After winning a Korean Baseball Organization championship, MLB teams started paying more attention to the Dodgers’ 2008 second-round pick in Lindblom, reported MLB.com’s John Paul Morosi on Twitter.
[Lindblom] is drawing Merrill Kelly comparisons and led qualifying KBO starters in IP, wins, SO, K/BB, K/9, WHIP this year.
After having only been a pitching prospect for the Tampa Bay Rays from 2010 to 2014, Merrill Kelly was a valuable starter for the Arizona Diamondbacks last year. He finished his age-30 season having been worth 2.0 WAR, with 183.1 innings pitched, 13 wins with a 4.