KBO Foreign Bat Highlights: Featuring Cory Aldridge, Karim Garcia, Roberto Petagine, Doug Clark, Jay Davis, Don Sutton, Cliff Brumbaugh, Tyrone Woods, Tom Quinlan, and Felix Jose
posted Dec 10, 2013, 1:39 AM by mykbonet .
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Lotte announces the signing of Luis Jimenez (played in MLB for Seattle) and the re-signing of Oxspring and Youman.
Nexen officially announces the signing of Vinny Rottino.
LG Twins announce they have re-signed Radhames Liz. This will be Liz's 4th season in the KBO. Yokohama and Toronto supposedly had expressed interest in Liz. (MyKBO heard he signed 2 days ago) OSEN
First baseman Park Byung-ho wins 2nd Golden Glove Yonhap
Revised rule on foreign players gives teams more flexibility Joongang
Pitcher Golden Glove votes (out of 323 votes): Son Seung-rak got 97, Bae Young-soo got 80, Seddon got 79, and Shirek only got 41 votes.
posted Dec 9, 2013, 2:35 AM by mykbonet .
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KBO officially approves the increase of foreign players per team (3 each, NC gets 4), 1 must be a pitcher and 1 must be a non-pitcher, 2 are allowed to be active during the same game.
Nexen Heroes and KBO MVP Park Byung-ho gets a nice 127% raise. He'll make 500 million won in 2014, up from 220 million in 2013.
Hanwha Eagles are close to signing Felix PieJon Morosi
Eric Thames was officially released today so he can sign with the NC Dinos. MLBTR NC officially announces the Thames signing
@Beisbolpuro has some more details about the Cantu contract. He signed for $600,000 US, with a signing bonus of $300,000. If the Doosan Bears win the title, Cantú will receive a $100k bonus and if he wins the HR and RBI titles, he will earn $50K for each title. He also can receive a bonus of up to $300k based on hits, HRs, AB's, RBIs, OBP and batting average.
Shin Soo-ji was presented with the 'Best First Pitch' award at the
CassPoint Awards. She performed the pitch after receiving the award.
NC Dinos players were the backup dancers for girl group TAHITI at the CassPoint Awards show (Things you probably won't see too many MLB players/teams doing...)
According to @OrmuzSojo , the NC Dinos have signed Eric Thames. (MyKBO had heard this via a source and the following link confirms what I heard) LinkUltimate Astros (confirms via agent)
The above players will be joining Vinny Rottino (Nexen) in the 'Officially Un-official KBO signings until Foreign Player rule is Approved' list.
Several NPB teams are interested in SK's Chris Seddon. Yomiuri Giants being the most intrigued. YahooYakyubaka
