All posts tagged "MLB"

  • dodgers
    Dodgers hit with over $43M in luxury tax

    NEW YORK (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers were hit Friday with a record luxury tax of nearly $43.6 million for a payroll that fell just shy of $300 million. For the first time, four teams exceeded...

    • Posted December 18, 2015
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  • Kim Hyun-soo
    Korean OF Kim Hyun-soo, Baltimore Orioles agree to two year, $7M deal

    South Korean free agent outfielder Kim Hyun-soo left for Washington D.C. on Thursday, amid rumors of having received multiple offers from Major League clubs. And the latest reports coming out Korea has the 27-year-old having agreed to...

    • Posted December 16, 2015
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  • choi ji man
    Angels show faith in S. Korean first baseman Choi Ji-man

    By Brian Han The topic of up and coming South Korean baseball players seems to spark conversation a lot more these days in Major League Baseball circles. But here’s a name you might not have heard in...

    • Posted December 11, 2015
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  • Free agent slugger Lee Dae-ho leaves for the United States at Incheon International Airport on Dec. 7, 2015, in pursuit of his first major league contract. (Yonhap)
    MLB Winter Meetings end with no deals for S. Korean free agents

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — The annual Major League Baseball (MLB) Winter Meetings wrapped up Thursday in Nashville, Tennessee, with a trio of South Korean free agents still without their first big league contracts. Lee Dae-ho, first baseman/designated hitter,...

    • Posted December 11, 2015
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  • Chris Park, Major League Baseball's senior vice president of growth, strategy and international, gives a presentation during the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) Winter Meeting in Seoul on Dec. 9, 2015. (Photo courtesy of the KBO) (Yonhap)
    MLB exec hopes to see big league games in S. Korea

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea has been one of the more successful countries in the young history of the World Baseball Classic (WBC), an international tournament jointly operated by Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Major League...

    • Posted December 9, 2015
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  • ryu hyun tongue
    As Dodgers shuffle roster, Ryu Hyun-jin returns to US to resume training

    By Brian Han While the Los Angeles Dodgers’ front office tries to move mountains after losing ace Zack Greinke, Ryu Hyun-jin returned to the U.S. on Monday. The 28-year-old took a three-week vacation back home in South...

    • Posted December 7, 2015
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  • Free agent slugger Lee Dae-ho leaves for the United States at Incheon International Airport on Dec. 7, 2015, in pursuit of his first major league contract. (Yonhap)
    Free agent Lee Dae-ho departs for US in pursuit of MLB contract

    INCHEON (Yonhap) — South Korean free agent slugger Lee Dae-ho left for the United States on Monday in pursuit of a big league contract. Lee, 33, first announced his intent to play in Major League Baseball (MLB)...

    • Posted December 7, 2015
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