Yoon Suk-min pitches for O's and Giants

[crawjo]

It's possible that this guy will be better than the other available free agents. Just because he's not as big a name doesn't mean that he won't be better. Hardly anybody paid much attention to Wei-Yin Chen but I bet that contract gave the Orioles a lot more value than most other available starting pitchers in the 2011-2012 offseason.

[RIP46]

What do you figure the "potential huge reward" to be?

legit front of the rotation starter

[RIP46]

2/10$M is starter level money around these parts. I can't imagine the Os spending that kind of investment for a one inning reliever who hasn't thrown even a single pitch in the Majors.

You have to genuinely fear that if they sign him the O's will cross "Starting Pitcher" off their check list and start preparing for Spring Training

Tillman

Chen

Gonzalez

Norris

Suk-min

I agree that if they go thru with this they would be done investing in SP.

Keep in mind it's been indicated that they plan to look at Aceves as a starter as well.

[Can_of_corn]

legit front of the rotation starter

You think he slots in as a #2?

[Ommaculate]

I like this guy sign him up! His fastball is 93mph not 85mph.

[Rene88]

I have no confidence in the Orioles signing anyone of consequence. None.

[Ommaculate]

I have no confidence in the Orioles signing anyone of consequence. None.

This guy could be better than the others you never know.

[RIP46]

You think he slots in as a #2?

tough to gauge having only seen youtube clips but there in-lies the gamble. We are in a position to gamble.

[Il BuonO]

You think he slots in as a #2?

I laughed.

[RIP46]

I laughed.

might be laughable - only one way to find out.

gotta pay to play an 2/10 is the cost.

[murph]

Can people stop sourcing a guy who has been banned from this message board multiple times? He's a HACK

Just catching up now. I sourced partly because of Andrew and partly because I thought it was pertinent to the thread (if the Rangers were getting involved). Mostly because I am bored its cold, snowy and February and baseball seems no where in site! And that sucks! Sorry for this post causing such a derailment.

As for picking Yoon up I am all for more pitching. I just hope it doesn't keep us from getting someone else who is much more probable to be an asset.

[RVAbird]

I like this guy sign him up! His fastball is 93mph not 85mph.

Source? I've read Scott Boras floating 90-91. Tape from KBO shows 86-88.

[Il BuonO]

might be laughable - only one way to find out.

gotta pay to play an 2/10 is the cost.

For a guy who's never thrown a pitch in the ML and is rumored to have shoulder problems. No, we don't. The clip I saw showed an average at best FB, and a CB with good break that those hitters often chased. ML hitters will not and that pitch will have to be a strike. The CH to the LHB looked good with arm side run, but how consistent can he be with that?

2/$10 for what is really a roll of the dice? Why? So, we can say we signed someone. He isn't Chen.

[RVAbird]

legit front of the rotation starter

I'll respectfully disagree. If you believe the rosiest reports and are confident that he's 100% healthy, I think you could project his stuff as mid-rotation caliber. Even then, he's coming off a shoulder injury and has only surpassed 155 IP once. So, like I said before, I'm not sure he can handle starting in MLB physically even if he has 3 average or better pitches.

[Ommaculate]

Source? I've read Scott Boras floating 90-91. Tape from KBO shows 86-88.

According to report two years ago from Yahoo's Jeff Passan, Yoon's fastball sat at 93 miles per hour and one scout deemed his change-up above average

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2013/10/free-agent-profile-suk-min-yoon.html