SUWON, South Korea, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Carried by an opportunistic offense, the Hanwha Eagles defeated the KT Wiz 8-2 on Tuesday to mark the highly anticipated return of manager Kim Kyung-moon. The bottom third of the Eagles’ lineup produced six RBIs, and the bullpen threw six solid innings at KT Wiz Park in [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The NC Dinos on Thursday acquired shortstop Kim Whee-jip from the Kiwoom Heroes in exchange for two picks at this year’s South Korean baseball draft. The Dinos said they sent their first round and third round choices at the upcoming Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) draft to the Heroes to [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) — It all started out as a joke from his coaching staff earlier in the season. Mel Rojas Jr. of the KT Wiz, one of the premier sluggers in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), started the 2024 campaign batting in the No. 3 spot. That is where he had spent [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Choi Won-ho, manager for the struggling South Korean baseball club Hanwha Eagles, has resigned. The Eagles announced Monday that Choi had first expressed his intention to quit following an 8-4 loss to the LG Twins on Thursday, and the club accepted it Sunday. Along with Choi, Park Chan-hyuk, CEO [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — For the first time this season in South Korean baseball, the Hanwha Eagles now find themselves in a place eerily familiar to them — at the bottom of the standings. The combination of the Eagles’ 8-4 loss to the LG Twins and the Lotte Giants’ 10-6 victory over the [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Having just turned 29 and still in his prime years as an athlete, Kiwoom Heroes outfielder Ronnie Dawson is trying his best to stay in the moment while not letting himself look too far down the road. Dawson used to stress himself out worrying about the future, but he [...]
SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) — After getting his cup of coffee with the Boston Red Sox in 2020, left-handed pitcher Kyle Hart spent the next three years in the minor leagues. For someone in his early 30s like Hart, it can be a baseball purgatory where players may struggle to find a sense of [...]
INCHEON, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Pitching well in his Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) debut might not have been such a good thing for Connor Seabold after all. The American right-hander had the honor of starting on Opening Day for the Samsung Lions on March 23. He held the KT Wiz to two runs — [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Doosan Bears left-hander Brandon Waddell is pitching in his third season in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), but this is the first time he has been with the Seoul-based club from spring training onward. In each of the past two years, Waddell stepped in as a midseason replacement, pitching [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — After a two-homer day this weekend, SSG Landers slugger Choi Jeong enters the new week on the verge of breaking the all-time home run record in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO). Choi blasted two long balls against the KT Wiz in an 8-1 victory on Sunday at KT Wiz [...]