'Jared is a good player, but' Two-Track Strategy'Great Success''123G7HR'Here comes the active ML hitter
Nov 27, 2024
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Doosan signed a total of $1 million (down payment of 200,000 and annual salary of 800,000 dollars) with Jake Cave (32) on the 26th.
Cave played in 123 major league games this season for the Colorado Rockies and recorded a batting average of 251, seven homers, 37 RBIs, and an OPS of 0.686 (long hitting rate + on base rate).
Since his major league debut with the Minnesota Twins in 2018, he has steadily gained big league experience, batting .236, 45 homers, 176 RBIs and an OPS of .692 in a total of 523 games in seven seasons. In Triple-A, he had an excellent performance of .893 with a batting average of .330, 64 homers, 256 RBIs, and an OPS of .893 in 427 games.
An official from Doosan said, `Cave is an MLB-level outfielder who has the advantage of fast bat speed from strong wrist strength. He also explained that he has outfield defense capabilities and sensible base running to cover Jamsil Baseball Stadium.
Although it was not a noticeable performance this season, it was not easy to expect to come to the KBO stage for $1 million, the upper limit for foreign players in their first year.
Doosan discussed renewing its contract with Jarrod Young, while continuing its interest in foreign hitters in additional candidates, including Cave.
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It's not like Jared's stay-at-home contract was the top priority. He planned to boldly replace the foreigners if they had excellent batting skills and could help him a little more defensively. As I solved it with a 'two-track strategy', I didn't even have to hang myself on Jared. Then, he found out that Cave, who has been at the top of the recruitment candidates for the past three years, was interested in the Asian stage and immediately started recruiting.
Multiple Japanese professional baseball clubs also showed interest in Cave, which seemed to form a competitive structure. Doosan was at a disadvantage in the `money fight,' but Doosan moved quickly with confidence as it had been interested in it for a long time and eventually became the winner.
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Irvin, who has played 90 games as a starter in the major leagues over the past four years, and Thomas Hatch, who has a maximum speed of 154km, formed a foreign one-two punch. All three new recruits, including Cave, will be able to set up a total of $3 million 'luxury foreign unit' by filling the upper limit of $1 million.
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