Jump to content

Any chance that the O’s are in on Ha-Seong Kim


Roll Tide

Recommended Posts

44 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Ten million people in South Korea have the name Kim.  That's 20% of the population.

 

 

44 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Ten million people in South Korea have the name Kim.  That's 20% of the population.

 

How many MLB baseball players in history have been named HS Kim?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

6 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:

 

How many MLB baseball players in history have been named HS Kim?

What difference does that make?

Players have only recently gone from the KBO to MLB.  You are very unlikely to be named HS Kim if you do not come from Korea.

The idea that multiple players from South Korea might be named Kim and have the same initials shouldn't be surprising.

Here is the list, not a huge amount of name variance, for instance, every name listed starts with a consonant, of which Hangul only has 14. 

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bio/South-Korea_born.shtml

Multiple David Johnsons is more notable.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

15 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

What difference does that make?

Players have only recently gone from the KBO to MLB.  You are very unlikely to be named HS Kim if you do not come from Korea.

The idea that multiple players from South Korea might be named Kim and have the same initials shouldn't be surprising.

Here is the list, not a huge amount of name variance, for instance, every name listed starts with a consonant, of which Hangul only has 14. 

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bio/South-Korea_born.shtml

Multiple David Johnsons is more notable.

You are being obstinant as usual over a trivial point. All I said is it would be statistically improbable given the number of HS Kim's in MLB previously. I think it's time I put you on ignore along with atomic. Have an excellent day.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

38 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

What difference does that make?

Players have only recently gone from the KBO to MLB.  You are very unlikely to be named HS Kim if you do not come from Korea.

The idea that multiple players from South Korea might be named Kim and have the same initials shouldn't be surprising.

Here is the list, not a huge amount of name variance, for instance, every name listed starts with a consonant, of which Hangul only has 14. 

https://www.baseball-reference.com/bio/South-Korea_born.shtml

Multiple David Johnsons is more notable.

About 1.5% of people in the US have the last name Johnson.   About 2.4% of US males have the First name David.   So, figure .00036 chance that an American male is named David Johnson.    Sounds small, but with 165 mm American males, there are probably 59,000 David Johnsons roaming around the US today.   It’s certainly one of the most common names, but not that common.    The odds that two players in Orioles history would have that name are extremely small.    I don’t know how many players have played for the Orioles, but it’s probably under 2,000.

  • Upvote 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Just a little further down this rabbit hole, about 19,000 players have played in MLB and about 110 (.0058) have had the last name Johnson.   That’s a much lower percentage (less than half) than the percentage of the general population named Johnson.   Part of the reason would be all the foreign players, probably none of whom are named Johnson.   Not sure what explains the rest.   

Back to regular life now.   
 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

3 minutes ago, Philip said:

He seems Interesting, but I would remind that our current cache of players includes a vast surplus of 1B/DH types, followed by a plentitude of outfielders. Why would we want another?

Because he plays SS and 3B.

Or have you scouted him and are sure he can't play there in MLB?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

14 hours ago, tarheeloriole said:

range in the sense of what we would be willing to spend in a hypothetical world where we would be willing to sign a player above league minimum I guess

Not really I suppose. Maybe 800k to a million. Tops. Like I said Iglesias is the big signing and Trey doesn't get to stay if he wants 4. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

16 hours ago, Roll Tide said:

We know Peter never participated in the posting player process.


Any chance Elias can get the approval and can justify the investment in this guy. Looks to be the next good Korean ball player and he’s only 25. This is the kind of player that I’d want them to take a chance on. And we have a hole at 3B.
 

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/10/ha-seong-kim-shortstop-posted-kiwoom-heroes-kbo-mlb.html

Let's put it this way. If the team is really making coaching decisions based off money, they are not in on a Korean free agent.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.




  • Posts

    • A question precedes #2: when will the left field wall be fixed?  I think I remember Elias saying they probably went too far, which is quite literally true.  No reason they can't fix it quickly.  I had no problem with them moving it back but it is pretty absurd where it is.
    • On #3, I would guess that Elias is very wary about going longer than 3 years for a starting pitcher (maybe four years if pitcher is younger and AAV is favorable).  I think Mike and Sig believe the history of long-term SP deals isn’t favorable and the wrong deal could derail a mid-market team with dead money.  I’m not sure they are wrong (e.g., Patrick Corbin, Strasberg).   I don’t think ownership cares directly; I would guess they just give Elias an annual baseball ops budget and forecast and he can choose how he manages against that.   Not in play Gerrit Cole Corbin Burnes Max Fried Blake Snell Jack Flaherty    Possible free agent targets Yusei Kikuchi Nathan Eovaldi Nick Pivetta Sean Manaea Luis Severino Alex Cobb Max Scherzer Justin Verlander Jose Quintana Frankie Montas Spencer Turnbull Andrew Heaney Matthew Boyd   Possible trade targets Garret Crotchet Sandy Alcantera Jesus Luzardo Eduardo Cabrera Reid Detmers Emerson Hancock Jordan Montgomery Lance McCullers Jr.
    • Is Webb anything special.  I would rather replace Webb with Norfolk shuttle guy.
    • Our SS is Gunnar, our CF in this scenario would be Cowser, and C is Adley. Hopefully none of those guys are in contention for being the team's worst hitter next season. We don't need a power bat in LF - we need to add a good contact bat, that can use all fields and run.
    • Kemp was part of it but bringing back 2 UTIL IF is blocking your best prospect when your manager covets veteranosity. If they aren’t resigned then Holliday gets a longer leash. 
    • LF is a bit of a waste of a spot for #9 hitter.  Its not a premium defensive position so you shoudl be able to get a decent bat who can also play there.  If you're worst hitter isn't an SS, C or CF, either you're contending for a WS , or something isn't quite right.  And this team isn't quite WS contenders just yet.
    • A lot could change between now and then, but right now he's the 4th starter. I like Povich more than most around here and think he can be a solid 4th starter. He may have been command days, but he doesn't get hit hard.  The cool new Baseball Savant chart shows his fastball and curve and have above average movement and is why his slightly below average velocity (.9 MPH below MLB avg for LHP) plays up a bit.
  • Popular Contributors

×
×
  • Create New...