SEOUL, July 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Mel Rojas Jr. of the KT Wiz is now South Korean baseball’s all-time leader in home runs by a foreign player. Rojas launched his 175th career home run in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) on Thursday. His two-run shot off Kiwoom Heroes starter Jung Hyun-woo helped the Wiz to [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The KT Wiz announced their re-signing of former MVP Mel Rojas Jr. The Wiz said Rojas agreed to a new one-year deal worth US$1.8 million to return for his sixth season in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO). Rojas first played for the Wiz from 2017 to 2020 and won [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The KT Wiz have re-signed starting pitcher William Cuevas for their seventh season together. The Wiz announced Friday that Cuevas agreed to a new one-year contract worth US$1.5 million. The Venezuelan right-hander has pitched for the Wiz since 2019. He was cut after two games in 2022 due to [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Park Kyung-su, former Korean Series MVP for the KT Wiz, announced his retirement Friday at age 40. In wrapping up his 22-year career in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), Park thanked his fans, teammates and coaches for their unwavering support. “I was able to play professional baseball for 22 [...]
DAEGU, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Seven years after his debut in the Korea Baseball Organization, LG Twins left-hander Son Ju-young is finally playing in his first postseason in 2024. And the 25-year-old has been having a ton of fun — so much that he may be making up for lost time. And if you’ve [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — With a ticket to the next round in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) postseason at stake, a pair of homegrown right-handers will square off in a rematch Friday evening. In Game 5 of the best-of-five first round, the home team LG Twins will start Im Chan-kyu at Jamsil Baseball [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A loss away from having their 2024 season ended, the KT Wiz shuffled their lineup deck once again Wednesday against the LG Twins. The Wiz are down 2-1 in the best-of-five opening round of the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) postseason, following a 6-5 loss at KT Wiz Park in [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — After homering off LG Twins closer You Young-chan in a Korea Baseball Organization postseason game Tuesday night, KT Wiz center fielder Bae Jung-dae had mixed feelings about the moment. Bae was obviously excited that his two-run shot in the bottom of the ninth inning cut his team’s deficit to [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Wiz ace William Cuevas lived up to his reputation as a big-game pitcher Wednesday, delivering a scoreless gem in a wild card game of the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) postseason against the Doosan Bears on Wednesday in Seoul. Cuevas’ counterpart, Gwak Been, failed to flip the narrative as [...]
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 [...]