A positive outlook for Park Byung-ho, who was in the second league season of the major league, came out.
MLB.com posted an article titled, "Park Byeong-ho's second shot, deserves a second chance," on February 2 on the official homepage of MLB.com.
MLB.com cited major Korean leaguers, saying that a relatively large number of foreign hitters recently adapted quickly and effectively to major league pitchers.
The media answered, "Kang Jung-ho has questioned whether he can hit the ball with a high degree of relief, although he did not expect much, but during the first year of his major league season, he hit the average batting average of 102 wRC + And 119 wRC +, ".
But the problem was strike outs. If Park Byeong-ho fulfilled the provisional batting average, he expressed worries that he would have been in seventh place in the major leagues.
MLB.com said, "Park struck out 30.1% in April 73 batting average, 32.6% in 95 batting average in May and 35.5% in 76 batting average in June. But he has also hit 10 homers in 31 games in Triple-A. "
Nonetheless, MLB.com has come up with a positive outlook for Park Byung Ho. "Chris Bryant reduced his strikeout rate, which was close to 30.6 percent in the rookie season, to 22 percent in the second year, while Paul Gold Schmidt also struck out 29.9 percent in his 177 at-bat, but dropped to 22.1 percent in his second year." I added expectation.
"I believe Park Byung-ho, who has a second chance in the major leagues, will have a different appearance," said Paul Molitor, manager of Minnesota's Pioneer Press.