<header class="entry-header"><h1 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline">Bears(in kbo)Acquire Jabari Blash

By Steve Adams | june 21, 2018 at 6:47pm CDT

The DOOSAN BEARS announced today that they’ve acquired outfielder Jabari Blash from the padres in exchange for a player to be named later or cash. In a corresponding move, the Angels have placed right-hander Alex Meyer on the 60-day disabled list. Blash was designated for assignment yesterday when the padres acquired Brandon Drury. Meyer was never likely to pitch in 2018 after undergoing shoulder surgery last September.

Blash, 28, has long boasted impressive power in the minors but hasn’t put that together in the Majors. Blash logged a career-high 195 plate appearances with the Padres this past season, hitting .213/.333/.341 with five homers and six doubles but an alarming 66 strikeouts in that time (33.8 percent). While he’s limited to the outfield corners, Blash has strong on-base skills to go along with his considerable power, as evidenced by his career .258/.381/.571 batting line and 65 homers through 235 games at the Triple-A level.

The Halos already have Chris Young on hand as a fourth outfield option, and Blash isn’t an ideal fit for that role anyhow, given his lack of prowess in center field. He could stick as an additional source of pop off the bench, though Blash also has a pair of minor league options remaining, so it seems likelier that he’ll head to Triple-A Salt Lake to open the season.