SEOUL, Mar. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — To Xavier Scruggs, former baseball player turned analyst, South Korea means more than just a stop during his 12-year playing career. South Korea is where his first child was born in 2018, while he was playing for the NC Dinos of the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO). This country is [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — With all 10 clubs back home after weeks of spring training overseas, the preseason in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) is scheduled to begin Saturday. The exhibition campaign is set to wrap up on March 19, four days before the start of the regular season. Teams will have one [...]
INCHEON, Mar. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — After his first season with the Saitama Seibu Lions was done in 2023, David MacKinnon figured he’d be back with the Japanese club for another year. One thing led to another, and MacKinnon ended up with another Lions team in Asia — the Samsung Lions in the Korea Baseball [...]
INCHEON, Mar. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — After spending the past four seasons playing in Japan, Mexico and the Dominican Republic, outfielder Mel Rojas Jr. is back in a place he feels at home: with the KT Wiz in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO). Now 33, Rojas believes he isn’t just older but also wiser and better as [...]
INCHEON, Mar. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — After mulling over his next career option last winter, following a season in Triple-A, outfielder Victor Reyes decided to give South Korea a shot. The Venezuelan player heard great things about the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) from his countryman and close friend, Dixon Machado, a slick-fielding shortstop who played [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean baseball league announced Monday it has signed a record-setting streaming rights deal with CJ ENM, with its games moving behind a paywall for the first time. For the next three seasons, CJ ENM, the media and entertainment arm of CJ Group, will carry Korea Baseball Organization [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Having returned home to begin another chapter in his illustrious career, South Korean pitcher Ryu Hyun-jin said Friday he will try to push his new team back to the postseason. Ryu reunited with the Hanwha Eagles in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) by agreeing to an eight-year, 17 billion-won [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — While playing for the Doosan Bears in 2017, outfielder Park Kun-woo enjoyed his best offensive season of his Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) career. Park batted .366/.424/.582 with 20 home runs and 20 steals. He also smacked 40 doubles as part of his 177 hits. All of those numbers remain [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Professional baseball umpires have commenced their winter training to acquaint themselves with the pitch clock and Automatic Ball-Strike System (ABS), set to debut in the upcoming 2024 season. Often referred to as a “robot umpire,” ABS automatically assesses whether a pitch qualifies as a ball or a strike and promptly [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean baseball league will present its top individual trophies, including one for the most valuable player (MVP), next Monday in Seoul. The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) said Thursday that its annual KBO Awards ceremony will take place in the capital city at 2 p.m. in a Seoul [...]