South Korean Prospect Won-Bin Cho Signs with Cardinals

[MinorLeagueGuy]

bUt CaN hE gO oPpO tAcO?

[sighyoung]

Not really the kind of young Asian that I expected Mo to be trolling for.

One night in Bangkok makes a hard man humble . . .

[MinorLeagueGuy]

Just watched a cage video from 2 days ago. He has adjusted to using a much more quiet front leg; not so high. Sort of gliding to the ball now.

[Big Amoco Sign]

bUt CaN hE gO oPpO tAcO?

I know you're likely joking but opposite way is so overrated. It just means the ball is hit in a spot that's likely to end up as an out. Give me a dead pull hitter all day if he crushes the ball. They can't put 8 guys in one spot. The holes are there.

[haltz]

Just watched a cage video from 2 days ago. He has adjusted to using a much more quiet front leg; not so high. Sort of gliding to the ball now.

Can we still call him Sadaharu Cho?

[MinorLeagueGuy]

Just watched a cage video from 2 days ago. He has adjusted to using a much more quiet front leg; not so high. Sort of gliding to the ball now.

Can we still call him Sadaharu Cho?

There's a part of me that thinks the old swing was just his homerun power swing, and that his regular swing is more tame. I like watching swings and fundamentals in general get smoother, as kids mature. So this is good case to watch. Especially if the bigtime power he's been scouted for turns into something else.

[Spider John]

Not really the kind of young Asian that I expected Mo to be trolling for.

One night in Bangkok makes a hard man humble . . .

"I get my kicks above the Mendoza line, sunshine"

[Popeye_Card]

Just watched a cage video from 2 days ago. He has adjusted to using a much more quiet front leg; not so high. Sort of gliding to the ball now.

Can we still call him Sadaharu Cho?

There's a part of me that thinks the old swing was just his homerun power swing, and that his regular swing is more tame. I like watching swings and fundamentals in general get smoother, as kids mature. So this is good case to watch. Especially if the bigtime power he's been scouted for turns into something else.

I am hoping that this is the case, because I looked at that high leg kick and thought "he's going to get chewed up by MLB pitching".

[haltz]

There's a part of me that thinks the old swing was just his homerun power swing, and that his regular swing is more tame. I like watching swings and fundamentals in general get smoother, as kids mature. So this is good case to watch. Especially if the bigtime power he's been scouted for turns into something else.

It is interesting - I'm sure in that showcase he's getting his money's worth, but there are plenty of great lefties who really transferred their weight and hit with a stiff front leg and their back foot off the ground - violent like Bryce Harper or Babe Ruth, but Griffey did this somewhat as well. Then you've got guys like Edmonds, Bonds and Cano who just pick their foot up and put it down, but they of course all get into their back hip to generate power.

If you look through Cho's videos, he's doing a lot of cage work on specific parts of his swing. Some show him walking his left leg through his swing to finish, then others he's planting, waiting two seconds and then the pitch comes. There are some older in game videos where he definitely has the leg kick so I don't think it's just a showcase thing.

[MinorLeagueGuy]

There's a part of me that thinks the old swing was just his homerun power swing, and that his regular swing is more tame. I like watching swings and fundamentals in general get smoother, as kids mature. So this is good case to watch. Especially if the bigtime power he's been scouted for turns into something else.

It is interesting - I'm sure in that showcase he's getting his money's worth, but there are plenty of great lefties who really transferred their weight and hit with a stiff front leg and their back foot off the ground - violent like Bryce Harper or Babe Ruth, but Griffey did this somewhat as well. Then you've got guys like Edmonds, Bonds and Cano who just pick their foot up and put it down, but they of course all get into their back hip to generate power.

If you look through Cho's videos, he's doing a lot of cage work on specific parts of his swing. Some show him walking his left leg through his swing to finish, then others he's planting, waiting two seconds and then the pitch comes. There are some older in game videos where he definitely has the leg kick so I don't think it's just a showcase thing.

There's something there. Especially if we look at guys that werent prodigious power hitters to begin their careers. Ortiz is a good case, given that he wasnt anything special until he left Min. Maybe his swing was just taylormade to play in Fenway.