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Article: Twins Win Posting for Korean LHP Hyeon-Jong Yang

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I'm also surprised by the negativity.   I'm also surprised by the level of knowledge of Korean Baseball and the confidence in such knowledge.   I'm also surprised by the power of those fiber one bar

Rosterman
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Headlines we want to see:   "Terry Ryan makes four-year offer to Pablo Sandoval, contemplating fifth year"   "Twins ask Lester 'Why' He Doesn't Want To Pitch In Minnesota after Rejecting Huge Offer"  

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News Item: Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk was the surprise winner of the bid for negotiating rights to left-hander Hyeon-Jong Yang.  "What the hell, I just felt like it," Musk quipped.  "Maybe I'll st

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News Item: Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk was the surprise winner of the bid for negotiating rights to left-hander Hyeon-Jong Yang.  "What the hell, I just felt like it," Musk quipped.  "Maybe I'll start my own team.  Maybe I'll start my own league.  When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor, I always say.  And if nothing else works out, he and I can play pitch and catch in my back yard."  MLB and KBO officials were unavailable for comment.

 Awesome post.  With so many reports not being true these days..... there might be a future "onion" type site to be tendered for baseball..... "The Leek" maybe.

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What a hot mess. Maybe the twins are better off losing out. Seems like it may not be worth the hassle

 

I agree and I don't think its worth getting upset about either.  The Twins need to stop *bleeping* around with the pitching prospects and go full throttle.

 

Meyer and May are ready and BOTH NEED major league starts this season.   It's time to turn these two lose and see what they can do in a full season.  May started 10-12 games last year and it started off real rough but he seemed to turn the corner towards the end.  Trevor features 4 solid pitches including a low 90's fastball that can reach 94-95.  That is nothing to scoff at.  Meyer had a great season at AAA although many argue his offspeed stuff still needs a bit of work.  I can seem him starting the season in the bullpen but eventually transitioning into the rotation later on.  Both of these prospects are 24/25.  If the Twins don't commit soon with M&M they might as well throw them on waivers and let them go.   I don't really see the urgency of signing this Korean.  

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Someone should be able to call an official with the Team and/or the league and get this story correct, shouldn't they? 

I doubt the Twins beat writers have many good Korean contacts (or if they did, they probably don't have specific knowledge of this situation).

 

And the US news agencies with the right contacts probably don't care enough to get involved -- it does seem to be a pretty minor transaction.

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Importing what level of hitters?

Probably guys who felt like they could make more money in KBO than in MLB. AAA/AAAA types, a la Colabello. Clearly not good enough to stick in the Majors, yet a big step up from what they used to have in that league. Sooooo, Yang probably would do well at AAA...?

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The Kia Tigers haven't decided whether they're going to accept the winning bid, and teams are not notified they won until the KBO team decides to accept the offer.

Exactly.  Seems that should be common knowledge to a baseball fan, but apparently not.  It certainly should be to a person that is a reporter.

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Exactly.  Seems that should be common knowledge to a baseball fan, but apparently not.  It certainly should be to a person that is a reporter.

 

Well to be fair, usually we hear who won the bid long before the bid is accepted, even if the selling club isn't required to disclose this information.

 

No surprise this situation is more covert seeing as the Twins are involved.

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Step 1. Confirm your bid amount

Step 2. Call the rangers and ask what their bid was

Step 3. Determine if their number is higher

Step 4 ( if rangers number was higher ). Confirm you did not win.

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Step 1. Confirm your bid amount

Step 2. Call the rangers and ask what their bid was

Step 3. Determine if their number is higher

Step 4 ( if rangers number was higher ). Confirm you did not win.

Might be rules against teams sharing bid amounts?

 

I don't blame anyone for these conflicting reports, really -- the Asian posting stuff always gets pretty weird.  Possibly more so in Korea since they do less of it, and when the player isn't that great there is probably less interest and less bothering to accurately share information or correct published reports.

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Might be rules against teams sharing bid amounts?

 

I don't blame anyone for these conflicting reports, really -- the Asian posting stuff always gets pretty weird.  Possibly more so in Korea since they do less of it, and when the player isn't that great there is probably less interest and less bothering to accurately share information or correct published reports.

 

I just figured if the posting process is over, I don't know why Texas would not share something that was going to become public in a day anyway.  Maybe some crazy rule I guess.

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I just figured if the posting process is over, I don't know why Texas would not share something that was going to become public in a day anyway.  Maybe some crazy rule I guess.

I was thinking some rule, especially since the process isn't fully complete.  (I don't think the losing bids ever officially become public, right?)

 

But now that you mention it, I'm not sure why teams would volunteer the information.  Both teams are simply waiting for something out of their hands at this point.  Meanwhile, the Twins and Rangers might be bidding against each other for other players right now.  The Yang bid may ultimately be pretty inconsequential, but so is satisfying one's curiosity in advance of the Korean team's decision.

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