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A Korean Approach to Fielding the 2009 U.S. WBC Team: Catching

October 20th, 2008 · 5 Comments

If you play fantasy baseball you know catching is either something you try to jump on early in a draft or pretty much ignore altogether and hope to grab some lightening in a Mike Napoli or Carlos Ruiz. However, when you  take even the  Ruizs and the Molinas  of this world  out of the equation…ie. [...]

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DBacks Sign Korean Catcher

October 20th, 2008 · 2 Comments

The Arizona Diamondbacks have made their second signing  in Korea, inking  catcher Kim Jae-yoon  from Whimoon High School in Seoul.
According to this article (in Korean) the signing bonus  was $150,000.
The article also says Kim was scouted at during last summer’s AAA World Junior Championships in Edmonton, a tournament the Korean team  won by defeating The [...]

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