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Baseball Musings
January 04, 2006
Seo West, Young Man

New York Newsday has the latest trade rumor concerning the Mets, with Jae Seo going to the Dodgers for reliever Duaner Sanchez. Both pitcher showed great progress last season; Sanchez greatly upped his strikeout rate and Seo found his control, cutting his walks allowed way down. It seems to me the trade favors the Dodgers, as they're getting someone who will likely give them many more innings as a starter than Sanchez will give the Mets.

Then again, given Seo's previous performances, 2005 might be a fluke season. We'll see if this trade pans out.

Update: The deal's done.


Posted by David Pinto at 08:50 AM | Trades | TrackBack (0)
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I really don't understand this one. Seo pitched great for the Mets last season as a STARTER. Sanchez pitched pretty well for the Dodgers (in a pitcher friendly stadium, though I don't know his home/road splits). It seems that a good starter is worth more then a pretty good reliever any day of the week. Why don't they just move Seo into relief? Would he be any worse then Sanchez?

Posted by: sabernar at January 4, 2006 10:53 AM

How big is the Korean community in New York? I know that both Chan-Ho Park and Hee-Seop Choi have really enjoyed the support of the Korean community here.

Posted by: Adam Villani at January 4, 2006 01:09 PM

So the Mets should trade Seo to LA because of the Korean community in LA is supportive of Korean players???

Posted by: sabernar at January 4, 2006 02:48 PM

No, I'm just saying it's a nice bonus for Seo to be in a more comfortable environment, and it's a bonus for the Dodgers to have comfortable players.

Honestly, I don't see any upside to this for the Mets unless Sanchez really catches fire. Duaner was good last year, but I'd take Seo over him in a second.

Posted by: Adam Villani at January 4, 2006 04:35 PM

dodgers add arm mets get some more trash to put on the field this year. mets are looking piffy. 3 1st basemen. huh?

Posted by: colin at January 5, 2006 02:12 AM

I wouldn't get too excited over Jae Seo, last 6 starts last year he was 2-1 4.07 ERA, 1.64 whip and best game was against Rockies on the next to last game of the season and I could of have thrown 6 solid inning against that squad. 2 pitch pitcher and one is an 87 mph fastball

Posted by: tvators at January 5, 2006 08:31 AM

Flushing, NY is the heart of Korean NY. It's like a suburb of Seoul, and it's one stop on the 7 train from Shea.

Posted by: Dave S. at January 5, 2006 11:52 AM

Both players benefited from their home stadium...Seo was 3.15 away, 2.15 at home. Sanchez was 3.00 home, 4.50 away.

Posted by: Dave S. at January 5, 2006 12:01 PM
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