TODAY: Hoying has inked a $7ooK deal with the KBO’s Hanwha Eagles, per Naver Sports (Korean-language link; h/t Dan Kurtz of MyKBO.net, on Twitter).
YESTERDAY: The Angels have released outfielder Jared Hoying, MLB Trade Rumors’ Steve Adams reports (Twitter link). The team granted the release so Hoying could pursue an opportunity playing in South Korea.
Hoying and the Angels agreed to a minor league deal earlier this offseason. The Rangers outrighted Hoying off their 40-man roster in October, paving the way for his free agency and subsequent deal with Los Angeles.
A 10th-round pick for the Rangers in the 2010 draft, Hoying spent his entire pro career in the Texas organization, hitting .260/.320/.444 over 3544 career plate appearances in the minor leagues. Hoying played most games in center field but saw significant time at all three outfield spots. He made his big league debut in 2016 and saw action in each of the last two seasons for the Rangers, posting a .220/.262/.288 slash line over 126 PA in the majors.
mlb1225
Welp, there goes their playoff chances.
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What playoff chances
gookstyle
Hahaha I was gonna say the same thing.
angelfan27
A minor league deal really, you think that is going to ruin their chances
papi34
I’ve got a hunch mlb1225 was being sarcastic.
StuMatthews11
And you can just ignore beisbolista, an Angel hater who knows very little about beisbol.
WhiteSox4ever
Lol
Codeeg
He was the glue that would bridge the gap between an 85 win team and a 100 win team!
Say goodbye to October baseball!
saintchristafa
Without Jared, who do the rangers have?? Gallo? Good luck with that noise
lilpartialbaldo
This could ended being a big black eye on what was shaping up to be a pretty good offseason. Yikes!
805rich
Nice move to let a guy go play elsewhere. He didn’t have much of a shot at making the big club.
dynamite drop in monty
More like Jared Going.
jonnyj
Who?
cxcx
Steve up there with Rosenthal and Heyman.
Yamsi12
Goodnight sweet prince
Pax vobiscum
Related to Bobby Hoying? Bobby was the grandson of Wally Post from the Reds.
Yamsi12
I have a bellybutton.
dynamite drop in monty
Source?
bastros88
I’m waiting for the Ken Rosenthal tweet to confirm this
Frank kemble
Hit minor league pitching well but not major league pitching. He’ll do well over there.
sfg415sfc
This. Changes. Everything.
rerogers
Shame. This is the year he was going to replace Trout. I can read the headlines now, “Dream Season turns out to be literal dream.” Angels finish 85 -77.
Realtexan
Rangers shoulda just kept him. What a loss. He was a really good player. Here’s a thought since the Rangers like signing players back from Japan league or Korea hopefully they will get him back.