MLB is an imitator league. If an acquisition or an approach works for one club, it’s only a matter of time before other teams emulate it. (The exception being if it costs the owner too much money.) There’ve been enough instances of fringe MLB pitchers leveling up after a stint in South Korea — Merrill Kelly and Erick Fedde included — for teams to pursue their own success story. Enter Hart.
Hart will turn 32 later this month and has all of four big-league appearances to his name (all coming with the Red Sox during the pandemic season). He headed to Korea after bouncing around a few other Triple-A affiliates, finding great success overseas by posting a 2.69 ERA and a 4.79 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 157 innings. He even surrendered the lowest rate of home runs among Dinos starters.
According to one front-office source, Hart’s arsenal boasts a low-90s fastball, a good changeup, and two breaking balls (one being a sweeper). His control grades as above-average, and he projects as a plausible back-end starter.
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