TUESDAY, 11:01pm: Peter Schmuck of The Baltimore Sun says the two sides are still finalizing some details and could have the deal wrapped up by Wednesday. An announcement is not imminent, and Tae-Hyon's physical will be delayed by Thanksgiving.
MONDAY, 9:13pm: The Orioles are close to a deal with Tae-Hyon, but haven't officially agreed to terms, according to Dan Connolly of the Baltimore Sun (on Twitter). The right-hander would get a Major League deal, which means Baltimore will have to clear a 40-man roster spot.
8:22pm: The Orioles agreed to sign Korean right-hander Chong Tae-Hyon, according to MLB.com's Brittany Ghiroli (on Twitter). The sides had been discussing a deal earlier today.
This 2009 video shows Tae-Hyon facing the Dodgers in a warmup game for the most recent World Baseball Classic .
Another Korean, finally.
I just nailed this on the free agent contest.
uhh….
Awesome, MLB really needs more submarine pitchers.
The deal is supposedly 2 years 3.2 million,, with incentives up to 3.8 i believe
Any pronounciation help?
the correct pronunciation is more like “jung day hyun”
but we all know that newscasters and espn will butcher it and say “chong”
Can you blame them?
Actually, as people who get paid to pronounce things, yes, I can.
They are announcers, not pronouncers. How do you pronnounce Aramis Ramirez. Because in the Dominican, the “S” is silent. It’s said as Aramee
You answered your own question on that one I suppose.
It is, however, imperative that announcers pronounce properly, good sir.
I was showing the fact that lots of people screw up names.
I know. I’m saying that people who are paid to not screw them up shouldn’t. If you didn’t get that by now I can’t help you. Good day sir.
I get that, but if you can’t get that announcers are not paid to pronounce but announce then God can only help you. I would be willing to bet that you couldn’t pronounce his name before you saw somebody else say it. Hypocrite say what?
I don’t think anyone can “pronounce” anything better after they “saw” a word, you’d need to hear it. Try harder next time.
Read the comment. You knew exactly what I was saying.
How do you see a person say something?
Helen Keller.
she can’t see anything either.
Neither can other dead people
I am in total agreement with KL on this one. Would it kill an announcer (who are always bragging about their access to the teams) to go to the locker room, contact the player or a team rep and “learn” the correct pronunciation of the name? One’s name is a most precious asset, and butchering it, by anyone, a sin.
Nice to see the O’s NOT pissing away millions on the Kevin Greggs of the world to fill out the bullpen.
I have to say, I love seeing funky deliveries.
After seeing his name and that he was Korean, I was hoping for something along those lines.
Good luck Jung, hopefully you’re better than Byung-Hyun Kim!
Kim was good until he got moved to the rotation. From ’99-’03 he had a 3.24 ERA, 10 K/9, 3.8 BB/9.
I know. I hope he’s better. Better managed as well, some guys just aren’t 5 inning pitchers.
Is that what happened? It’s been so long… Also, that’s why I worry about Jim Johnson. I really don’t think he’s a starter.
Kim was a pretty good closer in Arizona(submarine fireballer as you can see his k/9) Even though Jung throws like Kim, he doesn’t have better stuff than kim’s obviously in my opinion, but better command and harder sinker ball..
I think Jung is going to perform well in the pen only facing the righties cuz it should be hard for them(rod, bautista, jeter etc) to get used to his funky delivery
Dude!
Greg Halman died. Am I late on this?
Yes.
Just a little.
oops. sorry. no disrespect though. (to his family)
Gee, how will the O’s ever figure out a way to clear a spot on their star-studded roster.
The Orioles now have the best Starcraft player in baseball.
lol hahaha
And once again the Orioles send shock-waves through Major League Baseball…. Always riveting off seasons in Bridland…
/idiotic post.
Good to see the O’s getting more involved in the international market.
Does anyone else find it weird that both McPhail and Duquette began their Oriole careers signing a mid-30s reliever from Asia? Conspiracy?
but duqutte signed antonelli first,, before chong,, so ur theory=interesting, but wrong
but I would not be a conspiracy if it did not stretch the facts.
It could be interesting to see if this move will actually help the Orioles.
If he turns out to be another Koji, sign me up.
If he turns out to be like every other FA reliever for the Orioles of the past decade, #*@$#@!
If Chong can get outs and keep the O’s in ball games, I think that’s really all they’re looking for. However, since he’s a groundball pitcher, I do have concerns regarding his corner infielders (Reynolds and Davis).
Heck, even if he turns out to be a Chad Bradford I would be happy.
I like baseball.
he is making a mistake by going to an a.l. east team.
Why? If you can pitch, you can pitch.
I hope this is the beginning of many new foreign talent for the O’s. the Orioles need to scout more outside of the US from now on as well. the Mariners are a good example at that