The Giants agreed to a minor league deal with reliever Byung-Hyun Kim, reports ESPN's Jerry Crasnick. Kim last pitched in the Majors for the Marlins in '07. He signed a non-guaranteed contract with the Pirates in February of '08, but was bought out a month later for $300K.
Kim, now represented by Paul Cobbe, spent most of the last few years "re-charging" in South Korea.
2010 comebak player of the year? Maybe.
NOTHING TO LOSE!!!!!!!Who knows maybe he is “recharged”, or maybe he isnt. Why not take the chance? Sabean is one of 5 wort gms in mlb but at least hes trying something……i guess
In related news, Scott Brosius and Tino Martinez are expected to announce comebacks.
okay okay a bit premature. But i’m optimistic. The guy needs a bit of confidence.
Brosius might be thinking about it now that Kim is back.
boats are already lined up in McCovey cove to catch the first ball served up by BHK
haha! Thats why you have to be optimistic!
Eric Byrnes and His Dog are the people happiest with this signing.
I always liked this guy, I’ll definitely be trading for him in The Show when it comes out.
Hahaha! Finally Kim plays for a team I can root against. BK, thank you for almost losing the 2001 World Series. and thank you for no longer being a dback.
How can you root against the Fresno Grizzlies? They have a really cool mascot and a nice ballpark. It’s all good.
Hahaha fair enough. For the Giants sake, hopefully they let Sabean come out of the pen before BK
Hopefully not. Over the years, Sabes has rarely been able to demonstrate “closer stuff” when it counts.
Funny, on the day the 2001 WS is shown on MLBN, BK signs.
there goes our stellar relief pitching
WORLD SERIES BABY!!! WOOOOOHOOOOO!!!!
:s
You can never get enough of these clever posts.
Now I’m hoping for a Yankees-Giants WS with Kim on the Giants post-season roster.
oh boy….caveat emptor!
You can’t be serious?
anyone who pitched for the fish in ’07 hasta be good
there is no sell by date for good fish
and the Giants have a history of good fish (ing 4 pitching)
i give up
This is a joke, right?
It’s a minor league deal. And my guess is that’s where Kim ends up.
I don’t even want to see the guy here in Fresno!!!!
FIRE SABeAN…Nothing to lose w this one…better than nothin i reckon
well i remember watching him in 07 with the marlins and i have to say it was fun watching him. when he was on he did very well, and needless to say when off…he gives up leads…anyways, he’d be a great long reliever/emergency starter. this is a good signing personally, and i wish we brought him back. and as rich waltz and tommy hutton said, he likes to be called “BK Kim”
Well, now we know who’s replacing Bob Howry on the roster.
Who likes gopherballs?
2001 all over again…just not that many starts as a closer LOL