I was going to title the thread....This ain't your Daddy's MLB.
I found this recent development interesting. A South Korean ball club has signed a strategic partnership with the Boston Red Sox.
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The Red Sox want to learn from Korean training? The Red Sox want eyes on the ground to be the first informed on prospects.
Originally Posted by RJM:
The Red Sox want eyes on the ground to be the first informed on prospects.
Exactly RJM. It makes me wonder where baseball is going next. Most clubs have scouting orgs and farms in the Caribbean/South America. Sox made inroads & relationships in Japan years ago with Dice-K. Now it is South Korea. I'm wondering if other MLB clubs are doing the same.
The secret is definitely out on Asia for baseball prospects.
If I spoke Portuguese I'd be heading to Brazil to really be on the ground floor of baseball down there.
Rich
I just read the other day that the Cardinals plan to focus more on Cuba and Asia for prospects.
The benefit of foreign signings of young prospects is they come cheap. The Carribean is the old frontier. Asia is the new frontier. It's not like paying a signing bonus to a top ten rounds pick or a huge contract for established Japanese and Cuban players.
Originally Posted by PIS:
If I spoke Portuguese I'd be heading to Brazil to really be on the ground floor of baseball down there.
Rich
I second this.
I have a friend who is in an executive position with a big league team who is working on developing advanced metrics in NPB, the Japanese professional league. There are a lot of things going on in the international realm of baseball. I think it's absolutely wonderful for the game.