2K19: Jung Ho Kang

[cavebird]

Are you saying that they did not have to pay him when he was in Korea?

He was on the exempt list. They didn't have to pay him at all while he was on it. If they had released him, he wouldn't be on a major league team and hence not on the exempt list and they would have to pay him.

[madducks]

Pirates GM Neal Huntington said Monday that Jung Ho Kang will be the team's starting third baseman.

[joncarlos]

Pirates GM Neal Huntington said Monday that Jung Ho Kang will be the team's starting third baseman.

5 HR in 28 spring ABs - good
13 K in 28 spring ABs - less good

Hopefully he's just getting his timing down.

[TranaGreg]

5 HR in 28 spring ABs - good
13 K in 28 spring ABs - less good

Hopefully he's just getting his timing down.

he's 5 for 28 overall.

[Ken]

Isn't it funny how extreme some numbers can be in small samples?

He's 0-10 on balls in play. Give him ~3 hits there and he's suddenly hitting .280.

[joncarlos]

Isn't it funny how extreme some numbers can be in small samples?

He's 0-10 on balls in play. Give him ~3 hits there and he's suddenly hitting .280.

Batting average in spring training doesn't really matter. K rate and SLG do matter, at least some. I don't care about the lack of singles (that much). I would like to see better contact.

[Roy Hobbs]

I thought about picking him off the WW and passed. Another owner did. I consider him ho-hum overall.

[pitbull]

Kang is playing there more so because of his defense. Also Bell has had a very poor spring so with Kang playing at 3B Moran might cut into Bell's PT. Fantasy bottom line is nobody should spend much for this combo of players.

[joncarlos]

Kang is playing there more so because of his defense. Also Bell has had a very poor spring so with Kang playing at 3B Moran might cut into Bell's PT. Fantasy bottom line is nobody should spend much for this combo of players.

Yeah,but.... the bottom of the 3B pool is a disaster. If Kang can hit .230 with 20 HR, that's borderline startable in a 15-team mixed or deeper.

[pitbull]

Yeah,but.... the bottom of the 3B pool is a disaster. If Kang can hit .230 with 20 HR, that's borderline startable in a 15-team mixed or deeper.

Didn't say not to get him just wouldn't spend too much. Gonzalez also won the SS job so looks like Hurdle is going the defense route.

[B-Fly]

Yeah,but.... the bottom of the 3B pool is a disaster. If Kang can hit .230 with 20 HR, that's borderline startable in a 15-team mixed or deeper.

That was true in my AL league but there are so many NL qualifiers at 3B (many of whom aren't primarily 3B) that it's almost ridiculous. In the NL alone, before you're down to Kang, you've got:

Arenado
Bryant
Carpenter
Rendon
Suarez
Shaw
Donaldson
Baez
J.Turner
Myers
Muncy
Moustakas
Lamb
Happ
Senzel
Escobar
B.Anderson
Franco

That's 18 3B qualifiers I'd take before Kang, and maybe also Todd Frazier and Johan Camargo, plus the top 8 or 9 AL 3Bs. So not sure how 3B becomes a disaster unless you insist on playing every multi-position qualifier elsewhere.