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Originally Posted by lukasberger
Korea actually has a posting agreement with MLB?
Wow, must've missed that, probably because it's never been used.
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Originally Posted by injury log
I googled it just to make sure I was remembering properly.  I think it came about after the Orioles' aborted attempt to sign Seong-min Kim - anyway, it was agreed in 2012, so it's very recent. If you google some variety of keywords including 'KBO', 'posting', '2012' and 'MLB' or something similar, I'm sure you'll find details pretty easily if you're interested. |
There's been a posting agreement between KBO and MLB for much longer than that, as Lim Chang-yong was posted by the Lions in 2002. And it's been successfully used in the 2012-2013 offseason with Ryu Hyun-jin.