SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean minor league prospect hoping to reach the majors will now have to do so in a different organization. Right-hander Choi Hyun-il, who split his 2024 season on Double-A and Triple-A affiliates for the Los Angeles Dodgers, was selected by the Washington Nationals in the minor league [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean All-Star infielder Kim Hye-seong has been posted for Major League Baseball (MLB) clubs, with teams free to negotiate with him until an early January deadline. MLB said it notified its 30 clubs of Kim’s availability at noon Eastern Time (ET) Wednesday, or 2 a.m. Korean Standard Time [...]
INCHEON, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Choo Shin-soo, the most successful South Korean hitter in Major League Baseball (MLB) history, appeared in his final regular-season game on home soil Monday. The 42-year-old outfielder and designated hitter for the SSG Landers stepped in as a pinch hitter for Ha Jae-hoon in the bottom of the eighth [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The Kia Tigers announced Wednesday they have signed former major league pitcher Eric Stout as a temporary replacement for their injured ace James Naile. The Tigers said Stout, who has 23 games of big league experience, agreed to a US$45,000 contract for the rest of the Korea Baseball Organization [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Few players in baseball understand the pressure of living up to a famous father’s name quite like Ken Griffey Jr. So when this Hall of Famer gives advice, you’d better listen. Griffey, now 54, was famously teammates with his father, Griffey Sr., in 1990 and 1991 for the Seattle [...]
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. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Police are tracking down the sender of an email threatening a bomb terror attack at Seoul’s Gocheok Sky Dome, where a U.S. Major League Baseball (MLB) opening game is scheduled to take place Wednesday. Police said they received a report from an employee at South Korea’s Consulate General in [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Go Woo-suk, the South Korean pitcher for the San Diego Padres, failed to make the club’s Opening Day roster for games this week in his native Seoul. The Padres on Wednesday finalized their 26-man roster for the two-game Seoul Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers without their South Korean [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Over the course of his managerial career in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), LG Twins skipper Youm Kyoung-youb has sent a few players over to Major League Baseball (MLB), where they had varying degrees of success. The latest Youm disciple to take his talent to MLB is relief pitcher [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Go Woo-suk, the South Korean relief pitcher for the San Diego Padres, will make an appearance against his former Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) club LG Twins on Monday, his manager said. Mike Shildt said Go, former closer with the Twins, will likely make an appearance in middle innings when [...]