
Koo Jae-wook won the MVP of the Korean Major League Championship this year. According to US media reports, he has hired American agent Ron and is actively seeking opportunities to develop in the American major leagues.
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Koo Jae-wook won the Korean professional batting title and the Korean Championship MVP this season, and became a free agent in the off-season.
Ju Ziyu. (File photo, taken by reporter Lin Zhengkun)
[Sports Center/Comprehensive Report] According to Major League Baseball official website reporter Mark Feinsand, the 33-year-old Korean Samsung Lions outfield star Jae-wook has hired Jaron Long, an agent from the American company "Mako Corp", to help him challenge the major league stage.
Koo Jae-wook was the MVP of this year's Korean Championship. He played with a foot injury and scored 10 hits, 1 home run, and 6 RBIs in 20 games, helping the Samsung Lions defeat the KT Wizards 4-1 in the series. This was the first time in 12 years that the Samsung Lions won the championship.
Koo Jae-wook played 114 games in the regular season this season and won the Korean batting title with a batting average of 371%, contributing 15 home runs, 102 RBIs, and an overall offensive index (OPS) of 1.039. During his 12-year career in Korea, Koo Jae-wook played in 1,466 games, accumulating 201 home runs, 984 RBIs, and an average batting average of 0.322.
"Yonhap News Agency" reported that Koo Jae-wook became a free agent in this off-season. He stated at the Samsung Lions championship press conference on November 8, "If anyone from the major league team is reading this, please contact me. I really hope to go to the United States to challenge myself. I am serious."
The American media "MLB Trade Rumors" pointed out that the competitive level of the Korean Professional Baseball League is lower than that of the Japanese Professional Baseball League. Among the top seven players in the Korean Professional Baseball League this year, they include LG Twins' Austin Dean, KT Wizards' Sam Hilliard, Lotte Giants' Victor Reyes and others. In the past, they were only marginal players wandering between the major leagues and the minor leagues.
Koo Jae-wook was the national player for the South Korean team in the World Baseball Classic in March this year, but he only served as the team's fourth outfielder. Considering his age and his main position in the corner outfield, it is expected that the interest of major league teams in him may be limited.
The media mentioned that it is still unclear whether Koo Jae-wook is willing to accept a minor league contract instead of staying in Korea and accepting an expected lucrative contract. Since Koo Jae-wook is not restricted by the admission system, there is no official contract deadline.
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