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KBO’s Doosan Bears Close To Re-Signing Jose Miguel Fernandez

By Darragh McDonald | January 9, 2022 at 9:16am CDT

The Doosan Bears of the Korea Baseball Organization are close to re-signing Jose Miguel Fernandez, reports Jeeho Yoo of Yonhap News. This would be the fourth season with the Bears for Fernandez, who turns 34 in April.

Fernandez was a high-profile signing of the Dodgers in 2017, after defecting from his native Cuba in 2015. In 2017, he played 90 games in Double-A and three in Triple-A, producing an overall slash line of .306/.367/.496. Despite that solid production, the Dodgers released him at the end of the year. He was signed by the Angels and spent most of 2018 in Triple-A, hitting an excellent .333/.396/.535. That was enough to get him selected to the big league club, playing 36 games and hitting .267/.309/.388. That small sample is the only MLB experience on his resume, as he signed with the Bears after that season.

Fernandez has had three straight excellent campaigns for the Bears, with at least 141 games played and 15 home runs in each of them. His overall line from 2019 to 2021 is .334/.403/.476, walking more than he struck out in that time, 184 to 131. Now it appears he will be suiting up for the Bears for a fourth straight season in 2022, his age-34 campaign.

As noted by Yoo, each KBO team except for the Bears has filled their three slots for foreign players. The Bears have used two so far, on Ariel Miranda and Robert Stock. If the signing of Fernandez is completed, that would mean all the league’s roster spots for non-Korean players are spoken for.

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  1. HankHill

    2 years ago

    Daaaaaaaa Bears

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  2. jagonza

    2 years ago

    So Ariel Miranda – his teammate has played in the USA, Cuba, Taiwan, Japan and Korea is that a record for most leagues/ countries ??

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    • DarkSide830

      2 years ago

      presumably not if you include winter leagues. there are a handful of players who have done all four.

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  3. stymeedone

    2 years ago

    Fringe players are running out of options.

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    Reply
  4. Sheep8

    2 years ago

    JMF is a hitting MACHINE in Korea! So fun to watch

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    • DarkSide830

      2 years ago

      does suck he didnt get a longer look in the MLB

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      • Ham Fighter

        2 years ago

        I agree he was great in triple A did ok in mlb for his limited time there probably just as Good as any player on the pirates currently

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  5. Peart of the game

    2 years ago

    The deal has finally been reached according to Yonhap news.

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