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Rockies Expect Seunghwan Oh To Remain In Colorado For 2019

By Jeff Todd | October 22, 2018 at 8:34pm CDT

Recent comments from right-handed reliever Seunghwan Oh seemingly indicated he was contemplating a return to his native Korea for the 2019 season, despite being under contract with the Rockies after his option vested. The Colorado organization, though, anticipates that Oh will remain with the club, general manager Jeff Bridich tells reporters including Patrick Saunders of the Denver Post.

“Our understanding is that he has every intention of honoring his contract,” said Bridich. He explains that Oh’s camp informed him that the righty’s “comments to the Korean media were not specifically about 2019,” so much as a general preference to pitch again in the KBO before wrapping up his playing career.

Certainly, that news comes as a relief for the Rox, who stand to control Oh for a reasonable $2.5MM salary. The 36-year-old thrived both before and after a mid-season trade sent him to Colorado from the Blue Jays. He ended the season with a 2.63 ERA over 68 1/3 innings, with a healthy combination of 79 strikeouts and 17 walks.

Despite exhibiting a velocity loss of a full tick on his average fastball, Oh managed to post a strong 14.7% swinging-strike rate. He increased theĀ usage of a fourth pitch (a curve) that he used at the expense of his somewhat diminished heater.

Obviously, it’s always a good thing to have a useful ballplayer under contract at a price that lags his value. And there’s little question that Oh would earn more in free agency were he to return to the open market this fall.

But the need is even more acute for a Rockies organization that has poured money into its bullpen without achieving the desired results. Since the 2015-16 winter, the club has signed Wade Davis ($52MM total guarantee), Jake McGee ($27MM), Bryan Shaw ($27MM), Mike Dunn ($19MM), Greg Holland ($7MM guarantee, $14MM ultimate salary owing to incentives), Jason Motte ($10MM), and Chad Qualls ($6MM).

Overall, there’s little question that the club has not received the output it hoped for from this group. Several players — Davis, McGee, Shaw, and Dunn — remain under contract. While a bounceback or two may still not be too much to ask for, it’s critical that the organization get some cost-efficient, quality pieces in the mix. That’s particularly true given that the organization is already sitting with nearly as much cash on the books (around $130MM with arbitration eligibles included at their projected value) as it did to start the 2018 season (a club record of about $136MM).

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  1. reflect

    7 years ago

    Oh.

    Reply
  2. minoso9

    7 years ago

    Very good deal for the Rox.

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  3. stubby66

    7 years ago

    Make history Rockies! If Oh wants to go back make a trade with his old Korean team lol

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    • jdgoat

      7 years ago

      Oh and Desmond for international bonus money.

      Reply
  4. truthlemonade

    7 years ago

    In 1995, Hideo Nomo wanted out of his Japanese contract to play in MLB. He retired from the Japanese league, to end his contract, and just signed with the Dodgers. The two leagues have closed that loophole.

    Does that loophole exist in reverse? Can MLB players still under contract “retire” from MLB and then immediately sign with an Asian baseball league?

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  5. truthlemonade

    7 years ago

    I just read Oh’s wikipedia page. Apparently, he was indicted for gambling in Macau. Macau is a Chinese city, which used to be a Portuguese colony, and has a similar post-colonial situation as Hong Kong. South Korean law criminalizes gambling in foreign nations, even when it is legal. What? So, if Oh decides to go to Las Vegas and play some blackjack, he can be arrested in South Korea? Don’t do it OH!!!! But if he does, it would be interesting to watch it unfold.

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    • mmarinersfan

      7 years ago

      And I had scrambled eggs for breakfast.
      I could get more of a discussion from this than whatever went on with what you said.

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      • truthlemonade

        7 years ago

        Seriously? Well, I guess you aren’t very sharp.

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    • joshua.barron1

      7 years ago

      If he goes back to Korea he has to service 70 games suspension before he can play

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      • Phanatic 2022

        7 years ago

        Would he face criminal cranes or just a fine?

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    • snotrocket

      7 years ago

      I probably wouldn’t inform the South Korean government I was gambling if I was Oh.

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      • truthlemonade

        7 years ago

        Yeah, well somebody squealed on him when he was gambling in Macau. What if you saw him or Shin Soo Choo gambling in Las Vegas? Someone might take a picture of him and then try to blackmail him.

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  6. marcoL

    7 years ago

    2018 WAR for Oh was 1.5= about 10 MM worth. And he received about 2.5 MM. If the Rockies has a conscience, do something. Nothing frustrates than working hard for nothing.

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    • Arnold Ziffel

      7 years ago

      That would be nice, it would also be nice if Shaw and McGee gave some back.

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  7. Phanatic 2022

    7 years ago

    It says despite velocity loss of a full tick on his fastball. What does a full tick equate to 1mph?

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    • BobbyJohn

      7 years ago

      Yes,

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