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  • MLB Journeyman Opens Up About Striking Out Shohei Ohtani Twice in Korea
    • MLB Journeyman Opens Up About Striking Out Shohei Ohtani Twice in Korea
    Shohei Ohtani has lived up to his billing in his short time with the Dodgers. He’s put on a spectacle showing off his power, baserunning smarts, and likable personality. During their trip to South Korea, the Dodgers played the Kiwoom Heroes of the KBO, a team that includes some former major league players. Among them: …...2024
  • Micheal Grove’s Role With Dodgers to Start Season Revealed
    • Micheal Grove’s Role With Dodgers to Start Season Revealed
    Los Angeles Dodgers right-handed pitcher Michael Grove will play a vital role for the Dodgers to start the 2024 season. The 27-year-old started in Saturday’s exhibition matchup against the Kiwoom Heroes, his final tune up before the regular season. With the Dodgers opening their season on March 20 and 21, Grove will start his season …...2024
  • • Gavin Stone wins 5th starter role, some other roster moves, and the season debut is up next for Dodgers
    The exhibition games in Korea have just been completed, with the Dodgers prevailing over the Kiwoom Heroes by a score of 14-3 and then over Korean National Team today by a 5-2 line. Now the next game will be against the Padres and count for real. There’s still some cleaning up to do in news …...2024
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  • Dodgers Seoul Series Info: Schedule, Tickets, How to Watch and More
    • Dodgers Seoul Series Info: Schedule, Tickets, How to Watch and More
    The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres are set to open the 2024 regular season in Seoul, South Korea. In addition to the Padres, the Dodgers will face two Korean clubs, the Kiwoom Heroes on Saturday (8 p.m. Pacific Time) and the Korean national team on Monday (3 a.m. PT), before their two regular season …...2024
  • Stop listening to those Yasiel Puig rumors
    • Stop listening to those Yasiel Puig rumors
    Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images He’s not signing with the Rays. The Tampa Bay Rays WILL NOT be signing Yasiel Puig to any type of deal and he will certainly not be receiving an invite to the team’s spring training (which begins in just 16 days as of 1/29/24). As the calendar was about to flip from 2023 to 2024, rumors and speculation started to emerge that the Rays had signed Puig to...2024
  • • KBO’s Kiwoom Heroes Plan To Post Infielder Hye Seong Kim For MLB Teams Next Offseason
    For the second time in five years, the Kiwoom Heroes of the Korea Baseball Organization will post an infielder for MLB clubs. The Heroes announced this week that they’ll post second baseman/shortstop Hye Seong Kim for big league clubs following the 2024 campaign (English-language link via Jee-ho Yoo of South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency). Kim…...2024

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  • Thursday Rockpile: The Rockies should seize upon their last chance to sign an NPB pitcher
    • Thursday Rockpile: The Rockies should seize upon their last chance to sign an NPB pitcher
    Colorado Rockies news and links for Thursday, January 11th, 2024 This afternoon will be the final deadline for Major League Baseball teams to sign talent that has entered the posting system from Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball or South Korea’s Korea Baseball Organization. As the deadline draws ever nearer, most of the biggest names have been taken off the board. Many of them were signed by ...2024
  • Who is Jung-hoo Lee?
    • Who is Jung-hoo Lee?
    Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images Padres are one of the teams interested in the Korean outfielder The San Diego Padres are looking to add a couple outfielders now that Juan Soto and Trent Grisham have been traded and Jung-hoo Lee is one of their targets, according to Jon Heyman and Dennis Lin. The Padres opened up $30+ million from the Soto trade so adding Lee is definitely doable. According...2023
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  • Jung Hoo Lee posted to MLB: Former KBO MVP could set new contract record for Korean player
    • Jung Hoo Lee posted to MLB: Former KBO MVP could set new contract record for Korean player
    Lee is coming off a major ankle injury in his final year with the Kiwoom Heroes...2023
  • Outside The Confines: Making a good second impression
    • Outside The Confines: Making a good second impression
    Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images Michael Lorenzen throws a no-no in his second game with the Phillies. A look at the pennant races. Orioles gonna Oriole, even when they’re good. And a ball gets stuck in the lights. Good morning. In his second-ever start for the Phillies, right-hander Michael Lorenzen threw a no-hitter against the Nationals. It was the Phillies 14th no-hitter of all-tim...2023
  • • Latest On Jung Hoo Lee
    KBO star Jung Hoo Lee has been one of the more intriguing potential free agents of the upcoming offseason ever since reports back in January indicated that he would be posted by his KBO club, the Kiwoom Heroes. A wrench was thrown in that plan when he recently required ankle surgery, though Jon Morosi of…...2023
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  • • Lee Jung-hoo To Require Season-Ending Ankle Surgery
    Outfielder Lee Jung-hoo of the Kiwoom Heroes in the KBO League will miss the next three months due to an ankle injury that requires surgery, reports Jeeho Yoo of Yonhap News Agency. There’s less than two months remaining in the KBO regular season schedule, meaning this will effectively end his season. Lee, 24, has already…...2023
  • • Royals Rumblings - News for April 7, 2023
    I don’t love the powder blue as much as a lot of people but upon another look, the powder blue with dark blue bill is quite nice. | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images These Spring Training games are fun and all, but when does the Regular Season start? Day games usually result in limited news, but this day was busier than most. It’s been announced that LoCain will officially retire a Royal ...2023
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  • • World Baseball Classic: Group B Preview
    Kodai Senga is not playing this year, but he’s the type of player you can see first in the WBC. | Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports Two-time champion Japan will host four more teams looking for two spots in the second round The second of four pools in the first round of the 2023 World Baseball Classic will get underway at 9pm Central this Wednesday when Korea faces off against Australia. Gr...2023
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  • • Korea’s Kiwoom Heroes To Sign Addison Russell
    In a surprise move, longtime Cubs infielder Addison Russell has found a landing spot in Korea’s top league. He’s joining the Kiwoom Heroes on a $530K contract, per Jeeho Yoo of Yonhap News (via Twitter). Once a top prospect and promising young big leaguer, Russell is best known now for off-field malfeasance. Russell was suspended…...2020
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  • • KBO Issues One-Year Suspension To Jung Ho Kang For Prior DUI Arrests
    The Korea Baseball Organization has reached a ruling regarding infielder Jung Ho Kang, who starred for the KBO’s Nexen (now Kiwoom) Heroes and spent parts of four years with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Kang, who seeks reinstatement following a trio of DUI arrests, will be suspended for one year and will also be required to perform…...2020
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Timeline

  • 2024
    "In addition to the Padres, the Dodgers will face two Korean clubs, the Kiwoom Heroes on Saturday (8 p."

  • 2023
    "It was reported in January that the Kiwoom Heroes of the…"

  • 2022
    "The Kiwoom Heroes of the KBO League have signed shortstop Addison Russell and re-signed left-hander Eric Jokisch to contracts for the 2023 season, according to reports out of South Korea."

  • 2021
    "Ex-Pirates rookie first baseman Will Craig, who was demoted to the minors after his fielding mistake against the Cubs on May 27 went viral, is ready to "start over" with the Kiwoom Heroes of the Korea Baseball Organization."

  • 2020
    "Prior to their deal with former Cubs shortstop Addison Russell, the Kiwoom Heroes of the Korea Baseball Organization spoke to outfielder Yasiel Puig about a potential deal for the 2020 season, Heroes GM Kim Chi-hyun tells Jee-ho of the Yonhap News Agency (Twitter link)."

  • 2019
    "The latest minor moves from around the baseball world… The Kiwoom Heroes of South Korea’s KBO League announced that righty Jake Brigham has been re-signed to a new contract (hat tip to Jee-Ho Yoo of Yonhap News)."

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Kiwoom Heroes trade rumors, contract, salary rumors

  • • Thursday Rockpile: The Rockies should seize upon their last chance to sign an NPB pitcher
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  • • KBO’s Kiwoom Heroes Re-Sign Ariel Jurado
    The Korea Baseball Organization’s Kiwoom Heroes have reached a new deal with right-hander Ariel Jurado, Jeeho Yoo of the Yonhap News reports (via X).  Jurado will earn $1.2MM in salary on his new one-year contract, and another $100K worth of incentive bonuses are also available. Jurado’s debut season in the KBO League was a success,…...2023
  • • KBO’s Kiwoom Heroes Sign Enmanuel De Jesus
    Left-hander Enmanuel De Jesus has signed on with the Kiwoom Heroes of the Korean Baseball Organization, according to Jeeho Yoo of Yonhap News. Yoo indicates that the one-year pact between the sides is worth $800K. De Jesus, 27 last week, signed with the Red Sox out of Venezuela back in 2014. De Jesus spent seven…...2023
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  • Jung Hoo Lee signs with Giants: Korean outfielder inks six-year, $113 million deal to join MLB
    • Jung Hoo Lee signs with Giants: Korean outfielder inks six-year, $113 million deal to join MLB
    The South Korean outfielder was posted by the Kiwoom Heroes this offseason...2023
  • • Giants, Jung Hoo Lee Agree To Six-Year Deal
    The Giants and outfielder Jung Hoo Lee are in agreement on a six-year, $113MM deal, per Jon Heyman of The New York Post. There is an opt-out after four years. Lee, 25, has been a highly anticipated free agent for a long time now. It was reported in January that the Kiwoom Heroes of the…...2023
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  • Jung Hoo Lee signs with Giants: Korean outfielder inks six-year, $113 million deal to join MLB, per report
    • Jung Hoo Lee signs with Giants: Korean outfielder inks six-year, $113 million deal to join MLB, per report
    The South Korean outfielder was posted by the Kiwoom Heroes this offseason...2023
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  • • Jung Hoo Lee posted to MLB: Former KBO MVP could set new contract record for Korean player
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  • • Yankees, Giants Expected To Pursue Jung Hoo Lee
    South Korean outfielder Jung Hoo Lee is one of the more intriguing players who’ll be available in this year’s free agent class. The Kiwoom Heroes will make him available to MLB teams via the posting system at some point in the next few weeks. In an appearance on the MLB Network this afternoon, Jon Morosi suggested…...2023
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Kiwoom Heroes stats and results

  • • Who is Jung-hoo Lee?
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  • • Outside The Confines: Making a good second impression
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  • • Royals Rumblings - News for July 21, 2023
    Why am I using a picture from a 2020 Royals-Indians game? One of these masked men is Adam Plutko, who will appear later in this article | Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images Asian Baseball Midseason Check, Part II: KBO Day games are rough. Most outlets figure they can just use the game story to cover their Royals quota for the day. So there’s not a lot of Royals content. But I had a lot...2023
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  • • Royals Rumblings - News for April 7, 2023
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  • • Outside The Confines: Mr. Smith goes to Washington
    Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images Dominic Smith signs with the Nationals. And other news from around baseball. My New Year’s Resolution is to always have something interesting to say before the links in Outside the Confines. Like the rest of my resolutions, I’ve already broken it. The Nationals have signed free agent first baseman Dominic Smith to a one-year, $2 million deal. Yep, ...2023
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  • • Giants, Jung Hoo Lee Agree To Six-Year Deal
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  • • KBO’s Kiwoom Heroes Sign Addison Russell, Eric Jokisch
    The Kiwoom Heroes of the KBO League have signed shortstop Addison Russell and re-signed left-hander Eric Jokisch to contracts for the 2023 season, according to reports out of South Korea.  (Hat tip to Dan Kurtz of MyKBO.net).  Jokisch will receive $1.5MM, while Russell receives $700K. This is Russell’s second KBO stint, after previously playing 65…...2022
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  • Ex-Pirates 1B to 'start over' in KBO after gaffe
    • Ex-Pirates 1B to 'start over' in KBO after gaffe
    2021
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  • • KBO’s Kiwoom Heroes Acquire Will Craig
    The Kiwoom Heroes of the Korea Baseball Organization have acquired first baseman Will Craig (hat tip to reporters Sung Min Kim and The Yonhap News’ Jeeho Yoo).  Craig will earn $371K for the remainder of the KBO season. Craig was most recently a member of the Pirates, and GM Ben Cherington said over the weekend…...2021
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  • • KBO’s Kiwoom Heroes To Post Lee Jung-hoo After 2023 Season
    The Kiwoom Heroes of the Korea Baseball Organization announced that they will post outfielder and reigning league MVP Lee Jung-hoo after the upcoming season, per Yoo Jee-ho of the Yonhap News Agency. “After some internal discussions, we agreed to respect the player’s intent to play in Major League Baseball,” the team said in a statement.…...2023
  • • Puig Drew Interest From KBO But Hopes To Sign With MLB Club
    Prior to their deal with former Cubs shortstop Addison Russell, the Kiwoom Heroes of the Korea Baseball Organization spoke to outfielder Yasiel Puig about a potential deal for the 2020 season, Heroes GM Kim Chi-hyun tells Jee-ho of the Yonhap News Agency (Twitter link). Ultimately, Puig’s preference was to take another shot at latching on…...2020
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  • • Addison Russell signs with Korea Baseball's Kiwoom Heroes after the club failed to land Yasiel Puig
    The Cubs non-tendered Russell back in December...2020
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  • • Jung Hoo Lee Likely To Be Posted In Early December
    The Kiwoom Heroes gave Jung Hoo Lee’s medical records to KBO League officials yesterday, Jeeho Yoo of Yonhap News reports (via X).  Between the usual review protocols between both the KBO and then MLB officials, Yoo figures that Lee will be officially posted for Major League teams in early December, factoring in a bit of…...2023
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  • • Micheal Grove’s Role With Dodgers to Start Season Revealed
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  • • Stop listening to those Yasiel Puig rumors
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  • • Thursday Rockpile: The Rockies should seize upon their last chance to sign an NPB pitcher
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  • • Outside The Confines: Making a good second impression
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  • • Lee Jung-hoo To Require Season-Ending Ankle Surgery
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  • • Royals Rumblings - News for July 21, 2023
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  • • Royals Rumblings - News for April 7, 2023
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  • • World Baseball Classic: Group B Preview
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  • • Top Ex-MLB Performers In The 2022 KBO Season
    The KBO playoffs are at their final stages, with the Kiwoom Heroes meeting the LG Twins and the winner going on to face the SSG Landers in the Korean Series. A few familiar names from MLB in recent years had strong seasons in Korea, so let’s take a look at three of the top ex-MLB…...2022

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