Major League Baseball (MLB) San Diego Padres, who signed Kim Ha-Sung (25), are rapidly emerging as a championship candidate with a striking Stove League rage.
MLB.com analyzed on the 30th, “San Diego, which immediately recruited a lot of power, jumped to the top in the new season’s contribution to victory versus substitute players (WAR). did.
San Diego recently brought in 2018 American League Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell (28) and Japanese right-handed pitcher Darvish Yu (34) by trade, and Kim Ha-sung joined the storm.
Having dealt with three heavy transfers in just 24 hours, San Diego quickly emerged as a winner. According to Fangraph.com data cited by MLB.com, San Diego recruited Darvish (4.1), Snell (3.5), and Kim Ha-sung (1.5 or higher WAR) to raise the team WAR 9.1. San Diego is in second place overall after the Dodgers (44.3) with a team WAR of 43.6, but with additional power reinforcement, it could jump to number one in this category.
MLB.com said, “Six years ago, San Diego immediately recruited a large number of players with a sense of strength, such as Matt Kemp, Justin Upton, Will Myers, and Sean Kelly, and aimed for good results, but there is a painful experience that ended in failure.” . He predicted that he will have a fierce game with the Dodgers (the rival of the same district).”
As a result, the Dodgers also started to reinforce pitchers with a’triple trade’. The Dodgers recruited left-handed pitcher Garrett Clevinger, 26, in a trade with the Philadelphia Phillies and Tampa Bay Races.
Clefinger played 5 seasons in the Philadelphia Minor League, recording an average ERA of 19-12 and 4.08 ERA, and made his big league debut against the New York Mets on September 18 this year and threw ⅔innings. The Dodgers decided to give away minor league infielder Dylan Paulson (23) and cash or another player to Tampa Bay in exchange for the Clefinger. Tampa Bay sends left-handed pitcher Jose Alvarado, 25, to Philadelphia.
Apart from the trade, the Dodgers said they had signed a two-year contract with right-handed pitcher Tommy Karnel, 31, who played for the New York Yankees as a bullpen for $4.75 million. Carnel had an average ERA of 3.82 with 9 wins 9 losses and 4 saves in 7 seasons in the major leagues, but it is unclear whether he will start next year after undergoing elbow ligament joint surgery this year.
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