Peter Gammons tweets that the Twins and Red Sox have shown interest in 27-year-old Korean free agent pitcher Suk-Min Yoon, and suggests the Giants would be a good fit for the right-hander as well. The Twins’ interest in Yoon, represented by Scott Boras, is interesting given that they have already spent a lot of money signing Ricky Nolasco, Phil Hughes, and Mike Pelfrey. The interest from the Red Sox makes a bit more sense.
Just about all of the foreign free agent focus has been on Japanese right-hander Masahiro Tanaka. Yoon isn’t of Tanaka’s caliber, but could be a relatively cheap and productive option for teams low on enthusiasm with the remaining free agents and low on interest in getting involved in the nine-figure Tanaka sweepstakes. Yoon, who was the MVP in 2011 in the Korean Baseball Organization, has pitched both as a starter and as a reliever, but he has been and will continue to be marketed as a starter.
