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Eric Sim (; born January 2, 1989) is a South Korean–born Canadian YouTuber and former professional baseball player who played Minor League Baseball in the San Francisco Giants organization. He was drafted by the Giants in the 27th round of the 2010 MLB draft.
After that, Sim received a scholarship to play NCAA Division I college baseball at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida, where he batted .248/.366/.307 with the Bulls. He was then drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 27th round of the 2010 MLB Draft out of South Florida as a junior.
For the next three seasons, he played in three minor league classes: Rookie, Single-A, and Triple-A.
His Triple-A stint was the highest level that he reached during his professional career, where he played for the Fresno Grizzlies of the Pacific Coast League in 2012. Sim played in two games for the Grizzlies, where he batted .500/.600/.500. He also played the 2012 season with the Augusta GreenJackets of the Single-A South Atlantic League and the rookie-league AZL Giants of the Arizona League.
Apart from Augusta, Sim spent the 2013 season playing for the San Jose Giants of the High-A California League.
In 2014, Sim played for Augusta and the Richmond Flying Squirrels of the Double-A Eastern League.
In 2015, he played for the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes of the Northwest League.
Between 2013 and 2014, Sim moved up and down the professional baseball hierarchy, ranging from Single-A to Double-A, before being released by the team in 2015 while playing Low-A, ending his minor league career. His final batting stats in the entire minor leagues were .230/.322/.333.
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, while throwing baseballs at a park, he felt "disappointed" that he only threw a baseball at 77 mph. Over the next year, he started training with concrete weights, and posted progress videos of himself on social media platforms, such as Twitter and YouTube, trying to reach the goal of throwing 95 mph from training at home. In November 2020, he finally threw 95 mph, achieving his goal and completing his challenge. By that time, he already gained notable popularity on social media.
After he completed his challenge, Sim kept regularly posting on YouTube, where he gained a cult following and also became known as 'King of Juco'. His content consists of videos containing different challenges, accomplishments, collaborations, recreations, as well as other topics. He also collaborated with MLB players in multiple videos, notably Fernando Tatís Jr., Jackson Merrill, Julio Rodríguez, Jose Trevino, and Trevor Bauer. On the platform, Eric Sim is also an advocate for junior college baseball and encourages young players, warning them of the challenges.
Since partnering with Trevor Bauer, Sim also served as a bullpen catcher for the Diablos Rojos del México of the Mexican League when Bauer signed with the team in 2024.
Listed at 6'2" and 215 lbs during his playing career, Eric Sim is currently 288 lbs, with a body fat percentage of 39.2% based on DEXA scan info submitted on YouTube.
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