runs with an insane .345 AVG and 112 RBI in just 113 games. Alcantara finished the 2020 season with a 20-2 record and 2.54 ERA, winning the Choi Dong-won award as the KBO's best pitcher, and if he can build on his success in Japan a return to the Majors may not be far off. Anderson was able to make it work last season with a 3.89 ERA, and Jung-hyun Baek was likewise able to make it work last season. Last season, their best hitter was a player with Major League experience in Darin Ruf. Hes essentially an ideal lead-off hitter, with a batting average last year that was good for 11th-best in the KBO. However, you should not base your picks only on the opposing starting pitchers. the championship series of the league) in the last five years, winning three of the five, including last year. Its a league fueled by MLB-caliber players yearning to leave an impression, passionate fans, organizations hungry for championships and much more. The most recent winner is Lee Jung-hoo of the Kiwoom Heroes . 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. History []. a reputation as an analytic-friendly team. KBO League Most Valuable Player Award - Wikipedia KBO League Most Valuable Player Award The KBO League Most Valuable Player Award is given to the player judged the most valuable player in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) League. Hyun-Soo Kim you may remember from his brief stint with the Baltimore Orioles and Philadelphia Phillies in 2016 and 2017. Beginning in 2020, however, all three foreign players can play in a single game. Justin is a contributor at FanGraphs. 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. Hailing originally out Winter Garden, Florida, Brigham was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the sixth round of the 2006 MLB draft. In 1996, they were known as the Hiatai Tigers, and were sold in Kia in 2001. Of those two, only one posted a 3+ WAR: former Detroit Tigers prospect Saupold. While Tae-kyun Kim may no longer be the ideal lead-off hitter due to his lack of speed, hes a great bat for the two spot. 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 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. When he last appeared in a major league game, he was a lackluster middle reliever for the Marlins. 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. Museums, palaces, temples, monuments, and numerous parks paint a wonderful picture of Seoul as a center for culture and sports. While the slider performed better in the KBO, it is hard to tell how much better the pitch was. He even tacked on 40 stolen bases in 2015, just for good measure. All UZR (ultimate zone rating) calculations are provided courtesy of Mitchel Lichtman. In fact, in every year of his six-year KBO career, he has either led the league in homers (five times) or finished second. 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. 2023 stats and schedules updated daily. by Retrosheet. Weather data provided by Weather. You may remember Byung Ho Park from a few years ago (2016) when he came over to the majors with the Minnesota Twins. They have an absolutely gorgeous stadium. In his two KBO seasons Rucinski has posted identical 3.05 ERAs, but his strikeout rate jumped from 16% (6.0 K/9) to 22% (8.2 K/9) from 2019 to 2020. He also cut his strikeout rate from 21.2% to 17.2%, and raised his walk rate from 8.9% to 12.1%. A total of 16 of 30 foreign players stayed in the KBO this year, one more than last year. All-Time Greats: Stan Musial, Barry Bonds, Babe Ruth, Derek Jeter, Oscar Charleston, Ken Griffey Jr, Jackie Robinson, Hank Aaron, . Woo-jin Ahn (Kiwoom Heroes) The right-handed Ahn is the youngest relief pitcher on this list, at just 21 years old, but he is also the tallest at 63. All KBO statistics courtesy of Statiz. In the decades to follow, American major leaguers would play exhibition tours across eastern Asia to promote the game. The Samsung Lions are a former powerhouse that has fallen on tough times in recent years. 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. The 36-year-old will be holding a lineup together featuring American Preston Tucker as the second-best hitter now. The Eagles added pitcher Ryan Carpenter from Taiwanese side Rakuten Monkeys and former AL Rookie of the Month infielder Ryon Healy. KELLY Casey (LG) 16 2. In any case, the Wyverns and their fans are hoping for another excellent year out of their star third baseman. The Bears also have two strong relievers who split saves nearly evenly in 2019: righty Hyoung Beom Lee, who finished with a strong 2.66 ERA, and lefty Deok Ju Ham, who notched a powerful 7.9 K/9 in 2019. While MLB teams are ramping up, so are players in NPB and the KBO, Japans and South Koreas top leagues respectively. MLB fans will recognize Despaignes unique name, but he left behind forgettable performances on the hill outside of a strong rookie campaign in San Diego. If three or more teams tie for first, the regular-season champion is decided by head-to-head record. The change will continue into 2020, meaning the glory days of bat flip artistry in the KBO may be a thing of the past (or perhaps, the increased rarity drives it to new heights). Sill only 28, Kingham will look to reinvent himself in Korea, and has been named the Wyverns Opening Day starter. Jeong led the team in both OBP (.399), and SLG (.519), while his .292 AVG trailed only the .323 clip of Jong-Wook Ko. Yang is a key member of the Kia Tigers and is considered one of the top pitchers in the Korean Baseball Organization. Being an Angels, Nets, and Chargers fan, I have become quite familiar with disappointment. 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. 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. 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. The winner takes on the third-place team in a best-of-five, and the winner of that series faces the second place team in another best-of-five. This section will be updated periodically as there seem to be more outlets offering streaming services by the day. If a postseason game ends in an official tie, it essentially does not count, and is replayed in full. If Kelly and Flexen made it, so can Rucinski. Brooks' teammate, Ki-young Im, ranks fourth in the league in that stat at 13%. 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. And yet he found success almost immediately upon his return to MLB and has continued to improve ever since. In most categories, however, they finished at the top (or very near it! of coaching experience that has enshrined him in international baseball lore. Alas, the Wyverns will also be without him in 2020, as he secured a contract with the Yomiuri Giants of Japans NPB. KBO 2023 scoreboard - scores, standings, results Baseball South Korea KBO 2023 Summary Results Fixtures Standings Archive Scheduled SOUTH KOREAKBO Standings Apr 01 05:00 AM Doosan Bears Lotte Giants - - Apr 01 05:00 AM Kiwoom Heroes Hanwha Eagles - - Apr 01 05:00 AM KT Wiz Suwon LG Twins - - Apr 01 05:00 AM Samsung Lions NC Dinos - - Apr 01 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. The drop in velocity did allow Cho to deepen his repertoire, throwing more changeups which feature some fade away from lefties. Montgomery. The best players on both the San Francisco and Lotte Giants seem to be veterans mixed with some younger fringe players with some promise. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. Their analytics department may not be the best. Thanks to their lack of a larger parent company, Kiwoom has always had one of the lowest payrolls in the league, and 2019 was no different, as they had the third-lowest payroll. Quote Tweet. Just two years removed from a championship, the Tigers decided to make some changes during the season and after. He received his masters in interactive telecommunications from NYU's ITP. Except for the NC Dinos, who saw a 60% boost. some typos there..bibimap->bibimbap. Losing out first place to Doosan proved quite important. Loading Catcher Player Stats. Most Similar MLB Team: Washington Nationals. 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. At 26 years old, Cho has time to build up his stock, and hopefully regain some of his velocity along the way. so many quotables. KO Young Pyo (KT) 13 4. In fact, they finished in last place in the KBO in each of their first three seasons, topping out at 53 wins in 2016. As an original team when the KBO League was founded in 1982, the Tigers had been in the playoffs in 10 of the 14 years, winning the championship seven times at that time. Last year, Chun-Woong Lee slashed .308/.378/.374 with two home runs, 88 runs, 48 RBI, and 21 stolen bases. with enough epic bat flips to make your head explode with pure unadulterated baseball joy: I remember being so incredibly excited to see this bat-tossing machine take the U.S. by storm, but unfortunately, recognizing the lameness that permeates American baseball, we never got the bat flips that were promised. At the time, he was around the same age as Rucinski is now, with a similar reputation for providing clean innings in bulk. MyKBO at the park, it reminded me a little bit of a smaller version of Dodger Stadium. So I scrapped the expansion team idea and came up with the St. Louis Cardinals. The Twins share a stadium with the Doosan Bears who are one of the most dominant franchises in the KBO. Thats a testament to how much hes improved, in terms of stuff, command, and durability. Starting in 2020, if the two teams are tied for first place at the end of the regular season, they play an additional game to determine the regular season champion. The velocity is in kph. Sadly, the Eagles fell back to the bottom of the standings in 2019 (59-85), but there is hope on the horizon. SO Hyeong Jun (KT) 13 TOP 5 SAVES MORE+ 1. Club was founded in 1982 as the OB Bears, with the Oriental Brewery as their owners. While the Eagles finished close to the bottom in a majority of offensive and pitching categories, theyll look to a staff mixed with veterans and newcomers along with a new GM to help them climb back to the top of the KBO standings in 2020. His career high is just 133. 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. 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. App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc. The Kiwoom Heroes share their home base of Seoul with the Doosan Bears and the LG Twins. 15. They had the lowest weighted on-base average (wOBA) in the KBO. The Brewers and Cubs are still capable teams, and the Cincinnati Reds are on the verge of competing. 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 KBO has been known as a flashy, high-powered offensive league with home runs, bat flips, and crazy first pitches. Most people agree that starting pitchers play a vital role in baseball betting odds. Also on the roster is former major leaguer Ben Lively, who joined the Lions for 57 innings in 2019, and will return for the 2020 season. He followed with 11 consecutive scoreless appearances. The best case scenario is a no. Given the size of the town, one could say the Kia Tigers are much like the St. Louis Cardinals or Green Bay Packers. but 2020 is shaping up to be a much-improved season. Kakao (May require a VPN). the first KBO starter in eight years to reach the 200 strikeout mark, Jokisch did receive interest from MLB teams, the Heroes were the best defensive team in the KBO, In Memoriam: The Hall of Famers we lost in 2020. The inaugural six teams were: In the decades since, the league has expanded to ten teams. Doesnt hurt that theyre shaping up to have what will be one of the more dominant pitching staffs in the KBO, too. Twitch In the 20 seasons since, the Wyverns have four Korean Series titles to their name, and have appeared in the Korean Series an additional 4 times. Loading Pitcher Player Stats. DraftKings KBO: Korean Series Game 1 Cheat Sheet Leading the league in hits in 2019 was Doosans Jos Miguel Fernndez, a foreigner who played 36 games for the Los Angeles Angels back in 2018. 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. Between 2005 and 2011, he never had an OPS below .800, and posted three seasons with an OPS above 1.000. 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. Cho has seven years in the KBO already, so he could be posted as soon as next off-season, but I doubt the market would favor a reliever with a 30-day negotiation window as dictated by the posting system. At the end of the day, the KBO is what we love: baseball. Itll be interesting to see if he can revitalize his game like so many former MLB-players before him. In his 29 starts, he was 16-8, with a 2.29 ERA, 165 strikeouts, 32 walks, and 7.4 WAR. The bullpen should be strong, too. The surface stats from 2020 dont do Go justice, as his ERA climbed from 1.52 in 2019 to 4.10 last year. I cant help but root for this guy. Let's dive into the day's best bets. They may not be the most competitive organization this year. 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. Yang is a veteran of the international baseball scene and is considered one of the best pitchers in the world. His less serious work can be found on Twitter @justinochoi. Their mascot, Dandi the Tyrannosaurus, may just be the, They have three mascots, which you can see. (The Dinos seem more wont to bullying teams in free agency, but this seems like a decent enough comparison.). Ahn is likely being groomed as Kiwooms next closer should Sang-woo Cho depart, but in the meantime they combine to give Kiwoom the most powerful back-end relief combination in the KBO. Lotte has seen much less recent success than San Francisco, but in terms of current expectations and outlook, the two seem mighty familiar. They made a good choice. Also on the roster and making his return to the KBO and the Lions is former major leaguer Seung-hwan Oh. They scored fewer runs per game and allowed more runs per game than any team in the KBO. Eddie Plank (230 WSAB/361 WS): Eddie Plank takes us back to the Mathewson erahe was the A's great lefthander before Grove. 2023 stats and schedules updated daily. Award winners [ edit] References [ edit] SS. Kelly floated around with the San Diego Padres and a couple of other teams, never really finding much success. 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". 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. At the end of the regular season, the top five teams qualify for the playoffs. Theres a realistic chance that Rucinski flops. Hands down. KBO starting pitchers are some of the best in the world and can make a huge difference in a game's outcome. Former major leaguer Angel Sanchez also had a wonderful 2019 season, starting 28 games, good for 165 IP and a 2.62 ERA. While the rate stats have been impressive, Koos innings pitched have also dropped in the last few years. 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. Pitchers. Much of the new responsibility will fall on the next two rotation arms for the Bears: the reliable 33-year-old southpaw Hee Kwan Yoo who finished with 3.25 ERA on the season, good for tenth-best in the league despite only an 11-8 record, and 21-year-old Young Ha Lee, who finished with a 3.64 ERA and a considerably higher strikeout (and walk) count than Yoo on his way to a 17-4 record. With Spring Training underway, baseball fans can look forward to enjoying more baseball in 2021 than we had in 2020. With only 10 teams, the KBO has no organization by division or league, meaning over the course of the 144-game regular season, each team plays each other team exactly 16 times. 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. An inauspicious end to a great campaign for the SK Wyverns, but hope remains. Unfortunately for Doosan, Lindblom signed a three-year deal with the Milwaukee Brewers in December, dealing a massive blow to the Bears 2020 rotation. In 2018, after nine consecutive losing seasons, the ragtag Eagles finished third in the league thanks in large part to one of the better relievers in the KBO: Woo-ram Jung. 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. In 2019, he led the league with 36 saves while posting a 9.8 K/9 and a 1.98 ERA. But 2017 is where the losing ways stopped. There are quite a number of established players on the team, including one of the best pitchers and hitters in the league. This stretch included two Korean Triple Crowns (2006 and 2010) and an MVP in 2010. Catcher Eui-ji Yang was arguably the best position player in the league last year according to . 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. 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. Also, for what its worth, they have the coolest name in the KBO. Despite the low strikeout totals, Jokisch did receive interest from MLB teams over the offseason before resigning with Kiwoom. Former Atlanta Brave Julio Franco was once a Samsung Lion. 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). He threw 125 innings for the Rangers in 2019, and it did not go well by MLB standards. Jokisch pitches to contact, and over his two years in the KBO he has had strikeout rates under 20% (less than 7 K/9) and a walk rate under 5% (under 2 BB/9). Koo looks like he could be the next great Korean starter to make the jump to MLB, but he needs to stay healthy to show teams he can handle a starters workload. Naver Sampson does not have as big a track record as Strailys, but is younger and likely has a higher KBO ceiling. For a team like the Lions thats trying to get younger, improvement and development in their youngsters will be crucial for their future. The team should be more interesting than in years past as they start to filter in younger players that fans can hopefully see develop in front of their own eyes. An influx of MLB talent, which well cover below, pushed the team to 59 wins in 2018, good for a 9th place finish, followed by a bump up to a sixth-place 71 wins in 2019. Named KBO Best Pitcher with the SK Wyverns posting a 17-6 record with a 2.51 ERA in 190.1 innings with 180 strikeouts.Led the KBO in quality starts (24) while ranking second in wins and strikeouts, third in ERA and innings pitched.Was a road warrior earning 13 of his 17 wins on the road going 13-1 with a 2.30 ERA in 16 appearances. Despite some rumblings that he wanted to come to the MLB prior to the 2015 season, Jeong has spent his entire 15-year career with the Wyverns. Last year, Wilson posted a 2.92 ERA and 1.16 WHIP over 185 innings, and similar to Kelly, he had one of the best ERAs in the league at sixth. Batters. Only two pitchers for the Eagles threw over 150 IP in 2019: Chad Bell (177.1) and Warwick Saupold (192.1). He never really altered his pitch mix, though he did seem to endorse pitching up in the zone with his fastball last season. Another KBO standout has been Eric Jokisch of the Kiwoom Heroes, who is 5-1 with a 1.49 ERA. Their pitching can afford to take a step back, but their offense has to take a major step forward. Upon my first look at the park, it reminded me a little bit of a smaller version of Dodger Stadium. . In his first three appearances following the injury he gave up 6 runs (4 earned) in just 1 1/3 innings and allowed a run in 5 of his first 7 appearances off the injured list. The American was great in his first season, recording a 3.13 ERA and a 1.13 WHIP, and his performance in 2020 was even better. Theres some concern under the surface in his 4.43 FIP and .257 BABIP, but he should still be able to return as an innings-eater for KT. 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In 2019, the Bears' best pitcher was undoubtedly Josh Lindblom, who won the Choi Dong-won award (the KBO's Cy Young equivalent) in both 2018 and 2019, and took home the league MVP in 2019 with league-leading numbers in wins, strikeouts, WHIP, K/BB, and opponent AVG, and finishing second in ERA on the season. Whether you favor bulgogi (Korean BBQ), bibimbap, or the best kimchi youll ever have, there is a wide variety of fantastic food options to choose from in Seoul, and thats before you even get to the expansive selection of street food options you can find outside the ballpark. Ruf, now 33 years old, most notably played in parts of five major league seasons with the Philadelphia Phillies from 2012 to 2016, and in his last taste of the majors, slashed just .205/.236/.337 in 89 plate appearances for a Phillies team that finished 71-91. Five players to watch in the KBO playoffs . Their small gamble of two years and $4.75 million paid off instantly with his first year in Seattle, as he became the fifth starter the team needed. 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? Historically, the Doosan Bears are one of the most popular and successful teams of the KBO who have been around since the beginning, likening a comparison to MLB traditional powerhouses like the Yankees or Cardinals. Theres nothing quite like it. Officially reached the Korean Series for the first time in the history in 2019 after joining the league in 2008. Well, youre in luck. 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. Eno Sarris write-up & C. 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