San Diego to sign former teammate Connor Joe Bae Ji-hwan...I think I'll leave it to the vacant first base and outfield
San Diego to sign former teammate Connor Joe Bae Ji-hwan...I think I'll leave it to the vacant first base and outfield
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San Diego is reportedly close to signing Bae Ji-hwan and first base/outdoor resource Connor Joe (33), who played with Pittsburgh last year.
The San Diego Union-Turribune reported on the 8th (Korea time) that "San Diego's contract with free agent Connor Joe is almost in the final stage." Chinese-American Joe is capable of defending first base as well as outfield.
Joe, a California native in the U.S., was a top prospect when he was an amateur, as he was nominated 39 times by Pittsburgh in the first round of the Major League Rookie Draft in 2014 while attending the University of San Diego.
However, after entering the professional league, his growth rate was slower than expected. He made his Major League debut in 2019 after being traded to the San Francisco Giants. It took him five years to make his big league debut after the draft. It took him a long time to play as a first-round player.
After being traded to the Colorado Rockies in 2021, Joe began to promote his value by jumping to the starting lineup as a raincoat. Playing in 63 games that year, he had a batting average of 0.285 with eight homers and 35 RBIs. He also excelled with an OPS of 0.848, which is a combination of on-base plus slugging percentage.
In 2022, he appeared in a total of 111 games and slowed down with a batting average of 0.238 and seven homers and 28 RBIs. Then, after the season ended, Colorado traded him to Pittsburgh.
Playing in a total of 133 games in 2023, Cho rebounded with a batting average of 0.247 with 11 homers, 42 RBIs and an OPS of 0.760. Both homers and RBIs were career highs in his big leagues. As a result, he started the 2024 season with high expectations, but his performance was not as good as his performance, with a batting average of 0.228 and nine homers and 36 RBIs again.
Then, the Pittsburgh Pirates released him as a non-tender after the end of the season, saying that he didn't want to use Joe even though he was paying a hefty fee. Eventually, Joe, who became an unwanted free agent, has been waiting for a contract with his new team, and he seems to be linking to San Diego. 온라인바카라
Jake Cronenworth, who was a first baseman until last year, will return to second base this season. As Jurickson Profar, who was also an outfielder, will depart for Atlanta, San Diego has vacancies in the first and outfield positions. As a result, Jo's recruitment is seen as an appropriate card to solve both first and outfield problems.
In addition, the price of Joe's body is not a big burden to San Diego, which is in poor financial condition. Joe received an annual salary of $2.125 million (about 3.1 billion won) from Pittsburgh last year.