Ji-Man Choi DFA'd

[FabulousFabregas]

 

Goodnight sweet prince.

[Docwaukee]

Aww-Man Choi.  

[SlappyUtilityMIF]

peace......... out!

Edited May 11, 2016 by SlappyUtilityMIF

[FabulousFabregas]

In a corresponding move, the Angels have signed Ji-Woman Choi.

[Amazing Larry]

This means there is no possible way he can pinch hit for us. Right?

[Homebrewer]

Someone else will grab him and he'll become an All Star.

[RallyPanda]

Deuces!

[jgimondo]

No loss, he needs a lot more time at the AAA level.

[FabulousFabregas]

After an exorcism he should be fine.

"I've seen ghosts plenty of times," Choi said through his interpreter, Jae Park.
The first time, Choi said, was shortly after back surgery in 2011. He felt a spirit on his chest that awoke him, and then he felt the bed slump.
"I was scared at first," Choi said, "so I didn't want to open my eyes. I dealt with that a lot more times after that."
Another time, Choi claims to have been laying on his side when he felt a spirit crawling up behind him, then felt a hug and heard some murmuring in his ear. Other South Korean Minor League players, the only ones he could communicate with at the time, claimed to have felt the same thing.
Choi always has a hard time sleeping in hotel beds. When he's comfortable, "It means there's a ghost," he said. That, Choi claims, was the case on Sunday. He was asked what he thinks about spending two more nights at the same Pfister Hotel where he felt that spirit.
"I hope it's a girl," Choi said, bursting in laugher. "Nah, nah. Just kidding, you know. … I've dealt with it so many times, I don't really care anymore."

[nando714]

Dipoto claims him. 

[Angel Oracle]

Exactly what should have also been done with Feather Bat earlier in 2015

[ettin]

As a Rule V pick he has to be offered back to his original team with $25K being returned back to the Angels if they do claim him. Otherwise he is free game on waivers.

[ukyah]

he's more than welcome to sell his ghost bs, but he better not try and tell me he doesn't believe in friggin' leprechauns then.

also, i don't care that he's gone. it didn't seem like he was doing anything very well.

[TroutCron]

What took so long? No MLB future.

[Taylor]

33 minutes ago, Homebrewer said:

Someone else The Oakland A's will grab him and he'll become an All Star.

Agreed.

[AngelStew43]

Maybe we can purchase his contract from Baltimore, and assign him to SLC.  I think regular at bats would help him a lot.

[Stradling]

5 minutes ago, TroutCron said:

What took so long? No MLB future.

It was 30 games, so it didn't take long. 

[stormngt]

I have no problem with the move.  He really had no role with the team.  I do think he wasn't given much of a chance, but when your scrambling for help you can't be too charitable giving chances to everybody.

[VariousCrap]

He sucks.

[SlappyUtilityMIF]

3 minutes ago, VariousCrap said:

He sucks.

Strong, and to the point.

[zenmaster]

Sorry to see he didn't turn into the .270 hitter with 20 homers per year as some here predicted. They forgot where we got him obviously. 

[Mark68]

51 minutes ago, ettin said:

As a Rule V pick he has to be offered back to his original team with $25K being returned back to the Angels if they do claim him. Otherwise he is free game on waivers.

Hey, we just made up 2.5% of Chacin's salary.

Edited May 11, 2016 by Mark68

[RW2016]

Actually he needs to clear waivers before being offered back to the Orioles.   If another team claims him then that team is required to keep him on the 25 man roster all on just like the Angels.

[eligrba4ever]

Last I looked, Choi was slamming MLB pitching at a .056 clip.

Can't understand why he'd be cut.

 

[AngelsLakersFan]

So much for "foreign presence." I guess we grabbed the wrong Korean.