Slightly Better than Replacement Level
Last year this site wrote about José Miguel Fernández and his great season for the Doosan Bears. Fast forward to the newly minted 2020 Korea Baseball organization season and Fernández is once again a topic of discussion for the site. The former Major League Baseball prospect is tearing up KBO pitching in both familiar and […]
Baseball is slowly coming back and that means it’s time to prime up the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO). History The KBO first saw action in 1982. For the most part, the KBO has had an uneventful history. Teams have come and gone, superstars have been made while others haven’t panned out. Korea’s premier league has […]
There are two minor leagues for the Korea Baseball Organization. Today we’re digging into the first of those two leagues, the Northern League (KNL). History The Northern League has been in existence since 1991. Since that time it has served as a minor league for the KBO. The league continues year-after-year with little fanfare or […]
Josh Lindblom always had the pedigree of a great pitcher. He was drafted in the 3rd round of the 2005 Major League Baseball amateur draft by the Houston Astros. Then again in the 2nd round of the 2008 draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers. Throughout his time in Minor League Baseball, he posted impressive numbers. […]
José Miguel Fernández came up with the Cocodrilos de Matanzas in the Serie Nacional de Béisbol. He exhibited a healthy amount of power and an extreme contact-oriented bat. When he was finally able to defect from Cuba he was courted by a number of teams before ultimately signing a minor league contract with the Los […]