"What kind of prospect is this?"Cho Won-bin has a poor batting average of 0.053 in minor single A high
"What kind of prospect is this?"Cho Won-bin has a poor batting average of 0.053 in minor single A high
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Cho Won-bin, a promising Korean fielder in St. Louis, is unable to overcome his limitations. He is very sluggish, with a batting average of only 0.053.
Outfielder Cho Won-bin, who moved to the U.S. by signing with St. Louis in 2022, started this season with Minor League Single A. He played in a total of four games and recorded a batting average of 0.313, one home run and six RBIs, which was good enough.
Then, the St. Louis Cardinals allowed Cho to advance to the higher rank of Single-A High Team. Single-A High is the league Cho played in last year, and Cho played in a total of 107 games with a batting average of 0.227 and two homers and 28 RBIs.
As a result, the St. Louis Cardinals started the season with "Single A," which was a step lower than Cho, and sent him back to "Single A High" when Cho showed good performance. However, maybe it is because his performance here was not good last year. He seems to be facing his limit again.
His performance on the surface is not good, but his details are also bad. While Cho has had only one walk, he had seven strikeouts. The ratio of walks to strikeouts is 1:7, which is bad. After his promotion to Single-A High, Cho had four walks and seven strikeouts. It's an ideal figure.
When Cho knocked on the U.S. stage for the first time, he was highly praised for his "huge hitting ability." However, he has only hit 11 homeruns in total until this year, which marks his fourth year in the minor league. This is less than the number of homeruns that any central hitter can achieve in a single season. In fact, Choi Ji-man had 18 homeruns in a single season when he was in the minor league in 2013.
Among the players who graduated from high school and entered the U.S. like Cho Won-bin, those who failed to exceed Single A High in their fourth year went through a U-turn to Korea after being released.
Choo played in Double A in his fourth year in the U.S. after graduating from high school. After the end of the same season, he participated in the Arizona Fall League, where only top minor league prospects can play, and took elite courses.
Lee Hak-joo was similar. He also went through Double A and AFL in his fourth year in the U.S. and participated in the Futures Game, a minor league All-Star game, receiving high evaluation. Ha Jae-hoon, who currently plays for SSG in the Korean pro baseball, also played in Double A in his fourth year in the U.S.
Although he took the entire season off in 2011 due to waist surgery, he advanced to Triple-A in 2013 when he was in his fourth year in the U.S. in number of years. He reached Triple-A in just three seasons in the minor league, which was the fastest growth among Korean players ever. 스포츠토토
Based on the data of the seniors, if Cho Won-bin cannot overcome the obstacle of Single A High again this year, it seems highly likely that he will also follow the footsteps of the seniors who made a U-turn to Korea.