SEOUL, June 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants continued his strong form, hitting triples in back-to-back games and helping his team notch a seventh consecutive win. Starting as the leadoff hitter and center fielder in a road game against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field in Denver on Wednesday (U.S. [...]
INCHEON, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Born and raised in California, left-handed pitcher Cole Irvin played college ball at the University of Oregon, and went on to pitch for major league clubs in Philadelphia, Oakland, Baltimore and Minneapolis. He also made minor league stops in the states of Florida, Pennsylvania and Virginia. Now 31 years [...]
GLENDALE, United States, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – In his first spring training with the Los Angeles Dodgers, South Korean infielder Kim Hye-seong has been working on a swing change. After a long day at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Arizona, on Sunday, Kim told South Korean media that he has been trying to tweak the [...]
NEW YORK and ST GALLEN, Switzerland, Feb. 07, 2025 (Korea Bizwire) – Major League Baseball (MLB) and Sportradar Group AG (NASDAQ: SRAD) today announced a long-term extension and expansion of their decade-long partnership, set to begin with the 2025 season, aimed at unlocking the full potential of MLB’s data and audiovisual (AV) content while growing [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) - With his rehab from a shoulder surgery last fall going well, new Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Kim Ha-seong said Tuesday he hopes to return to action by late April at the earliest. Kim made the remark during a Zoom press conference with the South Korean and U.S. media Tuesday [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The 2024 South Korean baseball champions Kia Tigers finalized their signing of former major league slugger Patrick Wisdom on Thursday. The Tigers said Wisdom, a three-time 20-homer man for the Chicago Cubs, signed a one-year deal for US$1 million, the maximum amount for all first-year foreign players in the [...]
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 [...]