25-year old Korean SS Ha-Seong Kim to be Posted

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

Eric Longenhagen gave him a 45 FV before the season began.

[David]

is 45 any good?

[UMFan83]

is 45 any good?

 

Projects to like a 1 WAR player in the majors IIRC

[sneakypower]

well that would present an upgrade at the position

[David]

is 45 any good?

 

Projects to like a 1 WAR player in the majors IIRC

 

that's what i thought

 

meh

[Bertz]

is 45 any good?

 

It's basically a team top 10 prospect. In general, their scale equates to something like:

 

60 or more - Star Prospect

55 - Top 50 Overall Prospect

50 - Top 100 Overall Prospect

45 - Team Top 10 Caliber

40 - Team Top 30 Caliber

35 - A prospect, but either really far away or very low ceiling

[jb10194]

Hah, looking at his stats last year, he split time at short with our old friend Addison Russell. As comparison:

 

Kim: .304/.396/.521/.917 27 HR in 554 PA, 11 errors in 84 games

Russell: .262/.329/.340/.669 1 HR in 231 PA, 8 errors in 11 games

 

Not sure how Korean League typically translates to MLB, but by that, looks like he'd be an upgrade over the piece of horsefeathers Russell.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Guess Longenhagen bumped him after the most recent KBO season.

 

[Transmogrified Tiger]

I love signing Japanese/Korean players as much as anyone, and I did not live through the 2020 offense like many here did, but I wouldn't have put right handed infielder very high on the shopping list for this offseason.

[Bull]

Hah, looking at his stats last year, he split time at short with our old friend Addison Russell. As comparison:

 

Kim: .304/.396/.521/.917 27 HR in 554 PA, 11 errors in 84 games

Russell: .262/.329/.340/.669 1 HR in 231 PA, 8 errors in 11 games

 

Not sure how Korean League typically translates to MLB, but by that, looks like he'd be an upgrade over the piece of horsefeathers Russell.

Who?

[Bertz]

 

Those are extremely strong projections, though obviously riskier than a domestic player. I wonder if he gets something akin to what young stars like Eloy have been getting prior to being called up like ~7/100. Though obviously he has more leverage so less of that cash would be locked behind team options.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Really good deal for a 25-year old who can play shortstop.

 

[Bertz]

Really good deal for a 25-year old who can play shortstop.

 

 

I'm hoping this is a matter of evaluation and not financials. Mooney and Sharma's piece this morning indicated that there is currently *some* money to play with this winter. At least the Kyle Schwarber money. So I'm hoping that our FO is concerned with Kim's ability to handle velocity (Keith Law is I know), or has some other issue with him from a scouting perspective.

[Bertz]

[Derwood]

Padres going full "horsefeathers it, let's go" for 2021.

 

Must be nice

[Backtobanks]

Padres going full "horsefeathers it, let's go" for 2021.

 

Must be nice

 

If they were in the NL Central, they would win it by 20 games.

[UK]

is 45 any good?

 

Good enough to be on the roster but should be not good enough to start on a team with playoff hopes.

[Clem Fandango]

With the way things are going they're probably about to trade Cronenworth for Shane Bieber and cash.