Yankees interested in Chan Ho Park

[jacksonianmarch]

Marc Topkin of the St. Petersburg Times reports that the Rays are not currently considering right-hander Chan Ho Park.

 

Park has been connected to the Rays in recent days, as well as the Cubs and Yankees, but according to Topkin, the club is comfortable with their bullpen as-is. Topkin also notes that the Rays remain in the running for free agent first baseman Russell Branyan, who is also reportedly considering a contract from the Guardians.

 

Interesting, I read this on mlbtraderumors as well. I am cool with adding Park so long as he isnt guaranteed a spot on the 25 man. His numbers as a reliever were great last yr. The season before, his ERA was fine but the peripherals kinda sucked out of the pen

 

2009- 50IP 2.52ERA 52K 43H 16BB

2008- 70.1IP 3.84ERA 75H 49K 28BB

 

If we get him, then fine, but its nothing more than a depth signing. He's too washed up for the rotation and he's not consistent out of the pen. I think we have some better internal options

[Youk Of The Nation]

I would like to state for the record that I fully support the acquisition of Chan Ho "Outta the" Park by the Yankees. Two years, 30 million. Do it!

[jacksonianmarch]

It should be nothing more than a split contract with incentives at the big league level

[26 to 6]

Exactly. On a minor league deal I'm all for it, but not guaranteed.

[a700hitter]

I am hoping for this. I can just see him in an extra inning game against the Red Sox walking off the mound after a game-winning hit.

[BigPapiEnFuego]

God, please.

[yeszir]

I am hoping for this. I can just see him in an extra inning game against the Red Sox walking off the mound after a game-winning hit.

 

God' date=' please.[/quote']

 

Agreed. I'd smile every time they trotted him out to the mound.

[Emmz]

Yes, please.

[Dipre]

Park would be decent if employed at the lower echelons of the bullpen. It would be a depth signing, and a good one at that.

[Dojji]

.750 OPS against lefties. .715 OPS against overall. In the National League. Mostly in the national League West.

 

This guy's new nickname will be "David Ortiz' Chew Toy."

[Dipre]

Citizen's Bank Park. Depth.

[Dipre]

For the record:

 

Chan Ho Park as a reliever last year with the Phillies.

 

Global:

 

2.52 ERA, 50.0 IP, 52 K, 16 BB, .576 OPS against.

 

Split:

 

.661 OPS vs lefties.

 

.513 OPS vs righties.

 

A good move (even if only a depth move) is still a good move regardless of the team that makes it.

[Emmz]

Historically, Chan ho Park has been a bad pitcher though, and stats back that up. I don't think 50 superb innings is going to change people's minds IMO.

[Dipre]

4.35 career ERA.

 

Over the last two years, he's logged 120 innings of sub-4.00 ERA ball as a reliever. And he'd be a "Just in case" signing. With the volatility of relievers, depth can end up being huge as the grind of the season goes on. This is the type of signing that usually helps the team the most in its time of greater need.

[BigPapiEnFuego]

Historically' date=' Chan ho Park has been a bad pitcher though, and stats back that up. I don't think 50 superb innings is going to change people's minds IMO.[/quote']

 

 

This, really.

 

 

He did sorta decent last yeah, in the friggin NL East where every team but his own is just alright. And he was good with the Dodgers the year before, but thats the NL West, a terrible division. Put him in yankee stadium, where lefties already hit good, combined with his s*** stats against them, combined with all the offense in the division and he becomes Chan Ho-Ming Wang.

[yeszir]

I want to see Park pitch in the AL East and NOT post a 5+ ERA.

[Youk Of The Nation]

I want to see Park pitch in the AL East and NOT post a 5+ ERA.

 

I just want to see him pitch in the AL East. It'll be more fun than that time Kei Igawa played for the Yankees.

 

Does anyone remember that? That was awesome.

[Imperial59]

And the Yankees counter Boof Bonser! Wow, what a heated offseason.

[Dojji]

Mea culpa. I got him mixed up with Hong-Chih Kuo

[Lester82]

Wow. You know you're a Yankee homer when you started this thread and talk about the positives of a Chan Ho signing.

 

I giggled when I heard the Yankees were interested in ol' Chan Ho.

[Dipre]

I don't know how i'm the only one who sees the positives.

 

A reliever who's had two solid years back-to-back, and wouldn't be guaranteed a roster spot or much guaranteed money. He blows up, you cut him lose, he pitches well, you get a good performance for next to nothing.

[Dipre]

This, really.

 

 

He did sorta decent last yeah, in the friggin NL East where every team but his own is just alright. And he was good with the Dodgers the year before, but thats the NL West, a terrible division. Put him in yankee stadium, where lefties already hit good, combined with his s*** stats against them, combined with all the offense in the division and he becomes Chan Ho-Ming Wang.

 

Park dominates righties. If you know that he has trouble against lefties, do you think the team that signs him doesn't?

 

And another thing, last year wasn't "sorta decent" it was a very good year. 2008 was sorta decent.

[Imperial59]

I don't know how i'm the only one who sees the positives.

 

A reliever who's had two solid years back-to-back, and wouldn't be guaranteed a roster spot or much guaranteed money. He blows up, you cut him lose, he pitches well, you get a good performance for next to nothing.

 

He wasn't very good as a reliever in 2008 (3.84 ERA, 1.46 WHIP).

[Dipre]

He wasn't very good as a reliever in 2008 (3.84 ERA' date=' 1.46 WHIP).[/quote']

 

But he was as a starter in a limited sample size. Go figure.

[Dojji]

He's still the absolute worst possible kind of pitcher for Yankee Stadium. A righthanded pitcher with a high opponent OBP and a pronounced platoon weakness against lefties is going to have very limited usefulness in a park that exaggerates lefthanded power as much as NYS does.

[Dipre]

He's still the absolute worst possible kind of pitcher for Yankee Stadium. A righthanded pitcher with a high opponent OBP and a pronounced platoon weakness against lefties is going to have very limited usefulness in a park that exaggerates lefthanded power as much as NYS does.

 

Lefties had a .661 OPS against him last year. And he played at Citizens Bank Park. A park that exaggerates everyone's power.

[Dojji]

Like to know where you got your number. I got a .752 OPS v. left from Baseball Reference.. that's just 2009 numbers.

 

If you're talking about a reliever's home/road splits in a single season sample you really start dipping into small sample size a bit too deep for my taste.

 

The guy allows an overall .338 opponent OBP. That's pretty danged bad relative to his ERA.

[Dipre]

Like to know where you got your number. I got a .752 OPS v. left from Baseball Reference.. that's just 2009 numbers.

 

If you're talking about a reliever's home/road splits in a single season sample you really start dipping into small sample size a bit too deep for my taste.

 

The guy allows an overall .338 opponent OBP. That's pretty danged bad relative to his ERA.

 

Because they're overall stats. The baseball reference stats you're getting don't account for starter/reliever splits.

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.cgi?n1=parkch01&year=2009&t=p#sprel

 

Pitching role (Starter/reliever split). Right there on BB reference. .576 overall OPS against. The double split (As a reliever vs. LHP) is found on MLB.com's double situational split:

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/stats/individual_player_splits.jsp?playerID=120221&statType=2&splitSet=1&c_id=phi&sitSplit1=grp

 

.321 SLG, .341 OBP vs lefties, 0 HR.

 

Overall: .296 OBP against as a reliever.

[jacksonianmarch]

Whoever tries and sells his 2009 season as bad is an idiot. He was very good in 2009. His 2008 was shaky and prior to that he was still fancying himself a starter. My concern is a change in league for an older pitcher with injury problems on a team with better options in the farm system. Hence, why a competition would be great. If he can outpitch Melancon and Logan and a few other guys on the 40 man roster, then he earns his paycheck. If he cannot, there shouldnt be anything keeping NY from cutting him loose. Thing is, he hasnt signed anything yet

[Dipre]

I saw the guy pitch a decent amount of times last year, and he has electric stuff out of the pen. A mid-to-high 90's FB, a mid-90's two-seamer and a filthy slider with a lot of vertical and bit of horizontal movement, kinda like Nathan's but not as violent, the issue with this is, that in my opinion, it's the ultimate low-risk/high reward signing, he was very effective last year as a reliever, that is undeniable, and he will probably sign on a minor-league deal, if he's effective, you struck gold and look like a genius, if he's not, a handshake and good bye. He's a guy i'd like the Sox to take a look at, because it's easy to say "Oh, so and so sucks" without looking at what he has done lately in terms of adjustment and statistics. That's how you usually find a diamond in a pile of rubble.