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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Nam-jik Han = The Secretariat of the Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States requested KBO to check the status of Hyeon-jong Yang (33).
KBO said on the 8th, “On the 5th, we received a request for identification of Hyunjong Yang from the MLB Secretariat and informed him that he is a free agent.”
Korean players aiming to advance overseas can only be contacted by a request for identification from a major league club in the US or a professional baseball team in Japan.
There are times when the status check does not lead to an actual recruitment offer, but the meaning of this status check is not small as Yang Hyun-jong is pursuing to advance into the United States.
As the free agent market in the US is in the stage of being cleared up, the interest of the US club toward Yang Hyun-jong is gradually increasing.
On the 30th of last month, Yang Hyeon-jong met with General Manager Jo Gye-hyun at the KIA Tigers club office in Kia Champions Field in Gwangju and delivered his intention to challenge himself to advance into the major leagues.
The KIA team also accepted this and concluded the free agency negotiations.
Staying at KIA allowed him to sign a considerable long-term contract, but Hyunjong Yang chose to advance to the big leagues.
Yang Hyunjong lowered the’condition’ a lot.
Since the minor league veto has been taken, the MLB club can more comfortably negotiate with Yang Hyun-jong.
Yang Hyeon-jong is a veteran left-handed pitcher with an average ERA of 147 wins 95 losses in the KBO league with an ERA of 3.83.
If you stay at KIA, you can continue your life as a player in a stable manner, but Hyunjong Yang chose a challenge.
Yang Hyun-jong played 184⅔innings in 2019 and posted an average ERA of 2.29 with 16-8. He struck out 153 and allowed only 33 walks.
However, in 2020, it was sluggish at the beginning of the season and ended the regular season with an average ERA of 4.70 with 11-10 losses. 149 strikeouts and 64 walks.
A major league club that has consistently watched Yang Hyeon-jong can give him a chance, who has surpassed 170 pitching innings for seven years in a row and made steady results. Yang Hyun-jong also said, “I can play in the minor leagues,” he said, reducing the worry of the US club.
After the identification process was also over, official negotiations between Hyeonjong Yang and the MLB team became possible on paper.
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