The Korea Herald reports:

When Korea's Choi Hee-seop was in the Chicago Cubs' farm system, he was deemed by many scouts as a can't-miss prospect. Those days, however, are long gone.

Now 27, the left-handed-hitting first baseman - who has also had stints with the Florida Marlins and the Los Angeles Dodgers - is more like a blunted journeyman.
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The thing about being in Choi's position is that once he gets an opportunity, he must hit right away.

Managers can no longer say that he is maturing as a big-league hitter or that he just hasn't found his stroke yet.

Read the rest. (Hat tip: Baseball Musings.)

It wasn't supposed to be like this for Choi. Not after what he did in the Cubs' minor league system in 2000 and 2002 (he was injured for a good chunk of 2001), and then what he did the first couple of months for the big league club in 2003. He hit decently for Florida in 2004, but hit terribly after a trade to the Dodgers. He was OK for the Dodgers in 2005, but spent 2006 playing for the Red Sox's triple-A team in Pawtucket, hitting .207/.347/.361. He now gets a shot with Tampa Bay; I hope it works out for him.