SEOUL, Apr. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — His major league career once in limbo over a drunk driving conviction, embattled South Korean infielder Kang Jung-ho is finally set to rejoin the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pirates announced Thursday (local time) that Kang has been granted a U.S. work visa and has re-entered the country. After missing the [...]
INCHEON, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Former major league player Park Byung-ho came home on Tuesday to rejoin his old South Korean club. Park arrived home from the United States a little over a month after re-signing with the Nexen Heroes in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO). After a brief and largely unsuccessful two-year stay [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Before he left for the United States to join the Baltimore Orioles in winter of 2015, South Korean outfielder Kim Hyun-soo said he was determined to finish his playing career in the majors — so much that he said he’d consider himself “a failure” if he ever returned to [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — After a brief and largely unsuccessful stint in the majors, slugger Park Byung-ho rejoined his former South Korean club on Monday. The Nexen Heroes in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) announced their signing of Park for a one-year deal worth 1.5 billion won (US$1.4 million). The former Minnesota Twins [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean prospect Bae Ji-hwan’s contract with the Atlanta Braves has been voided by Major League Baseball (MLB), as part of the league’s sanctions on the club for its signing violations. MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred issued a statement on Wednesday, detailing the Braves’ infractions. Manfred said the Braves offered [...]
INCHEON, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Los Angeles Dodgers’ left-hander Ryu Hyun-jin said Wednesday he was pleased with the way he stayed healthy through his bounceback season in the majors. The 30-year-old pitched his first full season since 2014. His 2015 season was wiped out after a shoulder operation. Ryu then made one start in [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Texas Rangers’ outfielder Choo Shin-soo has reached the 20-homer plateau for the fifth time in his major league career. Choo hit a solo home run off Emilio Pagan of the Seattle Mariners in the top of the seventh at Safeco Field in Seattle on Thursday (local time), giving the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Pittsburgh Pirates’ third baseman Kang Jung-ho, his big league career in limbo following a drunk driving conviction, has signed with a Dominican Republic club. Aguilas Cibaenas, which competes in the Dominican Winter League, announced their signing of Kang on their Twitter page on Wednesday. The winter league season usually [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Beleaguered major league infielder Kang Jung-ho has been giving free youth clinics and donating equipment, while his playing career remains in limbo, a source close to the player said Thursday. Kang remains without a work permit to play for the Pittsburgh Pirates, having received a suspended sentence over drunk [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Having signed with a South Korean club, former major league first baseman James Loney said Tuesday he expects a lot out of himself in the new league and the new country. The LG Twins in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) announced their signing of Loney earlier in the day. [...]