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What's your take on the Kim dilemma?  

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  1. 1. What's your take on the Kim dilemma?

    • I hope he succeeds here and is a regular
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    • I wish he would have just taken the assignment to Norfolk
      20
    • I really don't care what happens with Kim so long as we win
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I did not think Kim was terrible. Trumbo seems to get a bad first step.Neither is great but neither looks that bad or good.

He was fine.

I guess I don't understand all the "he's the most horrible glove ever" talk.

It's like people aren't even watching the same game.

The guy needs a chance to shake off his nerves, and do the job he came here to do. He'll settle into a routine given the chance. And apparently Buck is inclined to give him that chance on occasion. Good for him.

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He was fine.

I guess I don't understand all the "he's the most horrible glove ever" talk.

It's like people aren't even watching the same game.

The guy needs a chance to shake off his nerves, and do the job he came here to do. He'll settle into a routine given the chance. And apparently Buck is inclined to give him that chance on occasion. Good for him.

He certainly does not need to be shipped back to Korea. But how much he can contribute without more consistant play? No idea.

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A good amount of the fans stood and cheered during his announcement for his 1st AB. Good applause after the first hit too.

We had a good view into the O's dugout and seeing Jones/Mike Wright show some emotion after the dribbling INF hit was great to see too. Wright was dancing. After Machado's HR, he gave Kim a pat on the helmet and the rest of the team all seemed genuinely happy for him when he got into the dugout

Manny was clearly excited over Kim scoring on his homer and patted him both on the helmet and cheek right in front of the dugout before they came down into it. In the dugout, Adam stood solid in front of Kim and gave him a mini-pep talk. It was great to see and I hope Buck saw it all.

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He certainly does not need to be shipped back to Korea. But how much he can contribute without more consistant play? No idea.

A lot of his short term future depends on how long Jones is out.

After that... I wouldn't mind seeing an occasional LF Kim, RF Rickard, DH Trumbo lineup.

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I have rarely seen him drive a ball though. He hit one ball well but did not get a ball out of the infield.

He still looks tentative.

I still think it is nerves.

And given the pressure of his initial hitless streak, followed by an attempt in the press to void his contract, followed by a question as to whether or not he'd even make the team, followed by being booed on opening day, I can't imagine why he'd be feeling nervous...

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http://www.baltimorebaseball.com/2016/04/10/kims-first-game/

This gives some perspective from his side.

“Going back to Opening Day, there was a slight booing for me. So that was slightly in my mind. All I thought about going into the game was try not to get booed anymore, so I basically can perform throughout,” he said. “But then that ovation basically helped me get relief from it. It was a good start for me.”

Yep. Good article.

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He still looks tentative.

I still think it is nerves.

And given the pressure of his initial hitless streak, followed by an attempt in the press to void his contract, followed by a question as to whether or not he'd even make the team, followed by being booed on opening day, I can't imagine why he'd be feeling nervous...

Followed by trying to show KBO players can play in the majors. Also a nation that wants you to succeed. Plus on a team that wants you in the minors.

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Watching him today it looked he was trying to pull outside pitches and grounding weakly to second.

They didn't give Pedro any fat fastballs to hit, but they gave him plenty of offspeed stuff. He can't hit that stuff well. Pedro is a lot like Paredes in the sense that they need hard pitches right over the plate in order to

drive anything. Don't throw him fastballs over the plate and Pedro is going to have a tough time getting ahold of anything.

Yes, Kim is under a whole lot of pressure and he does seem unsure of himself at the plate like he has that mentality of trying not to lose as opposed to trying to win, but can we really blame the guy considering all that

has gone on this offseason? He probably feels like he can't make any mistakes and he's probably right. He just needs time to get comfortable. I really think he will be fine once he settles in and he'll start mashing, but for

now, it seems like he's focusing more on making contact than hitting for power.

Another element here is he doesn't know these pitchers and what they throw, so he's having to learn that on top of everything else and do it while he's on the bench. Kim looked pretty good today and I hope Buck thought

the same. It's nice to see his teammates supporting him especially Jones and Machado.

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Watching him today it looked he was trying to pull outside pitches and grounding weakly to second.

They didn't give Pedro any fat fastballs to hit, but they gave him plenty of offspeed stuff. He can't hit that stuff well. Pedro is a lot like Paredes in the sense that they need hard pitches right over the plate in order to

drive anything. Don't throw him fastballs over the plate and Pedro is going to have a tough time getting ahold of anything.

Yes, Kim is under a whole lot of pressure and he does seem unsure of himself at the plate like he has that mentality of trying not to lose as opposed to trying to win, but can we really blame the guy considering all that

has gone on this offseason? He probably feels like he can't make any mistakes and he's probably right. He just needs time to get comfortable. I really think he will be fine once he settles in and he'll start mashing, but for

now, it seems like he's focusing more on making contact than hitting for power.

Another element here is he doesn't know these pitchers and what they throw, so he's having to learn that on top of everything else and do it while he's on the bench. Kim looked pretty good today and I hope Buck thought

the same. It's nice to see his teammates supporting him especially Jones and Machado.

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Well, this is kind of sad...

Steve Melewski ‏@masnSteve 3h3 hours ago

Kim: "Really excited the team is winning. I was slightly concerned the team could lose today with me playing. Tried my best."

Aww, damn. That just shows how confident he is after this S-storm he went through this offseason. He needs time, he needs support from both players AND fans and he needs ABs. That really is sad to see that he said

that.

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