Free agent first baseman Justin Bour has reached an agreement with the Hanshin Tigers of Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball, Tigers GM Osamu Tanimoto tells the Japan Times. Bour had been outrighted by the Angels at season’s end and elected free agency.
The 31-year-old Bour signed a one-year, $2.5MM deal with the Halos last winter but turned in a career-worst .172/.259/.364 batting line in his short time with the organization. He continued to display above-average walk tendencies (10 percent in 2019; 11.2 percent career) and also showed above-average power (.192 ISO), but Bour’s 30.6 percent strikeout rate this past season was far and away the highest of his career. Ultimately, he played in just 52 games as an Angel and tallied 170 plate appearances.
Bour will head to Japan as a career .253/.337/.457 hitter with 92 home runs, 71 doubles and a pair of triples in 1950 Major League plate appearance — most of which came with the Marlins. He’s never handled left-handed pitching particularly well (.215/.302/.324), but he owns a stout .262/.345/.490 career batting line against right-handed pitching.
That news came Justin time.
So funny
don’t.
Best wishes to a player that I really enjoyed watching in South Florida.
Aww good luck to him over there! I was a fan since he ate a donut during the Home Run Derby lol
Scott Boras offering any Black Friday deals?
Ellsbury. Free to a good home.
he needs a loving home and to be taken care of
Marlins weren’t interested in a reunion?
Justin Bohr should thrive in the NPB.
He’s going to be a Bour over there as well
As a nationals fan, I remember when he came up. He looked good and showed flashes of great when he was on. I thought he was going to be a huge name one day.
He still could be. He’s going to NPB, not retiring or dying. Geez.